By: Björn
Reproducibility2020: Progress and Priorities
February 28, 2017One year after Global Biological Standards Institute (GBSI) issued its Reproducibility2020 challenge and action plan for the biomedical research community, Freedman…
Read MoreThe Interplay between Data Quality and Animal Welfare
February 28, 2017The 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) originating from Russell and Burch (1959) are the guiding principles in preclinical animal research. They…
Read MoreNo publication without confirmation
February 27, 2017In a Nature Comment Malcolm McCleod and Jeffrey Mogli present an idea for preclinical research to improve trust in animal studies…
Read MoreAcknowledging and Overcoming Nonreproducibility in Basic and Preclinical Research
February 13, 2017In this Viewpoint article, published in JAMA on Feb 13, 2017, John P.A. Ioannidis summarizes critical factors (e.g. poor statistical methods,…
Read MorePublish or Perish Debate at WCAA
January 30, 2017Together with Rainer Spanagel (Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim) and Henry Kranzler (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine), Anton…
Read MoreWebinar bei Martin Michel
January 30, 2017Prof. Dr. Martin Michel presented the November Cohen Veterans Bioscience Webinar on November 16th from 12 pm noon – 1 pm ET. Martin…
Read MoreA manifesto for reproducible science
January 11, 2017Manufo et al published an open access manifesto in Nature Human Behavior for reproducible science. This interesting piece summarizes the problems…
Read MoreA pocket guide to electronic laboratory notebooks in the academic life sciences.
January 4, 2017Scientists use lab notebooks (LNs) to document their hypotheses, experiments and initial analysis or interpretation of experiments. However, while complexity of…
Read MoreAuthorization of Animal Experiments Is Based on Confidence Rather than Evidence of Scientific Rigor
January 3, 2017Hanno Würbel and his team investigated the measures taken to decrease the risk of research biases in grant applications or publications:…
Read MoreAdditional Reads in December 2016
December 23, 2016Ranking major and minor research misbehaviors: results from a survey among participants of four World Conferences on Research IntegrityThis recently published…
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