Antibodies and research reproducibility

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Register A technical, open data sharing, behavioural, and policy challenge Antibodies are one of the most important tools used in biomedical and fundamental biology research. They are known to be an important driver of irreproducibility in research, with issues around the quality of the reagents, the validation of the reagents for the specific purpose, variation […]

Contributions to research by human and AI produced lay summaries

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Register Description Summaries of research for a lay, non-expert audience can improve the research process. Benefits may include helping other researchers understand a new topic; aid students or early career researchers in critically appraising and sharing their research; or communicating research to the wider public. In this webinar, experts will share their work on the […]

Accelerating Open Research Practices – How the Open Research Programme is creating change

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Register Description The last update on the UKRN Open Research Programme was in February, and much has happened since as it accelerates open research by providing training, reforming policies, enabling sharing of practice and developing insights and indicators. This webinar will present a summary of recent developments in the Programme, highlight some discussion points to […]

Nurturing change through growing UKRN projects

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Register Description Making positive change in research culture isn’t simple: it needs different strategies and approaches. UKRN is doing just that through a number of new projects. Our first webinar of the New Year is a great opportunity to hear about how we’re nurturing changes in research culture through projects that work from the grassroots […]