In: Commentaries
Trial Transparency at European Universities
May 22, 2019We have previously discussed that there are significant efforts to make results of all clinical trials public. And there are already…
Read MoreTax support and incentives for research and development
May 22, 2019In many countries, governments are developing and implementing various mechanisms to incentivize innovative research and development. There is a new mechanism recently announced…
Read Moreprivate forever
May 22, 2019There is growing awareness about the values of preregistered studies or key elements thereof. And there is a growing number of…
Read MorePromoting transparency in preclinical research: preregistration of animal study protocols on www.preclinicaltrials.eu
March 11, 2019Smit NW1, Van der Naald M2,3, Wever KE4, Duncker DJ1,5, Chamuleau SAJ2,3,6 1Netherlands Heart Institute, The Netherlands 2University Medical Center Utrecht, The…
Read MoreBalancing futility and benefit – Is academic research ready for higher research quality standards?
December 20, 2018byAnton Bespalov (PAASP)Adrian G. Barnett (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)C. Glenn Begley (BioCurate, Melbourne, Australia) *For a condensed version of this…
Read MoreOctopus – a replacement for scientists publishing that rewards good research?”
December 20, 2018After 17 years working in the media I have returned to academia and been shocked to discover so much poor research…
Read MoreOf negative results and dust
November 17, 2018Do studies with negative results have value or not? We hope that majority of our readers would agree that high-quality results…
Read MoreCutting the Gordian knots of industry-academia relationships
November 17, 2018Facing a seemingly intractable problem, we are often moved to go for any fast solution – just not to deal with…
Read MoreGods vs Earth Giants
November 17, 2018by Elena Koustova In the long gone Soviet higher (university-based) education system there were no electives. As aspiring biologists (e.g. natural…
Read More“Research quality is an urgent matter”
September 10, 2018In the March 2018 issue of the newsletter, we have previously discussed that the research rigor & reproducibility discussion starts to…
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