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ATGthePodcast 286 - A Conversation with Damien Pattinson, Executive Director, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.

Jul 30, 2025

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Damien Pattinson, Executive Director, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.

Damien earned his PhD in neuroscience. After a postdoc at Kings College, London, UK, he began his career in scholarly publishing almost twenty years ago, first joining BMJ as a scientific editor, then PLOS ONE as executive director and then as editorial director, and Research Square as VP of Publishing Innovation.  Damien joined eLife in 2020. In this conversation, he talks about Open Science and the eLife publishing model.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/damian-pattinson-b054508/

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