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The DELTAS Africa Scientific Conference took place in Dakar, Senegal in July. In this blog, Alphonsus Neba, The African Academy of Sciences’ Deputy Programmes Director – Science Support and Systems, talks about the meeting and the new DELTAS Gateway on AAS Open Research.

Researchers are working on establishing such a model in Uganda where schistosomiasis is highly endemic. A member of that group is Jan Pieter Koopman, Leiden University Medical Center, who summarises the risks associated with carrying out a controlled human infection model for schistosomiasis and the precautions that need to be considered.

In this blog, Tom Kariuki and Judy Omumbo, tell us about Future Leaders African Independent Research (FLAIR), a fellowship designed to help talented early-career researchers, whose science is focused on the needs of the continent, to establish independent careers in African institutions and ultimately, their own research groups.

This month marks one year from the launch of AAS Open Research. On this occasion, we reflect on the encouraging response to and impact of the platform and look forward to the future.

We announce a new partnership with the African Society of Human Genetics to launch a Gateway that will maximise the impact of the Society’s work and progress in genetic research in Africa. In this guest blog, Michèle Ramsay, Past President of the African Society of Human Genetics, introduces the new Gateway on AAS Open Research.

Rashmi Rodrigues MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health, St. John’s Medical College in Bangalore, India reflects on her experiences visiting Africa and the potential of growing South-South collaborations. On the 3rd July 2018, the excitement of the upcoming academic visit overshadowed the stress of obtaining my visa to South Africa. I was visiting…

In support of International Data Week, Hollydawn Murray introduces our newly overhauled data guidelines. These guidelines have been rolled out across the F1000 platforms. In March, I announced F1000’s renewed commitment to data sharing and intent to focus on data quality. This week I am pleased to release F1000’s updated data guidelines and quick data guides…

Most scientists, even before they have had direct experience as an author, have a sense that the standard practice of scientific publishing is flawed. Starting as students, by power of observation — which scientists tend to be pretty good at — they see that sharing research results takes a long time, that doing so often…

Moses Egesa, a PhD student at Makerere University, discusses an open letter published on AAS Open Research, reporting on vaccines, schistosomiasis and the next steps on advancing controlled human infection models in Uganda.  Moses also talks about the benefits of open peer review for research, to share it among a wide audience and increase visibility…

Jantina de Vries, University of Cape Town, was one of the first researchers to publish on AAS Open Research. Here, Jantina discusses her Open Letter, currently awaiting peer review, which describes a framework for genomics research in Africa, explaining how the ethics of such research and biobanking can be improved. The launch of the AAS…