QUEST Seminar on Responsible Research
The BIH QUEST Center on Responsible Research strives to increase the value of biomedical research, making it more trustworthy, useful and ethical. Our aim is to overcome the roadblocks of translational medicine to foster innovation that contributes to improving healthcare and increasing patient benefit.
With the QUEST Seminar on Responsible Research we wish to establish a communication channel primarily - but not exclusively - oriented towards our colleagues at Charité and BIH. Here, we want to present and discuss QUEST-relevant topics in order to jointly address challenges, facilitate exchange of experiences, and explore solutions for implementing responsible practices in biomedical research.
Apart from offering talks by local or external speakers, we also aim to support the exchange of theoretical knowledge from experts with practical examples from users. For this, we encourage the Charité and BIH communities to participate actively in suggesting topics you are interested in from the QUEST portfolio, or presenting own projects related to QUEST topics (user cases).
The QUEST Seminar on Responsible Research is thought to be of benefit for the scientific community at the Charité and the BIH. We welcome all colleagues interested in knowing more about QUEST and our projects and activities, and about other groups or institutes working on QUEST-related topics. Feel free to contact us with your suggestions.
Upcoming lectures during the Summer Semester 2025
Tuesday July 8, 2025: Introduction to Lab²: A MetaLab for Better Science
The replicability crisis highlights the need for more transparent and robust research practices. Lab² (Lab-Square) is a collaborative initiative using meta-scientific approaches to improve research credibility. Through large-scale projects we assess the generalizability of findings across populations, methods and analytical approaches.
Lab² also investigates how research decisions are made, examining the role of beliefs, biases and norms in shaping scientific practices.
This talk will introduce Lab²'s approach, ongoing projects and its role in fostering transparency, reducing publication bias and strengthening the reliability of scientific findings.
Invited guest: Levent Neyse, General Coordinator of Lab Square, based at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), and Head of the German Socio-Economic Panel's Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS), based at the Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Moderated by Ulf Tölch, Leader of the Research Group Systemic perspectives in translational medicine at the BIH QUEST Center
Further information on Lab-Square here.
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Scientific coordination and organisation
Dr. Lorena Martinez Gamboa, Project management officer, BIH QUEST Center
Important information
Time: The seminar takes place during the semester lecture period, each four weeks on Tuesdays, from 4 - 5pm (CET).
Language: English
Location: online via Microsoft Teams
Dial in: Please click here to take part in the meeting (Meeting-ID: 313 317 247 184 2, Code: sL3sT2uG).
Certificates: Doctoral students are eligible to obtain 0.1 ECTS points for every attended lecture. A certificate will be provided at the end of the respective semester.