Responsible Conduct of Research Course (MCB 350)

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Course

A course in the Responsible Conduct of Research is required for all MCO graduate students in their first year of study as well as a refresher course every 4 years.

MCO 2025-26 RCR Course (G1s)
 

MCO 2025-26 RCR Course Syllabus

Readings:

1. On-Being-a-Scientist
2. STAP-Nature
3. Rothman
4. FAS Responsible Use of Lab Animals
5. Begley-Ellis Nature 2012
6. Begley- Six red flags for suspect work
7. Calin-Jageman The new statistics for neuroscience majors: Thinking in effect sizes
8. Camerer et al NHB 2018
9. WSJ- Hot Startup Theranos Has Struggled With Its Blood-Test Technology
10. Ioannidis- Why most published research findings are false
11. Open Science Collaboration- Science 2015
12. Arnold Retraction
13. Reactions on the Frances Arnold retraction
    1. Forbes
    2. BBC
14. Is there a Publication Bias in Behavioural Intranasal Oxytocin Research on Humans? Opening the File Drawer of One Laboratory
15. Vox: How scientists fell in and out of love with the hormone oxytocin
16. Fehr: Oxytocin increases trust in humans