presentation of michael mackie in 1st international antibody validation forum 2014
DESCRIPTION
A new article type and platform for the publication of antibody validations. Michael Markie is the Associate Publisher of F1000Research, an open access journal offering immediate, publication, transparent peer review (post‐publication) and full data deposition and sharing. Michael studied Chemical Biology at the University of Leeds, and has since been working in STM publishing for several years. Michael is an open science advocate and is particularly keen on devising new technologies and innovations that can improve the current publishing system and advance the dissemination of tomorrow’s research. For more details about 1st international antibody validation forum please check on http://www.stjohnslabs.com/ac_cms/blogTRANSCRIPT
A NEW ARTICLE TYPE AND PLATFORM FOR THE
PUBLICATION OF ANTIBODY VALIDATIONS
MICHAEL MARKIEAssociate Publisher, F1000Research
@mmmarksman
f1000research.com@f1000research
WHAT PUBLISHING SHOULD BE:
A TYPICAL F1000RESEARCH ARTICLE PAGE:
THE NEED FOR AN ANTIBODY VALIDATION ARTICLE TYPE?
• Antibodies are among the most common reagents used in research and clinical laboratories
• There is lack of standard guidelines when it comes to manufacturing, validating, and using antibodies
In an ideal world researchers would like:
• Confidence in a particular antibody before it is purchased
• Confidence in the specificity, selectivity and reproducibility
• Information based on actual use cases from the scientific community
TRYING TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM
1. Viability: costs, incentives, interested parties, potential conflicts
2. Editorial Considerations:
- discussed different types of validations that can be performed - creating a set of flexible guidelines for all validations- Identifying an editorial board
3. Dissemination: creating a permanent, discoverable venue for articles
The Antibody Validation article
... INTRODUCING THE ANTIBODY VALIDATION COLLECTION
So far we have created:
• A set of author guidelines for validation articles to be published under the F1000Research ‘Research Note’ article type
• A diverse editorial board with a mixture of industry and academia expertise
• A dedicated F1000Research Antibody Validation Collection to host all of the antibody validation articles we receive.
ANTIBODY COLLECTION PAGE
f1000research.com/article-collections/antibody-validation
GUEST EDITORS AND EDITORIAL BOARD
Guest Editors: Andrew Chalmers (CiteAb) Matt Helsby (CiteAb) Mei Leung (St John’s Laboratory)
ARTICLE GUIDELINES
bit.ly/F1R-AV-Guidelines
The article guidelines we devised can be found here online:
There are some here too, please take one!
Your thoughts are more than welcome.
THE NEXT STEPS
Promoting the new article type and collection to the wider community
Instilling the idea that publishing validations is beneficial and worthwhile
Looking at ways in which we can help grow the content of the collection
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY
Feedback on what we have done to date
Contribute – input will be happily received!
How do we best reach the community?
Are their any potential pitfalls?