The ABCs of reproducibility: effecting attitudes, behaviors and change to realize reproducibility

Catch a snippet of our recent journal Technology news article on reproducibility below or read the full article here. Reproducibility is a topic that has been much discussed, debated and repeated over the last decade as the scale of the ‘reproducibility crisis’ has become apparent. In recent years, however, gains in reproducibility remain marginal. Improvements in the standards and quality control of study reagents, such as antibodies and cell lines, have been marked, with nonprofit organizations such as ATCC (VA, USA) offering authenticated cell lines and numerous industry and academic papers providing information on the validation of antibodies. Papers have...