By: Björn

Reproducibility2020: Progress and Priorities
February 28, 2017

One year after Global Biological Standards Institute (GBSI) issued its Reproducibility2020 challenge and action plan for the biomedical research community, Freedman…

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The Interplay between Data Quality and Animal Welfare
February 28, 2017

The 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) originating from Russell and Burch (1959) are the guiding principles in preclinical animal research. They…

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No publication without confirmation
February 27, 2017

In a Nature Comment Malcolm McCleod and Jeffrey Mogli present an idea for preclinical research to improve trust in animal studies…

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Acknowledging and Overcoming Nonreproducibility in Basic and Preclinical Research
February 13, 2017

In this Viewpoint article, published in JAMA on Feb 13, 2017, John P.A. Ioannidis summarizes critical factors (e.g. poor statistical methods,…

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Publish or Perish Debate at WCAA
January 30, 2017

Together with Rainer Spanagel (Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim) and Henry Kranzler (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine), Anton…

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Webinar bei Martin Michel
January 30, 2017

Prof. Dr. Martin Michel presented the November Cohen Veterans Bioscience Webinar on November 16th from 12 pm noon – 1 pm ET. Martin…

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A manifesto for reproducible science
January 11, 2017

Manufo et al published an open access manifesto in Nature Human Behavior for reproducible science. This interesting piece summarizes the problems…

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A pocket guide to electronic laboratory notebooks in the academic life sciences.
January 4, 2017

Scientists use lab notebooks (LNs) to document their hypotheses, experiments and initial analysis or interpretation of experiments. However, while complexity of…

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Authorization of Animal Experiments Is Based on Confidence Rather than Evidence of Scientific Rigor
January 3, 2017

Hanno Würbel and his team investigated the measures taken to decrease the risk of research biases in grant applications or publications:…

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Additional Reads in December 2016
December 23, 2016

Ranking major and minor research misbehaviors: results from a survey among participants of four World Conferences on Research IntegrityThis recently published…

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