By: Björn

Newsletter December 2017
December 19, 2017

PAASP News: – The Pharma Innovation Excellence (PHINNEX) consortium – Read moreRecent publications related to Good Research Practice – Read moreCommentary:…

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Biologist talks to a statistician
November 10, 2017

Does this conversation sounds familiar?

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The Birthday Paradox
November 10, 2017

In biomedical research, dealing with probabilities is part of the daily routine for many scientists, independently of their specific research area….

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‘How many studies produce negative results?’
November 10, 2017

The July issue of the Newsletter mentioned a recent publication by Daniel Benjamin and his colleagues who have analyzed the ability…

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Additional reads November 2017
November 10, 2017

Further commentaries, articles and blog posts worth reading: Null is beautiful: On the importance of publishing null results Funding debate over…

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The ghosts of HeLa: How cell line misidentification contaminates the scientific literature
November 10, 2017

While problems with cell line misidentification have been known for decades, an unknown number of published papers remains in circulation reporting…

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Do Neuroscience Journals Accept Replications? A Survey of Literature
November 10, 2017

Recent reports in neuroscience, especially those concerning brain-injury and neuroimaging, have revealed low reproducibility of results within the field and urged…

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The Experimental Design Assistant
November 10, 2017

Addressing the common problems that researchers encounter when designing and analyzing animal experiments will improve the reliability of in vivo research….

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A checklist is associated with increased quality of reporting preclinical biomedical research: A systematic review
November 10, 2017

Irreproducibility of preclinical biomedical research has gained recent attention. To improve the quality and transparency of scientific reporting, some journals introduced…

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Findings of a retrospective, controlled cohort study of the impact of a change in Nature journals’ editorial policy for life sciences research on the completeness of reporting study design and execution.
November 10, 2017

Poor replication of in vivo and in vitro biomedical studies has been reported and this can be linked in many cases…

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