By: Björn
Building Blocks of Good Research Practice, Amsterdam 2016
December 23, 2016On October 27, 2016, several PAASP team members participated in a meeting in Amsterdam organized by the ECNP Preclinical Data Forum‘s core…
Read MoreLack of reproducibility – an opportunity for precision medicine?
December 23, 2016Our article ‘Reproducibility of Preclinical Data: One Man’s Poison Is Another Man’s Meat’ was published recently by the newly established journal…
Read MoreA Laboratory Critical Incident and Error Reporting System for Experimental Biomedicine
December 14, 2016Incident reporting has its origins in the 1950s within the aviation industry where it has been seen to be successful in…
Read MoreRanking major and minor research misbehaviors: results from a survey among participants of four World Conferences on Research Integrity
November 26, 2016This recently published survey identifies the most frequent problem in science: sloppy research. The survey was performed among participants of the…
Read MoreA priori power analysis – friend or foe?
November 23, 2016Performing a power analysis is important for planning experimental studies. It helps us to estimate the sample size necessary to support…
Read MoreAdditional Reads November 2016
November 23, 2016A proposal for validation of antibodies. The International Working Group on Antibody Validation (IWGAV) is an independent group of international scientists with…
Read MoreMeeting report: Lean Product & Process Development Exchange, Philadelphia Sept 25th – 29th, 2016
November 23, 2016In a mix of seminars and workshops, participants and presenters shared experience and knowledge on the application of the Lean Product…
Read MoreNumber of citations as a measure of research quality – a dangerous approach
October 28, 2016How Many Is Too Many? On the Relationship between Research Productivity and Impact. In this research article, published in PLOS One…
Read MorePreclinical data reproducibility discussion: Learning from Big Brother
October 24, 2016In recent years, robustness of preclinical data has been increasingly in focus of discussions about the reasons why the success rate…
Read More29th ECNP Congress – Vienna 2016
October 24, 2016Two reproducibility symposia were held during the 29th annual congress of European College of Neuropsychopharmacology on September 20, 2016 (link): For…
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