Core Facilities (CFs) are a major player within the research landscape since they provide essential infrastructures, experimental support and knowledge to…

Do I need to consider the sex of the animals for my study? Is the background noise level likely to vary?…

Reproducibility of data has never been more at the forefront of scientific endeavour than now. In their latest contribution, the International…

Staff at QED Biomedical Ltd have conducted research to demonstrate how sample bias in patient- derived tumour tissue samples with somatic…

Commentary provided by Claudia Kurreck (Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany) The performance of audits and assessments is always a…

At the presentation of the ECNP Negative Data Award (see above), there was an interesting point made by one of the…

“Accurate Design of in vitro experiments – Why does it matter?” was the name of a previous post (LINK) from our…

Pre-clinical animal research is typically based on single-laboratory studies conducted under highly standardized conditions. However, a new study published by Bernhard…

F1000 Research has published an article entitled “In search of the mechanisms of ketamine’s antidepressant effects: How robust is the evidence…