PAASPort is our tool to evaluate bias in preclincical drug discovery research. Application of PAASPort is based on the analysis of a balance between potential sources of biases (related to various types of pressure to obtain or deliver data) and the protective measures that exist at various levels – from the organization level to individual scientists and experiments.
We now proudly announce that our PAASPort became a registered trademark just like Coca-Cola® in 1888. Time will tell whether PAASPort®will also be as broadly known in the scientific community as Coca-Cola, one of the world’s most recognizable brands.
How to write successful grants in 1920
Submitted by the German Biochemist and Nobel laureate, Otto Warburg (1883-1970) to the ‘Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft’ (Emergency Association of German Science), the application, which consisted of a single sentence, “I require 10,000 marks”, was funded in full. Published in Koppenol et al., Nature Reviews Cancer 11, 325-337 (May 2011).
NPG’s Policy on authorship
08.09.2011: NPG’S POLICY ON AUTHORSHIP – Important change to submission criteria
“To the dismay of many (yet to the delight of a few), Nature Publishing Group announced that its flagship journal, Nature, will no longer accept submissions from humans (Homo sapiens). The new policy, which has been under editorial consideration for many years, was sparked by a growing sentiment in the scientific community that the heuristics and biases inherent in human decision-making preclude them from conducting reliable science.” […]
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v477/n7363/full/477244a.html
John Oliver on Scientific Studies
John Oliver commenting on the problem and even featuring Brian Nosek!
Retraction notice:
‘…There was no response from the authors despite our attempts to reach them and request to clarify these discrepancies. More importantly, the authors of this paper are non-existent and were never employed by the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. (PubMed ID 25010391)
