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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 4h

We host free in-person and virtual events to teach experimental design and proper research methods. Come and learn what everyone assumes you already know 😉

Join us at c4r.io/join to receive invitations and updates.

Photos: Eric Sucar

#SicentificRigor #ExperimentalDesign #ResearchMethods #C4R

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 1d

Congrats to Mary Brunkow from @isbscience.org on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Brunkow was honored with collaborators Ramsdell and Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking work on immune system regulation.

A proud moment for science and Seattle!

🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 2d

Current Penn graduate and professional students applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) are invited to participate in a 2-hour interactive writing workshop.

Thurs, Oct 9, 2-4pm
Graduate Student Center, Rm 304

Register: upenn-gsc.libcal.com/event/15480420

Interactive GRFP Writing Workshop

Current Penn graduate and professional students applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) are invited to participate in this two-hour interactive writing...

upenn-gsc.libcal.com

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 2d

Interested in testing our scientific rigor training materials? Email us at [email protected]

We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.

Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 6d

Watch Anita Bandrowsky (@rridrobot.bsky.social), Ivan Oransky (@retractionwatch.com), and Jason Williams (@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social) discuss how to future proof your research with rigor.

Now available in our YouTube channel, and all part of the C4R25 Conference.

Future Proof Your Research With Rigor

On Monday, September 8, we kicked off the C4R25 Conference with a panel at UPenn about future proofing your research with rigor. It’s no secret that scientific paper retractions have been on the rise…

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 8d

To the students, professors, speakers, publishers, librarians, integrity, open science, preregistration, and reproducibility experts who came, your enthusiasm reminded us that there’s a thirst for scientific rigor education and the community that brings it all together, and we're here for it!

Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 8d

The C4R25 Conference was a great success! Thanks to all whon joined us in Philadelphia and stay tuned for C4R26
@kordinglab.bsky.social
@carlbergstrom.com
@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
@rridrobot.bsky.social
@retractionwatch.com

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 13d

🤩 Thank you, @carlbergstrom.com for being part of C4R!

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14d

It was to see some many friends in Philadelphia for the @comm4rigor.bsky.social meeting a couple of weeks ago. Together we are developing free online materials for researchers interested in doing rigorous science.

The first units are coming soon at c4r.io.

Photos: Eric Sucar

Carl Bergstrom, laptop in lap, gesturing to Konrad Kording

Conference attendees gather for a group portrait on the steps of Philadelphia's Second Bank of the United States

Carl Bergstrom speaking at the C4R meeting

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Sep 3

There's still time to register! Live at UPenn, join us for a public talk to help us embrace rigor as the best tool to make reliable, reproducible, and transparent science.

Register @ c4r.io/conference

#ScientificRigor #BetterScience #PhDLife #GradStudentLife

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 28

RSVP at c4r.io/conference

Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join us on September 9 in Philadelphia for a demo of Konrad Kording's @kordinglab.bsky.social new app, the Scientific Project Planner.

The session is part of our rigor conference, C4R25. There's still time to register! It's free and lunch is on us ;)

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 28

There's still time to register! Registration is free. Join us! RSVP at c4r.io/conference

#scientificrigor #conferenceforrigor

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 27

✨ A fireside chat with @carlbergstrom.com - UW Professor and co-author of "Calling Bullshit"- and René Vidal -Penn Inegrates Knowledge Professor- on the responsible use of LLM’s in research, and what’s to come in one of C4R’s units.

There's still time to register! > c4r.io/conference

#LLMs

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 25

Speaker spotlight ✨ Mariah Hoye, @mariahhoye.bsky.social Program Manager, NINDS Office of Research Quality

Join us for a lightning talk designed to help grad students understand alternative career paths related to scientific rigor.

RSVP at c4r.io/confrence

#ScientificRigor #PhDLife #c4r25

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · Aug 21

MindCORE Welcome Back Seminar & Lunch
Friday, Sept 5, 2025

Seminar: 12:00-1:15 PM (Room 111)
A New-New Intellectual Framework for Psychiatry
Nicole C. Rust
Associate Professor, Psychology

Lunch: 1:30–2:30 PM (Lobby)

All events are in the NBS Building (formerly Levin).

@nicolecrust.bsky.social

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 21

Professor @carlbergstrom.com

Theoretical and evolutionary biologist, critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research, and co-author of Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World. C4R coLAB, developing educational units for the C4R curriculum.

RSVP at c4r.io/conference

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Anita Bandrowsky ✨

Neurophysiologist-turned-informatics pioneer & co-founded and leads the RRID initiative @rridrobot.bsky.social —championing unique, persistent identifiers for biological research resources to boost reproducibility, transparency, and rigor in science.

RSVP at c4r.io/conference

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you!

Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 14

#C4R25 Conference speaker highlights - Join our PI, @kordinglab.bsky.social for a demo of his new app, the Scientific Project Planner. A hands-on session to get your study started rigorously.

🗓️ September 9
Space is limited. RSVP at C4R.io/conference

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 12

Speaker Spotlight: Ivan Oransky, Co-Founder of Retraction Watch.
Future Proof Your Research With Rigor.

Space is limited. RSVP at c4r.io/conference

🗓 September 8 | 3 PM ET
📍 UPenn Campus - Philadelphia, PA

#C4R25

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 8

Not your average academic conference.
#C4R25 blends hands-on practice, critical conversations, and cross-field connections, all focused on rigor.
Want to rethink research culture with us? RSVP today at c4r.io/conference

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 6

Science is always evolving—and so are the ways we define rigor.
At the C4R25 Conference, we're not just talking about problems, we're creating solutions for better science, together.
📍 Philadelphia
🗓️ September 8-10
Space is limited

REGISTER at: c4r.io/conference

Conference for Rigor

Check out the Community for Rigor's annual conference. Join to hear from leading experts in scientific rigor, receive hands-on demonstrations of our units, and participate in making better science…

c4r.io

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 5

On Tuesday 9/9, the program runs from 8 am (breaksfast) to 4 PM. We'll also welcome a limited number of guests for dinner (6-8pm) - details to follow.

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Aug 4

Registration is now OPEN! - The Community for Rigor's C4R25 is a scientific conference like no other—3 days of critical conversations, hands-on sessions, and a growing community of people who care about doing better science.
📍 Sept 8–10 | Philadelphia, PA
🎟️ Sign up: c4r.io/conference

#C4R25 #rigor

Conference for Rigor

Check out the Community for Rigor's annual conference. Join to hear from leading experts in scientific rigor, receive hands-on demonstrations of our units, and participate in making better science…

C4R.io

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨 First event of the #C4R25 Conference! Future Proof Your Research With Rigor. A public talk on doing research that stands the test of time -and scrutiny.

🔗 RSVP now at bit.ly/3GPbYef

#C4R25 #ScientificRigor

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