Announcements, Science and Informatics

Love Data Week 2026: DMS Trivia Challenge Brings Energy, Competition, and Community

What happens when you mix analysts, clinical research staff, directors, PhD students, marketing leaders, agile operations managers, and add walk-up songs and a Party Rocker? You get the first-ever DMS Trivia Challenge at Love Data Week 2026. Hosted by the Becker Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Team, the event brought together 11 teams representing roles  [Read more]

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NIH DMS Plan Format Updates, 2026 Edition: What to Know

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will implement an updated format for Data Management and Sharing Plans (DMSPs) effective May 25, 2026 (NOT-OD-26-046). While the underlying 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy remains unchanged, this new format reflects NIH’s broader effort to reduce administrative burden and improve consistency in how plans are written, reviewed,  [Read more]

Science and Informatics

Best Practices for Reproducible AI Research in Life Sciences – Introducing DOME

In recent years, there has been exponential growth in the use of machine learning (ML) in the life sciences, fueled by increased access to powerful hardware (e.g., GPUs) and high-quality FAIR biodata enabled by the open science movement. One standout example is AlphaFold, which uses ML to predict protein structure from genetic sequences, a breakthrough  [Read more]

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Tips for Writing NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) in all competing applications that generate scientific data. A DMSP should cover six key elements as outlined in NOT-OD-21-014.  While not required, using a DMSP template helps researchers address all six elements and sub-elements required by the NIH DMS policy. The  [Read more]

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How to Make Your Protocols Complete, Interactive, and Citable

Are you frustrated by incomplete methods in publications that lack critical details? Are you seeking a simple solution to document comprehensive step-by-step protocols, complete with information on reagents and equipment, and a dedicated space to note any protocol deviations? In research settings, reproducible experimental methods are of utmost importance. Fortunately, protocols.io offers a solution where  [Read more]

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Preparing for Upcoming Federal Public Access Policies: What Does it Mean for School of Medicine Researchers?

In August 2022, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memo: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research (OSTP 2022 Nelson Memo), that directs federal agencies to update their public access policies per OSTP 2013 Holdren Memo. The policies pertain to publications, scientific data underlying publications, and  [Read more]

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Introducing the FDP NIH Data Management and Sharing Pilot

Are you working on a Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan for your NIH grant application under the 2023 NIH DMS policy (NOT-OD-21-013) and curious about the evaluation metric? Check out NIH’s ongoing pilot with DMS Plan templates Alpha and Bravo. The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) NIH DMS Pilot, launched on March 1, 2023, is  [Read more]

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Introduction to PIDs: What They Are and How to Use Them

Persistent Unique Identifiers (PIDs), also known as Digital Persistent Identifiers (DPIs), are globally unique, persistent, machine-resolvable digital identifiers with an associated metadata schema. A PID identifies and locates an entity regardless of where it is hosted or published and enables its unambiguous and long-term identification. PIDs are an essential component of the research ecosystem, linking  [Read more]

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