#  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](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8Qz8TB8j_Lfnff5GJHwTxS8drmBeM6ERgRK-qWdmDw/edit?tab=t.0)

**Readings:**

1. [On-Being-a-Scientist](/file_url/120)
2. [STAP-Nature](/file_url/122)
3. [Rothman](/file_url/125)
4. [FAS Responsible Use of Lab Animals](/file_url/126)
5. [Begley-Ellis Nature 2012](/file_url/127)
6. [Begley- Six red flags for suspect work](/file_url/128)
7. [Calin-Jageman The new statistics for neuroscience majors: Thinking in effect sizes](/file_url/129)
8. [Camerer et al NHB 2018](/file_url/130)
9. [WSJ- Hot Startup Theranos Has Struggled With Its Blood-Test Technology](/file_url/131)
10. [Ioannidis- Why most published research findings are false](/file_url/132)
11. [Open Science Collaboration- Science 2015](/file_url/133)
12. [Arnold Retraction](/file_url/168)
13. Reactions on the Frances Arnold retraction 
    1. [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/01/05/nobel-prize-winner-frances-arnold-retracts-paper-here-is-the-reaction/)
    2. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50989423)
14. [Is there a Publication Bias in Behavioural Intranasal Oxytocin Research on Humans? Opening the File Drawer of One Laboratory](/file_url/167)
15. [Vox: How scientists fell in and out of love with the hormone oxytocin](/file_url/169)
16. [Fehr: Oxytocin increases trust in humans](/file_url/170)