By: Björn

Using Microsoft OneNote as an ELN
May 28, 2020

Electronic research data documentation can be achieved with either comprehensive software applications or “do-it-yourself” solutions. Whereas the first is often quite…

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Beauty is not everything
May 28, 2020

Being able to trust the experimental data is critical for experimental research. This is certainly also true for Western Blotting as…

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PLOS launches research data survey
May 28, 2020

PLOS has launched a major survey targeting researchers in North America and Europe: The goal is to deepen the understanding of…

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Die Reproduzierbarkeitskrise: Bedrohung oder Chance für die Wissenschaft? (In German)
May 28, 2020

In this Editorial, published in Biologie in unserer Zeit, Martin C. Michel and Ralf Dahm discuss threats and opportunities related to…

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Systematic review of guidelines for internal validity in the design, conduct and analysis of preclinical biomedical experiments involving laboratory animals
May 28, 2020

Several initiatives have set out to increase transparency and internal validity of preclinical studies. While many of the points raised in…

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Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams
May 28, 2020

To test the reproducibility and robustness of results obtained in the neuroimaging field, 70 independent teams of neuroimaging experts from across…

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Covid-19 and the PPV
May 28, 2020

There has been a lot in the news recently about using antibody tests to detect people who have had Covid-19 and…

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Research rigor in preclinical studies on biological effects of whole-body exposure to electromagnetic fields (2G/3G cell phone technology)
May 26, 2020

Various modern technologies are known to bear risks to the human health. In many cases, the society learns about these risks…

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Conflict of interest – Education needed!
May 22, 2020

A “Conflict of Interest (CoI)” is a very special situation of which we are usually reminded about when a famous scientist…

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Fun, fun, fun…
March 31, 2020

A mathematician, a physicist, and a statistician went hunting for deer. When they chanced upon one buck lounging about, the mathematician…

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