Post-publication review: The monologue Don’t expect a reply from the authors of that study you just publicly criticized by leaving a comment on the journal web page where it was published. A study conducted by BMJ found that of more than 100 studies published on the journal’s website that attracted substantive criticism, fewer than half…
ESC funding flip flop The embryonic stem cell community is in a bit of a frenzy as last Tuesday the court initially upheld its decision to ban federal funding for the research, and then just 2 days later suspended the funding freeze until it has time to further consider the case. In the meantime, the…
Stem cells, etc. The wires are abuzz about the potential fall-out from last week’s ruling by a federal district judge to deny federal funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. At Science, read about potential repercussions (i.e. lab layoffs); worries that the ban could extend to all hESC research, not just new grants; and…
No leader at misconduct agency The Office of Research Integrity hasn’t had a director since the spring of 2009, according to the Report on Research Compliance, a monthly newsletter from Atlantic Information Services. Despite his retirement in September 2009 after being on leave since March 2009, Chris Pascal was still listed as director in July…
Open access arguments The US House of Representatives subcommittee heard arguments on Thursday (July 29) from both sides of a new bill that would require federal agencies that fund more than $100 million of research to provide public access to the results and publications that result from that research.
NIH: It’s all about significance, approach Under the revised peer review system, significance and approach are the two most important core review factors used to determine the overall impact score of a NIH grant application, according to an analysis by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) director Jeremy Berg at the Institute’s blog on…
Pepsi’s science blog pulled
First edible GM animal? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may soon approve the first genetically modified animal for humans to eat
Useless science denounced Five professors from Emory University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University of California at Los Angeles railed against low-quality research last week in The Chronicle of Higher Education, arguing that an astounding growth in journals and quantity of publications, especially the increase in low-cited papers, has a “profoundly damaging effect” on science…
Hate NSF? Tell us A new forum for improving the National Science Foundation is up, and already attracting attention from high-profile bloggers, such as DrugMonkey. Specifically, the forum asks “What problems have you had with NSF?” and “What creative solutions have you come up with to these problems?”
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