By: Björn
Newsletter December 2017
December 19, 2017PAASP News: – The Pharma Innovation Excellence (PHINNEX) consortium – Read moreRecent publications related to Good Research Practice – Read moreCommentary:…
Read MoreBiologist talks to a statistician
November 10, 2017Does this conversation sounds familiar?
Read MoreThe Birthday Paradox
November 10, 2017In biomedical research, dealing with probabilities is part of the daily routine for many scientists, independently of their specific research area….
Read More‘How many studies produce negative results?’
November 10, 2017The July issue of the Newsletter mentioned a recent publication by Daniel Benjamin and his colleagues who have analyzed the ability…
Read MoreAdditional reads November 2017
November 10, 2017Further commentaries, articles and blog posts worth reading: Null is beautiful: On the importance of publishing null results Funding debate over…
Read MoreThe ghosts of HeLa: How cell line misidentification contaminates the scientific literature
November 10, 2017While problems with cell line misidentification have been known for decades, an unknown number of published papers remains in circulation reporting…
Read MoreDo Neuroscience Journals Accept Replications? A Survey of Literature
November 10, 2017Recent reports in neuroscience, especially those concerning brain-injury and neuroimaging, have revealed low reproducibility of results within the field and urged…
Read MoreThe Experimental Design Assistant
November 10, 2017Addressing the common problems that researchers encounter when designing and analyzing animal experiments will improve the reliability of in vivo research….
Read MoreA checklist is associated with increased quality of reporting preclinical biomedical research: A systematic review
November 10, 2017Irreproducibility of preclinical biomedical research has gained recent attention. To improve the quality and transparency of scientific reporting, some journals introduced…
Read MoreFindings 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, 2017Poor replication of in vivo and in vitro biomedical studies has been reported and this can be linked in many cases…
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