ManyX Projects

Joining forces to address challenges in comparative research with big team science

Jeffrey R. Stevens

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

@JeffreyRStevens@fediscience.org
@JeffStevensADML

Doing (robust) science is hard

One solution: big team science

Big team science advantages

Photo of many golden retriever dogs by Peter Jolly of Northpix: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-44898115

Thirty-two dogs of different breeds all sitting and looking at the camera.

Stylized map of the world made up of figures of people in different colors.

Origins of big team science

2011: Many Labs
2018: ManyPrimates

ManyZoos

Email

manyzoosproject@gmail.com

Contact

Lisa P. Barrett

Victoria O’Connor*

ManyFishes

Email

themanyfishes@gmail.com

Contact

Laurent Prétôt*

ManyDogs

ManyPrimates

Website

manyprimates.github.io

Email

manyprimates@gmail.com

Contact

Darby Proctor*

Michael Beran*

ManyBirds

Website

themanybirds.com

Email

manybirdsproject1@gmail.com

Contact

Rachael Miller

Megan Lambert

ManyGoats

Website

themanygoatsproject.com

Email

manygoatsproject@gmail.com

Contact

Christian Nawroth

ManyManys

Website

manymanys.github.io

Email

themanymanys1@gmail.com

Contact

Nico Alessandroni

Laurent Prétôt*

Other ManyX projects

What can you do?

Join a ManyX group

Collect data
Administrative help
Analyze data
Translate materials
Recruit new groups

Expand the network
Disseminate results
Make materials, pipelines, infrastructure more accessible

What can you do?

Create a ManyX group

ManyRodents? ManyReptiles? ManyInvertebrates?

Help out with ManyManys

Assist with experimental design
Help with literature reviews

Register at PhyloPsy

https://www.phylopsy.org/

Wrap-up

Big team science important to robust science
Many opportunities to help