elizabethiorns

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Solving the Research Integrity Crisis(blog.scienceexchange.com)
61 points by elizabethiorns 13y ago|2 comments
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by elizabethiorns 13y ago
We are attempting to solve this by identifying and rewarding reproducible research (www.reproducibilityinitiative.org). However, it has been incredibly difficult to get funding to conduct the validation studies due to the obsession of fundi
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by elizabethiorns 14y ago
Just found out you can do it for your dog's DNA as well!
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by elizabethiorns 14y ago
I totally agree with you and congratulations on creating such a widely used and transformative product, I hope that in time biology will also adopt the arXiv model. I also agree with your point about reproducibility - it is another passion
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by elizabethiorns 15y ago
I totally agree regarding the decline of universities. In particular I think the research side will be the first to shift away from universities; at least with education you are essentially paying for a brand name which has inherent value.
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by elizabethiorns 15y ago
As an university researcher (faculty at University of Miami) I agree that efficiency of spending is very important - what is interesting is that researchers are often unaware that by making use of economies of scale that exist at specialize
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by elizabethiorns 15y ago
The current system for evaluating a scientists reputation and integrity is hardly perfect - it is estimated that fewer than 50% of data in published papers can be reproduced ( http://lifescivc.com/2011/03/academic-bias-biotech-failures/ ).
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by elizabethiorns 15y ago
Actually I think this has the potential to increase the connections between different fields because it will truly incentivize collaborations through a market mechanism rather than the bartering system which currently exists (i.e I'll trade
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by elizabethiorns 15y ago
Hi Jess - Science Exchange allows scientists to outsource individual experiments to specialist labs and facilities. For example gene expression profiling can be outsourced to specialist microarray providers. This is becoming a bigger and bi