Supporting Reproducibility by Capturing Physical Sample Data and Metadata in a Connected Electronic Lab Notebook

RDA/ESIP Physical Samples Webinar Series

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The first in the webinar series features “Supporting Reproducibility by Capturing Physical Sample Data and Metadata in a Connected Electronic Lab Notebook"

This webinar will provide an overview of the problem from a researcher’s point of view and present a case study of the kinds of problems created by inadequate sample tracking and the lack of workable alternatives for associating samples with the experimental record. The new Inventory module being developed for the RSpace electronic lab notebook allows sample data to be associated with other experimental data and the experimental record, and sample data to be accessed and managed from within the ELN side of the application. Through integrations with repositories like Dataverse and Figshare, data from RSpace, and these other tools the sample data and the experimental data it’s associated with can be deposited together directly into the repositories, where it can be accessed and queried by others, facilitating reproducibility.

Attendees will learn about sample tracking, and how to incorporate usage of samples into the record of their experiments, and how this can enhance the quality of their record-keeping and the reproducibility of their research.  The webinar will be of interest to researchers who use bio and geo samples in their research and to research data managers and data stewards who work with researchers in preparing deposits of datasets into data repositories.

Presenters

Harald Kusch, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany   ORCID: 0000-0002-9895-2469   Harald works as data manager for the Cluster of Excellence “Multiscale Bioimaging” (MBExC, https://mbexc.de/) in the department of Medical Informatics in Göttingen.
Robert Kossen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany   ORCID: 0000-0003-1236-0815   Robert works on research data management and Infrastructure in the Department of Medical Informatics in Göttingen. Before this, he obtained his PhD in sensory and motor neuroscience and became a certified project management associate.
Rory Macneil, Research Space, Cambridge, United States and Edinburgh, Scotland   ORCID: 0000-0002-8429-096X   Rory is CEO of Research Space. He leads the Research Space team as we continue to explore and implement new ways of making RSpace a useful RDM tool that enables reproducibility and furthers FAIR data principles.
Vaida Plankyte, Research Space, Edinburgh   Vaida is a UX/UI Designer at Research Space. As the Inventory user engagement lead, Vaida is focused on incorporating user feedback into the product to make Inventory intuitive and friendly to use.
Moderator: Esther Plomp, TU Delft, Faculty of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands   ORCID: 0000-0003-3625-1357    Esther works as a Data Steward and supports researchers with their data and code management and Open Science questions.

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