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Harv Virk

@harv-virk.bsky.social

OGA community, YCharOS UK, UK Reproducibilty Network, University of Leicester. Respiratory Medicine. NIHR ACL MRC New Investigator

46 Followers  |  85 Following  |  3 Posts  |  Joined: 30.11.2024  |  1.5916

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Lifecycle Journal | Adding trust to your research, from conception through completion

In Lifecycle Journal's publish-before-review model, research is published before undergoing evaluation. Published submissions are eligible for review by services including @oga-community.bsky.social, a nonprofit that evaluates research that relies on antibodies:
lifecyclejournal.org/evaluation-s...

01.04.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dorothy Bishop Prize Winners 2025 | UK Reproducibility Network

We're very pleased to publicly announce the winners of the 2025 Dorothy Bishop Prize, which celebrates the contributions of early career researchers working to promote #OpenResearch and improve #ResearchCulture.

Congratulations to:
- Annayah Prosser
- Michael Biddle
- Lewis Jones

#AcademicSky

28.03.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Congratulations Michael Biddle for winning the @ukrepro.bsky.social Dorothy Bishop award for your contributions to #Open and #Reproducible research culture. We are so proud of all of the excellent work you have been leading!

21.03.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
DB Prize 2025 shortlisted nominees

Congratulations Michael Biddle for your nomination for this award recognising contributions to #Open , #Reproducible , and generally better research!
www.ukrn.org/2025/03/04/d...

04.03.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UKRN welcomes eLife and Hidden REF as new stakeholders | UK Reproducibility Network Feb 4, 2025 | News

We’re pleased to join the UK Reproducibility Network (@ukrepro.bsky.social) as a stakeholder in support of a more open, transparent and reproducible research culture. Find out more:

04.02.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@aledmedwards.bsky.social has been working on this problem for a long time. He is part of the @ycharos.bsky.social leadership

01.02.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This rate of validation suggests that antibodies should be considered non-specific until proven otherwise:

357 validated out of 1,124 tested.

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31.01.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

www.ukrn.org/2025/01/28/u...

28.01.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 Just over 24 hours left for PhD applications to be submitted to join our DTP

πŸ“… Midday (GMT) TOMORROW Friday 10 Jan

The application form and all details are on our website more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-... as well as a helpful FAQ doc and two Zoom recordings from recently held information sessions

09.01.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A consensus platform for antibody characterization Nature Protocols - YCharOS is a consensus platform for antibody characterization developed through collaboration between academia and industry, enabling direct comparisons among antibodies that...

πŸ“£Check out "A Consensus Platform for Antibody Validation," which describes YCharOS's knockout cell-line based antibody validation platform. πŸ“£

www.nature.com/artic...

20.12.2024 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Our Projects - Only Good Antibodies Community

Better antibodies, Better science, Better patient outcomes. Visit us to find out more!
onlygoodantibodies.com/projects/

20.12.2024 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The antibodies don’t work! The race to rid labs of molecules that ruin experiments Poorly performing antibodies have plagued biomedical sciences for decades. Several fresh initiatives hope to change this.

Learn more about us and our collaboration with @ycharos.bsky.social in this @nature.com feature by Diana Kwon.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

20.12.2024 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New protocol will drive a shared roadmap towards more reliable and cost-effective use of antibodies in biomedical research - NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre A blog by Dr Harvinder Virk - NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, MRC New Investigator (Early Career Researcher).

leicesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/harvinder-vi...

18.12.2024 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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YCharOS protocol for antibody validation - Nature Protocols Poorly performing antibodies contribute to the reproducibility crisis in biomedical research. The market offers millions of antibodies and validating them is a cumbersome process. Now, the non-profit ...

The @ycharos.bsky.social antibody characterization protocol using knock-out cells as controls is now published, and endorsed. Remember though that it’s a generic protocol - you still need to do the proper controls for your own experiments! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

17.12.2024 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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