Hello @research_community! This Topic acts as a recap of some activity that occurred on Discourse over the month of April. The community management team will create these summaries each month to help you stay up to date with what’s happening in the community. To see previous months’, look here.
Upcoming DCoP events 
- If you joined the community this year, fill out this survey so that we can learn how to better serve new members!
- If you’re a new member who didn’t get a chance to join a welcome call, provide your availability for one here, we’d love the chance to get to know you better!
Ongoing conversations 
- @paularp started an interesting conversation in December about how to include patients in advisory boards for research – do you have any thoughts on the topic?
- If you have thoughts about how to best use ChatGPT or other AI tools for research, feel free to add them to the Topic started by @hirotaka .
- @paularp shared tips and tricks for creating effective and appealing scientific figures. @danieltds, @mattk, and @ekaamewu weighed in with their ideas – respond if you have any advice or gripes to share!
Notable Topics 
- @vdardov shared that the AMP-PD Target Explorer released a number of new target lists, which can be helpful if you’re looking to browse targets of interest.
- @ehutchins shared a helpful and detailed overview of single-cell sequencing in the CNS.
- @mattk shared an updated graphic to understand FoxInsight data collection windows which is really helpful if you’re trying to quickly get data on when a survey started and ended.
- @fbbriggs asked about how to analyze genetic data including relatives, and @peixott provided a helpful response.
Opportunities 
- If you didn’t get the chance to attend the workshop on data licensing by Creative Commons, you can view the recording and slides.
- @vdardov shared an AMP-PD webinar which was on April 3rd but was recorded and is now on their website.
- @gdp22 shared info about a GBA1 meeting in June in Montreal - let him know if you’ll be able to make it.
- If you’re new to the community, add an introduction here! We’d love to learn more about you.
- Or, reply to other DCoP members’ introductions to connect with other new members!
Social 
- Have you published any papers this year or presented at a conference? If so, tell us about it so that other DCoP members can see what you’re working on this quarter! If you’re looking for collaborators, this could be a great place to start.
- April was Parkinson’s Awareness Month – let us know if you attended any interesting talks or events to raise awareness.