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<b><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Collaboration in the COVID era</span></b></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">We all know that times are strange right now, and the lives of scientists very different from normal. For those who are missing conference travel, and
the opportunity to discuss your work and build collaborations with other research groups, we would like to suggest a replacement project: why not edit a theme issue of</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> </span><i><a href="http://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rstb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Philosophical
Transactions B</span></a></i></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">?</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Each issue is carefully planned out, so is more like a book than a standard collection of related papers. The broad scope means that you are not restricted
in terms of subject area, and you can be inventive with different article types. As Guest Editor, you will have the opportunity to build your network and gain editorial experience, with a high-profile Editorial Board and experienced staff to help you at every
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125)"><a href="https://blogs.royalsociety.org/publishing/the-art-of-being-a-good-guest-editor-phil-trans-b/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Read
about the experience of former Guest Editors</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">and</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> </span><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/pb-assets/PTBassets/Phil_Trans_B_guest_editing_flyer-1590054758947.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">download
our flyer</span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">. Then, if interested, feel free to contact the Commissioning Editor,</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> </span><a href="mailto:helen.eaton@royalsociety.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Helen
Eaton</span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">, with your ideas.</span></p>
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