RCR Newsletter January 2024

January 2024

RCR In-Person Training Update

As of January 1, 2024, individuals added to an initial research protocol must have both components of the RCR training completed before the protocol is submitted to the IRB or approved by IACUC.

To find available session dates, please go to the RCR Events page. Sessions will be added as they become available.

*RCR training is biennial. In-Person training must be completed every two years. This training is in addition to the online RCR course.

Update on RCR Compliance for the In-Person Training/Discussion Component by College

Complete your RCR training today!

As of January 25, 2024, we have 90% compliance with the In-Person Training/Discussion component across all colleges.

Thank you to all who have completed the RCR In-Person training!

*Reminder: RCR training is biennial for both components. If you have completed the online Basic stage, the online Refresher stage must be completed every two years by your certificate expiration date to stay in compliance. The in-person training is a separate component and does not count as the refresher stage.

iThenticate for UK Faculty

iThenticate (plagiarism-checking software) is now available for RCR-compliant researchers and graduate students.

Click the button below to request your account today!

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Need a safe and secure place to store your research data? Need to collaborate with your colleagues easily and efficiently?

LabArchives isn't just for labs and it's free to all UK researchers!

Click the button below to learn more about LabArchives today!

UK ERN

Interested in being an RCR trainer?

ORI is recruiting volunteers to aid with leading RCR training sessions within their department.

Request to be a trainer by clicking the button below.

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RCR Team

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In the News

Genuine images in 2024

January 5, 2024

Science

H. Holden Thorp

"In recent years, the research community has become increasingly concerned with issues involving the manipulation of images in scientific papers. Some of these alterations—involving images from experimental techniques such as microscopy, flow cytometry, and western blots—are inadvertent and may not change the conclusions of papers. But in rare cases, some are done deliberately to mislead readers. Image sleuths who can detect these alterations, like the scientific integrity consultant Elisabeth Bik, have risen to prominence, as has the website PubPeer, where many of the detected flaws are posted."

Whistleblowing microbiologist wins unfair dismissal case against USGX

January 11, 2024

ChemistryWorld

Rebecca Trager

"A microbiologist has won her case for unfair dismissal against a US federal agency after she blew the whistle on animal welfare and biosafety failures. The US Geological Survey (USGS) hired Evi Emmenegger as a fisheries microbiologist in 1994, and in 2006 promoted her to manager of the highest biosafety level containment laboratory at the agency’s Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) in Seattle. But in 2017, she became a whistleblower when she filed a scientific integrity complaint that the agency dismissed before putting her on leave in January 2020 and then firing her for alleged lapses in her research – a termination that was later retracted."