Open Data and Materials

RPM: An open-source Rotation Platform for open- and closed-loop vestibular stimulation in head-fixed Mice

Head fixation allows the recording and presentation of controlled stimuli and is used to study neural processes underlying spatial navigation. However, it disrupts the head direction system because of the lack of vestibular stimulation. To overcome …

Sharing brain imaging data in the Open Science era: how and why?

The sharing of human neuroimaging data has great potential to accelerate the development of imaging biomarkers in neurological and psychiatric disorders; however, major obstacles remain in terms of how and why to share data in the Open Science …

Shifting medical education: the impact of open educational resources

Medical education has undergone a transformative shift along with the integration of open educational resources (OERs) in recent years. Examining the impact through initiatives like Project Tulip, this article explores how OERs have revolutionized …

SnapShot: Reporting practices for publishing results with human PSCs and tissue stem cells

This checklist is intended to help scientists, reviewers, and editors prepare and assess manuscripts for inclusion of critical details relevant to work with pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) and tissue stem cells (TSCs) with the goal of increasing the …

Sneaked references: Cooked reference metadata inflate citation counts

We report evidence of an undocumented method to manipulate citation counts involving 'sneaked' references. Sneaked references are registered as metadata for scientific articles in which they do not appear. This manipulation exploits trusted …

Social Identity and morality lab teaching

I believe that higher education should be focused on developing passionate, critical, independent and creative thought, and the transmission of knowledge should be in the service of developing these skills. In the classroom, I try to communicate the …

Social Sciences Research Methods Centre Replication Workshop

This workshop will introduce students to the process of reproducing published work. Replicating other scholars’ work is an essential tool for becoming familiar with methods, learning to select suitable models, and getting a chance to publish early …

SPIRO – the automated Petri plate imaging platform designed by biologists, for biologists

Phenotyping of model organisms grown on Petri plates is often carried out manually, despite the procedures being time-consuming and laborious. The main reason for this is the limited availability of automated phenotyping facilities, whereas …

SPSP experts - open science

A video about open science, pre-registration etc.

Stat 545

This site is about everything that comes up during data analysis except for statistical modelling and inference. This might strike you as strange, given R’s statistical roots. First, let me assure you we believe that modelling and inference are …