In: Guidelines

Recommendations to improve use and reporting of statistics in animal experiments
December 22, 2023

Flaws in experimental statistics are a major contributor to the poor reproducibility of animal experiments. Informed decisions about whether conclusions are…

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Co-creating Research Integrity Education Guidelines for Research Institutions
December 22, 2023

To support institutions to foster research integrity (RI), Krishma Labib and colleagues developed RI education guidelines together with RI experts and…

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Cell line authentication: a necessity for reproducible biomedical research
November 2, 2022

Immortalized or continuous cell lines are invaluable tools in basic and preclinical research. However, the widespread use of misidentified cell lines…

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Designing and implementing a research integrity promotion plan: Recommendations for research funders
November 2, 2022

Various stakeholders in science have put research integrity high on their agenda. Among them, research funders are prominently placed to foster…

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The EQIPD Framework
September 6, 2022

The EQIPD framework for rigor in the design, conduct, analysis, and documentation of animal experiments was published today. It defines the demands for…

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Bringing microscopy images to the next level
June 16, 2022

In this Nature Methods issue, the global microscopy community presented comprehensive efforts to improve reporting and reproducibility of microscopy images. Articles…

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The MDAR (Materials Design Analysis Reporting) Framework for transparent reporting in the life sciences
March 14, 2022

The MDAR working group came together in late 2017 with the intention to develop a framework to promote transparent reporting, with…

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Toward Standardized Guidelines for Investigating Neural Circuit Control of Behavior in Animal Research
November 3, 2021

With the advent of tools for recording and manipulating activity with high spatiotemporal resolution in defined neural circuits in behaving animals,…

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PAASP publication in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery: Improving target assessment in biomedical research – the GOT-IT recommendations
December 18, 2020

The PAASP team has published an article in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, together with research groups from the Fraunhofer IME-TMP and the…

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Guidelines for target validation published
November 16, 2020

The GOT-IT team, consisting of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute, Charité and PAASP, announces the publication of their guidelines for target validation…

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