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Less rushing = better science; I wrote you an app. buff.ly/QIfHDDC Our PI, Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social built a scientific project planner app to complement our work and it’s ready for testing. Spend a few hours planning your next project and DM Konrad your feedback.

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Highly recommended! Virtual event on June 24 buff.ly/COsoi0k An interactive session based on a paper we published with Dr. Megan Hagenauer @mhagenauer.bsky.social‬, “Promoting Open Discussions of Scientific Failure within the Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference”.

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"The NIH strives to exemplify and promote the highest level of scientific integrity, public accountability, and social responsibility in the conduct of science." Why rigor is crucial for science and science funding. bit.ly/4jQVaSv

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Save the date! C4R25 Conference, September 8-10 in Philadelphia. A hands on experience on what it means to do rigorous science, supported by a growing community of people who want to do Better Science, Every Day. Join us at C4R.io/join to receive your registration link. #C4R25 #rigorconference

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Meet our coLABs! We get by with a little help from our friends. These are individuals and schools with expert knowledge who contribute to the C4R network by designing educational Units, crafting learning objectives, and identifying skills to train. Meet our coLABs at

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Grad students are at the core of everything we do. Why trust us? Because we’re a team of students, post-grads, professors, and professionals who know what it’s like to be right where you are. #scientificrigor #c4r #gradstudentlife #researchskills

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The Community for Rigor is creating a full, free, online curriculum to help scientists acquire the research skills they need to do reliable, reproducible, and transparent science. Learn more at c4r.io and sign up for news and updates at c4r.io/join #scientificrigor #betterscience #c4r

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Stay tuned for our upcoming Unit: How to Design A Good Laboratory Experiment: The Importance of Controls. Effective usage of experimental controls when designing, debugging, and deciphering studies. Learn more at c4r.io and join our community to receive news and updates at c4r.io/join

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We want to hear from you! We’re conducting a survey on the state of neuroscience. This week’s question is: What do you think are the fastest-growing areas of neuroscience? #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu...

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Ideas often seem compelling before they are changed or disproven by controls. Our free, online curriculum will help you learn to do rigorous scientific experiments. Practice on your own, with your lab team, or in class. Sign up to join our community at c4r.io/join

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We tend to confirm our hypotheses. This is Confirmation bias and it can introduce error into research. Our free, online curriculum can help you learn how to reduce confirmation bias in your research through practical tools like masking 😎 Learn more at c4r.io/units

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Stay tuned for the upcoming release of our Randomization Unit. Join our mailing list at C4R.io/join C4R is creating a full, FREE, online educational platform to help you learn, practice, and promote scientifi rigor. Learn more at c4r.io.

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C4R works with a team of subject matter experts and advisors who provide guidance as we develop educational materials to learn the principles and practice of scientific rigor, and build a global community of people striving to make Better Science, Every Day! Learn more at C4R.io @ubadahsabbagh.com

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"Without rigor, moving fast doesn’t mean progress. It means we’re building on shaky ground.” Why rigor training is crucial for translational scientists.

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More units in the making! We're building a full online curriculum to help scientists acquire the research skills they need to do reliable, open, reproducible, and transparent science. Learn more at C4R.io and Join us at C4R.io/Join

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Are you new to a lab and assumed to have this and other research skills nobody has taught you? C4R's platform can help. Find us at C4R.io and hit JOIN to receive news, updates, and invites to our events.

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We're creating a free educational platform to help you acquire the research skills you need to do good, reliable, reproducible, and transparent science. Learn more and play with our materials at c4r.io Join us! buff.ly/mmdRd1v #sciencerigor #betterscienceeveryday #c4r

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Thank you to everyone who joined us today for our webinar on Confirmation Bias, led by @kordinglab.bsky.social A recording of the event will be posted to our channels shortly. In the meantime, check out the unit at c4r.io/units and give us your feedback!

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Thank you to everyone who joined us today for our webinar on Confirmation Bias, led by @kordinglab.bsky.social! A recording of the event will be posted to our channels shortly. In the meantime, check out the unit at c4r.io/units and give us your feedback!

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Happy Monday, everyone! This is your friendly reminder to join us at 12 pm ET for a master class on confirmation bias in research, led by professor Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social RSVP @ bit.ly/3RzmdVH to receive the Zoom link.

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Would you like to test our rigor educational materials with your classmates, or your lab team? Let us help you acquire the research skills everyone assumes you already have 😉 It takes one hour and we'll provide an instructor guide with step-by-step instructions. Sign up at: buff.ly/gIvPlk1

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Have you played with our Confirmation Bias Unit, yet? Head out to buff.ly/sa8UIeY and give it a try, share with your colleagues and students, and give us your feedback.

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It happens to all of us. Also known as experimenter’s bias, it’s the tendency for researcher expectations to influence subject and the outcomes. Join us on 4/21 for a master class, taught by Konrad Kording, on this and other forms of confirmation bias. RSVP @ c4r.io/events

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Webinar alert! Confirmation Bias, the Original Error, presented by @kordinglab.bsky.social April 21 at 12:00pm (ET) Happy to announce Konrad's live master class on confirmation bias, teaching one of our C4R Units! To RSVP, go to www.c4r.io/events

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Focus groups invite reminder! 🚨 We're testing an educational unit on randomization and need your feedback to improve it. Join us! Please sign up for one of the four sessions here:

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What strategies do you use to reduce bias in your research? Let us know in the comments!

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Our upcoming unit on Randomization needs your feedback! Participate in one of our focus groups and you’ll be contributing directly to helping us improve our educational materials. We’re hosting 4 focus group sessions in the coming weeks. RSVP at C4R.io/Events

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Test C4R's rigor educational materials with your lab team and help them acquire the skills they need to do rigorous science. It's free, takes just one hour, anyone in the lab can lead the learning session, and we'll provide instructor guides to facilitate it. Sign up at bit.ly/3DZHKE4

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Check out our developer Q&A with two of the creators of our Confirmation Bias Unit, Dr. Ani Govjian, Senior Curriculum Developer at C4R, and Dr. Richard Born, Professor of Neurobiology at @harvardmed.bsky.social and former Director of the Harvard PhD Program in Neuroscience. bit.ly/3XKt4iO

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The submission deadline for the NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions Prize is May 2nd! For individuals and small teams of early-career scientists who are promoting enhanced research rigor. www.challenge.gov?challenge=ni...

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Transparency is critical to rigorouse science. Share the successes and the failures 😇

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Join our Confirmation Bias class with Professor Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social! Learn to identify bias in your research and the skills to mitigate it. Monday, April 21, 12:00-1:00 pm (EST) RSVP at bit.ly/3RzmdVH

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We're inviting people and labs to test our materials. Visit c4r.io/units and help us improve our Units. Your feedback is essential to ensuring our resource is easy to use AND teach! #reliablerescience #betterscience

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"The decision to display data and how to use that data to develop your scientific story is the very first rigor-related choice that you make." First look at our upcoming unit, Effective Data Visualization for Research Communication: bit.ly/3Y4Zkgy

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Meet our Harvard Medical School coLAB, the team behind our Confirmation Bias unit! C4R coLABs are subject matter experts who contribute to the C4R network by designing Units, crafting learning objectives, and identifying skills to train. @harvardmed.bsky.social Tari Tan Rick Born Ella Batty

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Learn scientific rigor principles and skills on your own, with your lab teams, or teach them to your students in class. We're creating instructor guides and other supporting materials to make it easier for you to teach and learn how to do more rigorous science. Check out c4r.io for more!

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C4R’s fearless leader, Konrad Körding, sat down with The Transmitter to chat about our shiny new website and the launch of our Confirmation Bias unit. Check it out: www.thetransmitter.org

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Rigor News - Our new website is live! Visit us at c4r.io and test our first released unit on Confirmation Bias. Our community's feedback is very important for our mission.

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Thanks to the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UPenn for this great article: blog.seas.upenn.edu/c4r-raises-t... It's a great honor to be part of the UPenn community!

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Biomedical paper retractions have quadrupled in 20 years — why? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Stop Fooling Yourself! (Diagnosing and Treating Confirmation Bias) www.eneuro.org/content/11/1... Big thanks to by Rick Born and his team @harvardmed.bsky.social, the subject matter experts and co-creators of our Confirmation Bias unit!

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We are on LinkedIn! Please consider following us and help us grow our online presence: www.linkedin.com/company/comm...

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Launching our first unit on Confirmation Bias, soon! Learn how to mitigate bias in your studies by masking. Join our community at C4R.io. #betterscience #CommunityforRigor

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Huge thanks to all our Confirmation Bias unit focus groups participants! Your feedback and insights are crucial to help us refine our materials. Join us at c4r.io/join and stay up to date on the next round of focus groups, the latest news about C4R's progress, events, and more! #ScientificRigor

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Announcing a new week-long program for young computational neuroscience/ behavior professors to talk about rigorous science, mentoring, lab management, and networking in a stunning retreat setting. Do great science as a community and have fun doing so.

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If you are a young professor in behavior or neuro who can benefit from training in being a professor, do apply. Last week to apply for this.

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