Concerned about the reproducibility crisis? Wondering what you can do to make your research more transparent, robust & reproducible? Looking for hands-on experience and expert advice? Make your own research instantly more transparent, robust & reproducible.

Participants in the hands-on ReproducibiliTeach workshop, offered by QUEST and NeuroCure, will learn to identify common problems that affect transparency and reproducibility and work on implementing better practices in their own research.

Course description

This course follows the flipped classroom principle. Participants are required to watch a recorded lecture focussed on common practices for more transparent and reproducible alternatives prior to the workshops.

In these lectures, they learn the theoretical background and skills needed to apply these concepts to their own research. During the workshops, participants ask questions, apply concepts to their own research, learn from others’ experiences and get feedback from instructors and classmates. Instructors will provide support and guidance.

After completion of the course, participants will have implemented practices to make their research more transparent and reproducible, and shared their knowledge with others in their research group.

Target audience

This course is designed for biomedical researchers working on small sample size studies, including preclinical (animal) research, in vitro research, or human research with small numbers of participants. Some topics may also be relevant to researchers working with larger sample sizes.

Eligibility

This course is open to researchers in the biomedical or biological sciences at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, or Technische Universität Berlin.

Additional spaces are available to participants from the NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence. NeuroCure participants should indicate their affiliation during the registration process.

Dates: 

Tuesdays, February 21 to March 21, 2023, Class time: 4-5:30 pm

• 21.02.2023: Reporting Guidelines AND Blinding and Randomization
• 28.02.2023: RRIDs/Flowcharts
• 07.03.2023: Data Visualization
• 14.03.2023: Method Reproducibility
• 21.03.2023: Research Data Management

Course language: English

Materials: Course lectures, to be watched prior to class, are available on YouTube, http://youtube.com/@reproducibiliteach

Location: Virtual course via MS TEAMS/ Zoom

Homework: 2-4 hours/week

Registration: Please register here.

Contact:

Tracey L. Weissgerber, Ph.D.
Group Leader
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research
Email: tracey.weissgerber@bih-charite.de

Dr. René Bernard
Coordinator for Value and Open Science
NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Email: rene.bernard@charite.de

Further information: https://t1p.de/l9maa