Maruxa Martínez-Campos is a biologist (PhD, Cambridge University) who moved to ‘the other side’ of research to work as an editor for the open access journal “Genome Biology”. For over 10 years she has worked at PRBB on communication. She currently coordinates the Good scientific practice working group and the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee at the PRBB. When she finds the time, she writes in “The science factor“.