In: Stories of unreproducibility
Testing the reproducibility and robustness of the cancer biology literature by robot
June 16, 2022Scientific results should be reproducible and robust. However, when reproducibility is tested, it is often not found (often termed ’reproducibility crisis’),…
Read MoreReproducibility in systems biology modelling
August 25, 2020A recent report by Tiwari et al. investigated the reproducibility rate in systems biology modelling by reproducing the mathematical representation of 455 kinetic…
Read MoreVariability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams
May 28, 2020To test the reproducibility and robustness of results obtained in the neuroimaging field, 70 independent teams of neuroimaging experts from across…
Read MoreCoronavirus: The need for solid, robust data
March 31, 2020Like everyone else we are with a great concern given the current coronavirus situation and the beginning of a global experiment:…
Read MoreReplication Study: The microRNA miR-34a inhibits prostate cancer stem cells and metastasis by directly repressing CD44
March 13, 2019The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology aims to replicate a number of landmark studies in the field of tumor biology published between 2010 –…
Read MoreReplication Study: Intestinal inflammation targets cancer-inducing activity of the microbiota
November 17, 2018As part of the Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology, this report describes the attempt to replicate critical experiments from the paper “Intestinal…
Read MoreECNP Preclinical Network Data Prize: The Award Winner
September 5, 2018The ECNP Preclinical Network has announced the winner of the Award for the best publication of negative results in preclinical neuroscience….
Read MoreSocial sciences: Replication studies show that 3 out of 5 is good
August 30, 2018Evaluating the replicability of social science experiments in Nature and Science between 2010 and 2015 Being able to replicate scientific findings…
Read MoreStudies Unable to Reproduce Results of Two Diabetes Papers
August 16, 2018Two examples from Diabetes research of non-reproducible studies. A commentary on The Scientist published on August 10th, 2018. There will always…
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