In: Tools and Resources

A qualitative study of the barriers to using blinding in in vivo experiments and suggestions for improvement
December 22, 2023

In animal experiments, blinding is a methodological strategy to reduce the risk that scientists, animal care staff, or other staff involved…

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Advanced methods and implementations for the meta-analyses of animal models: Current practices and future recommendations
December 22, 2023

Meta-analytic techniques have been widely used to synthesize data from animal models of human diseases and conditions, but these analyses often…

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Designing, conducting, and reporting reproducible animal experiments
December 22, 2023

In this review, Emma Wilson and colleagues aim to engage researchers in the discussion on research reproducibility and to provide the…

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Good Research Practice online course
December 22, 2023

We are thrilled to announce that we have completed the development of our Good Research Practice online course and it will…

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Sex as a biological variable in preclinical research:  Unforeseen and abused degree of freedom 
December 21, 2023

In many fields of biomedical research, in vivo studies traditionally involved the use of male subjects.  The situation recently started to…

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R script: Sex as a biological variable in preclinical research
December 21, 2023

This is the script which is mentioned in the article HERE.

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AI-enabled image fraud in scientific publications
November 2, 2022

Destroying image integrity in scientific papers may result in serious consequences. Inappropriate duplication and fabrication of images are two common misconducts…

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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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Launch of the online version of the “Research Quality Transparency” Tool
November 2, 2022

This tool was originally developed by an EQIPD Consortium Taskforce and is now implemented online with support from a SBIR award…

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Blind spots on western blots: a meta-research study highlighting opportunities to improve figures and methods reporting
June 16, 2022

Western blotting is a standard laboratory method used to detect proteins and assess their expression levels. Unfortunately, poor western blot image…

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