By: Björn
Publications July 2016
July 22, 2016Standards for Cell Line Authentication and Beyond. Cell line authentication is a powerful approach to add confidence to the results of…
Read MoreRe-evaluation of failed drugs and targets using contemporary knowledge, methodology and tools
July 22, 2016Co-authored by PAASP’s managing partner, Anton Bespalov, the correspondence article ‘Failed trials for central nervous system disorders do not necessarily invalidate…
Read MoreWhy Most Clinical Research Is Not Useful.
June 30, 2016In this essay, John P.A. Ioannidis argues that features relating to problem base, context placement, information gain, pragmatism, patient centeredness, value…
Read MoreScientists believed a whiff of the bonding hormone Oxytocin could increase trust between humans. Then they went back and checked their work…
June 22, 2016Over the last two decades, the neuropeptide Oxytocin (OT) has been studied extensively and many articles have been published about its…
Read MorePublications June 2016
June 22, 2016Reproducibility Crisis: Are We Ignoring Reaction Norms? In this letter, published in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, Bernhard Voelkl and Hanno Würbel…
Read MoreBuilding a nearshoring collaboration: Success story
May 30, 2016Starting to work together with someone you do not know is often associated with some risk-taking if this person is outside…
Read More1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility
May 26, 2016According to the survey conducted by Nature (link), more than 52% of 1,576 researchers representing different areas of science see a…
Read MorePublications May 2016
May 22, 2016Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI) Announcement: On 27 April 2016 IMI officially launched its 9th Call for proposals under IMI 2. It…
Read MoreE-Learning tools and MOOCs II
May 22, 2016E-learning platforms and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are picking up momentum in popularity and are an emerging new model for…
Read MoreGDF11 – the ‘new blood’ anti-aging protein
May 22, 2016The seminal paper by John Ioannidis entitled “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False” (2005 PLoS Medicine 2: e124), contains some…
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