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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Joachim Goedhart, on 12 December 2018
When we examined the kinetics of Rho GTPase activity in endothelial cells in response to receptor stimulation (Reinhard, 2017), we noticed considerable cell-to-cell heterogeneity. In the original work we published ...Posted by Joachim Goedhart, on 8 October 2018
Calculation and reporting of p-values is common in scientific publications and presentations (Cristea and Ioannidis, 2018). Usually, the p-value is calculated to decide whether two conditions, e.g. control and treatment, ...Posted by Joachim Goedhart, on 26 June 2018
Experiments are rarely performed in isolation. Usually, several conditions are compared in parallel or sequential experiments. This experimental strategy also applies to time-dependent data, e.g. from timelapse imaging. So, naturally, ...Posted by Joachim Goedhart, on 31 May 2018
The visualization of temporal data by line graphs has been documented and popularized by William Playfair in the 18th century (Aigner et al, 2011; Beniger and Robyn, 1978). Today, time-dependent changes ...Posted by Helena Jambor, on 11 December 2017
Or, at least, produce nice posters while trying. Students on average author 1-3 papers and produce at least three times that many conference posters***. At large meetings, such as the ...Posted by Helena Jambor, on 27 April 2017
Or, please stop mixing green/red Color is a key aspect of graphic design, but for many years was not relevant for scientific figures that were largely black and white. Falling ...Posted by Joachim Goedhart, on 24 March 2017
Introduction Graphs (or charts or plots) are often used for the display and summary of data. They are essential tools for the communication of results in presentations or manuscripts. One ...Posted by Helena Jambor, on 31 August 2016
(or: how to avoid misleading representations of statistical data) Recently, a kickstarter project raised more than 3000€ in one month to campaign for banning the wrong usage of bar ...