Jan 27, 2026

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Paolo Manghi, CTO, OpenAIRE, and Researcher, Italian National Research Council.

Paolo is a prominent figure in European Research Infrastructures. In this conversation, he talks about his career path, first...

Jan 25, 2026

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Gregory Laynor, PhD, Director, Meta-Research Collaborative and Systemic Review Librarian, NYU Health Science Library.

In this conversation, Gregory discusses founding the Meta Research Collaborative, which aims to...

Jan 12, 2026

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Andrew Smeall, VP, Product Innovation at Sage.

Andrew is a leader in digital scholarly publishing. He began his career in publishing, and became interested in media and technology, while working at the Center on...

Jan 6, 2026

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Michele Frison, Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit at the University of Cambridge.

Michele is originally from Italy and completed his PhD at UCL in England with a focus on cell...