Community for Rigor
@comm4rigor.bsky.social
UPenn-based, NIH and NINDS-funded initiative creating a free, online curriculum to learn, practice, and promote scientific rigor. For Better Science, Every Day! Join us at c4r.io
✨ It’s hard to write an abstract. It’s harder to write a glamorous one that tells your story without overselling your results.
🛠️ Join us on Tuesday, December 2 @ 12 pm ET for a live abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I., Konrad Kording. RSVP @ c4r.io/events
🛠️ Join us on Tuesday, December 2 @ 12 pm ET for a live abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I., Konrad Kording. RSVP @ c4r.io/events
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
✨ It’s hard to write an abstract. It’s harder to write a glamorous one that tells your story without overselling your results.
🛠️ Join us on Tuesday, December 2 @ 12 pm ET for a live abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I., Konrad Kording. RSVP @ c4r.io/events
🛠️ Join us on Tuesday, December 2 @ 12 pm ET for a live abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I., Konrad Kording. RSVP @ c4r.io/events
The next round of scientific rigor educational units is brewing. Sign up to join our community and get timely updates about our curriculum, events, and more.
Join us at c4r.io/join
#Causality #CleanCoding #LiteratureSearches #DataVisualization #ScientificRigor
Join us at c4r.io/join
#Causality #CleanCoding #LiteratureSearches #DataVisualization #ScientificRigor
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The next round of scientific rigor educational units is brewing. Sign up to join our community and get timely updates about our curriculum, events, and more.
Join us at c4r.io/join
#Causality #CleanCoding #LiteratureSearches #DataVisualization #ScientificRigor
Join us at c4r.io/join
#Causality #CleanCoding #LiteratureSearches #DataVisualization #ScientificRigor
Learn how to strengthen your study design and guard against bias through effective randomization techniques, in this hands-on workshop, led by C4R's Curriculum Development Lead, Dr. Hao Ye @hao-and-y.bsky.social
Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/uRegbqd
Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/uRegbqd
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Learn how to strengthen your study design and guard against bias through effective randomization techniques, in this hands-on workshop, led by C4R's Curriculum Development Lead, Dr. Hao Ye @hao-and-y.bsky.social
Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/uRegbqd
Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/uRegbqd
Prepare for the doctoral candidacy exam. C4R leads interactive and dynamic workshops on topics ranging from experimental design to transparent reporting.
Reinforce your foundational knowledge of scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Email us at [email protected] for more information.
Reinforce your foundational knowledge of scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Email us at [email protected] for more information.
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Prepare for the doctoral candidacy exam. C4R leads interactive and dynamic workshops on topics ranging from experimental design to transparent reporting.
Reinforce your foundational knowledge of scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Email us at [email protected] for more information.
Reinforce your foundational knowledge of scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Email us at [email protected] for more information.
We host free in-person and virtual events to teach experimental design and proper research methods. Come and learn what everyone assumes you already know 😉
Join us at c4r.io/join to receive invitations and updates.
Photos: Eric Sucar
#SicentificRigor #ExperimentalDesign #ResearchMethods #C4R
Join us at c4r.io/join to receive invitations and updates.
Photos: Eric Sucar
#SicentificRigor #ExperimentalDesign #ResearchMethods #C4R
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We host free in-person and virtual events to teach experimental design and proper research methods. Come and learn what everyone assumes you already know 😉
Join us at c4r.io/join to receive invitations and updates.
Photos: Eric Sucar
#SicentificRigor #ExperimentalDesign #ResearchMethods #C4R
Join us at c4r.io/join to receive invitations and updates.
Photos: Eric Sucar
#SicentificRigor #ExperimentalDesign #ResearchMethods #C4R
Interested in testing our scientific rigor training materials? Email us at [email protected]
We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.
Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join
We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.
Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interested in testing our scientific rigor training materials? Email us at [email protected]
We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.
Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join
We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.
Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join
The C4R25 Conference was a great success! Thanks to all whon joined us in Philadelphia and stay tuned for C4R26
@kordinglab.bsky.social
@carlbergstrom.com
@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
@rridrobot.bsky.social
@retractionwatch.com
@kordinglab.bsky.social
@carlbergstrom.com
@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
@rridrobot.bsky.social
@retractionwatch.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The C4R25 Conference was a great success! Thanks to all whon joined us in Philadelphia and stay tuned for C4R26
@kordinglab.bsky.social
@carlbergstrom.com
@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
@rridrobot.bsky.social
@retractionwatch.com
@kordinglab.bsky.social
@carlbergstrom.com
@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
@rridrobot.bsky.social
@retractionwatch.com
There's still time to register! Live at UPenn, join us for a public talk to help us embrace rigor as the best tool to make reliable, reproducible, and transparent science.
Register @ c4r.io/conference
#ScientificRigor #BetterScience #PhDLife #GradStudentLife
Register @ c4r.io/conference
#ScientificRigor #BetterScience #PhDLife #GradStudentLife
September 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There's still time to register! Live at UPenn, join us for a public talk to help us embrace rigor as the best tool to make reliable, reproducible, and transparent science.
Register @ c4r.io/conference
#ScientificRigor #BetterScience #PhDLife #GradStudentLife
Register @ c4r.io/conference
#ScientificRigor #BetterScience #PhDLife #GradStudentLife
Join us on September 9 in Philadelphia for a demo of Konrad Kording's @kordinglab.bsky.social new app, the Scientific Project Planner.
The session is part of our rigor conference, C4R25. There's still time to register! It's free and lunch is on us ;)
The session is part of our rigor conference, C4R25. There's still time to register! It's free and lunch is on us ;)
August 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Join us on September 9 in Philadelphia for a demo of Konrad Kording's @kordinglab.bsky.social new app, the Scientific Project Planner.
The session is part of our rigor conference, C4R25. There's still time to register! It's free and lunch is on us ;)
The session is part of our rigor conference, C4R25. There's still time to register! It's free and lunch is on us ;)
✨ A fireside chat with @carlbergstrom.com - UW Professor and co-author of "Calling Bullshit"- and René Vidal -Penn Inegrates Knowledge Professor- on the responsible use of LLM’s in research, and what’s to come in one of C4R’s units.
There's still time to register! > c4r.io/conference
#LLMs
There's still time to register! > c4r.io/conference
#LLMs
August 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
✨ A fireside chat with @carlbergstrom.com - UW Professor and co-author of "Calling Bullshit"- and René Vidal -Penn Inegrates Knowledge Professor- on the responsible use of LLM’s in research, and what’s to come in one of C4R’s units.
There's still time to register! > c4r.io/conference
#LLMs
There's still time to register! > c4r.io/conference
#LLMs
Speaker spotlight ✨ Mariah Hoye, @mariahhoye.bsky.social Program Manager, NINDS Office of Research Quality
Join us for a lightning talk designed to help grad students understand alternative career paths related to scientific rigor.
RSVP at c4r.io/confrence
#ScientificRigor #PhDLife #c4r25
Join us for a lightning talk designed to help grad students understand alternative career paths related to scientific rigor.
RSVP at c4r.io/confrence
#ScientificRigor #PhDLife #c4r25
August 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Speaker spotlight ✨ Mariah Hoye, @mariahhoye.bsky.social Program Manager, NINDS Office of Research Quality
Join us for a lightning talk designed to help grad students understand alternative career paths related to scientific rigor.
RSVP at c4r.io/confrence
#ScientificRigor #PhDLife #c4r25
Join us for a lightning talk designed to help grad students understand alternative career paths related to scientific rigor.
RSVP at c4r.io/confrence
#ScientificRigor #PhDLife #c4r25
Professor @carlbergstrom.com
Theoretical and evolutionary biologist, critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research, and co-author of Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World. C4R coLAB, developing educational units for the C4R curriculum.
RSVP at c4r.io/conference
Theoretical and evolutionary biologist, critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research, and co-author of Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World. C4R coLAB, developing educational units for the C4R curriculum.
RSVP at c4r.io/conference
August 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Professor @carlbergstrom.com
Theoretical and evolutionary biologist, critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research, and co-author of Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World. C4R coLAB, developing educational units for the C4R curriculum.
RSVP at c4r.io/conference
Theoretical and evolutionary biologist, critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research, and co-author of Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World. C4R coLAB, developing educational units for the C4R curriculum.
RSVP at c4r.io/conference
Anita Bandrowsky ✨
Neurophysiologist-turned-informatics pioneer & co-founded and leads the RRID initiative @rridrobot.bsky.social —championing unique, persistent identifiers for biological research resources to boost reproducibility, transparency, and rigor in science.
RSVP at c4r.io/conference
Neurophysiologist-turned-informatics pioneer & co-founded and leads the RRID initiative @rridrobot.bsky.social —championing unique, persistent identifiers for biological research resources to boost reproducibility, transparency, and rigor in science.
RSVP at c4r.io/conference
August 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Anita Bandrowsky ✨
Neurophysiologist-turned-informatics pioneer & co-founded and leads the RRID initiative @rridrobot.bsky.social —championing unique, persistent identifiers for biological research resources to boost reproducibility, transparency, and rigor in science.
RSVP at c4r.io/conference
Neurophysiologist-turned-informatics pioneer & co-founded and leads the RRID initiative @rridrobot.bsky.social —championing unique, persistent identifiers for biological research resources to boost reproducibility, transparency, and rigor in science.
RSVP at c4r.io/conference
#C4R25 Conference speaker highlights - Join our PI, @kordinglab.bsky.social for a demo of his new app, the Scientific Project Planner. A hands-on session to get your study started rigorously.
🗓️ September 9
Space is limited. RSVP at C4R.io/conference
🗓️ September 9
Space is limited. RSVP at C4R.io/conference
August 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#C4R25 Conference speaker highlights - Join our PI, @kordinglab.bsky.social for a demo of his new app, the Scientific Project Planner. A hands-on session to get your study started rigorously.
🗓️ September 9
Space is limited. RSVP at C4R.io/conference
🗓️ September 9
Space is limited. RSVP at C4R.io/conference
Speaker Spotlight: Ivan Oransky, Co-Founder of Retraction Watch.
Future Proof Your Research With Rigor.
Space is limited. RSVP at c4r.io/conference
🗓 September 8 | 3 PM ET
📍 UPenn Campus - Philadelphia, PA
#C4R25
Future Proof Your Research With Rigor.
Space is limited. RSVP at c4r.io/conference
🗓 September 8 | 3 PM ET
📍 UPenn Campus - Philadelphia, PA
#C4R25
August 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Speaker Spotlight: Ivan Oransky, Co-Founder of Retraction Watch.
Future Proof Your Research With Rigor.
Space is limited. RSVP at c4r.io/conference
🗓 September 8 | 3 PM ET
📍 UPenn Campus - Philadelphia, PA
#C4R25
Future Proof Your Research With Rigor.
Space is limited. RSVP at c4r.io/conference
🗓 September 8 | 3 PM ET
📍 UPenn Campus - Philadelphia, PA
#C4R25
Not your average academic conference.
#C4R25 blends hands-on practice, critical conversations, and cross-field connections, all focused on rigor.
Want to rethink research culture with us? RSVP today at c4r.io/conference
#C4R25 blends hands-on practice, critical conversations, and cross-field connections, all focused on rigor.
Want to rethink research culture with us? RSVP today at c4r.io/conference
August 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Not your average academic conference.
#C4R25 blends hands-on practice, critical conversations, and cross-field connections, all focused on rigor.
Want to rethink research culture with us? RSVP today at c4r.io/conference
#C4R25 blends hands-on practice, critical conversations, and cross-field connections, all focused on rigor.
Want to rethink research culture with us? RSVP today at c4r.io/conference
🚨 First event of the #C4R25 Conference! Future Proof Your Research With Rigor. A public talk on doing research that stands the test of time -and scrutiny.
🔗 RSVP now at bit.ly/3GPbYef
#C4R25 #ScientificRigor
🔗 RSVP now at bit.ly/3GPbYef
#C4R25 #ScientificRigor
July 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨 First event of the #C4R25 Conference! Future Proof Your Research With Rigor. A public talk on doing research that stands the test of time -and scrutiny.
🔗 RSVP now at bit.ly/3GPbYef
#C4R25 #ScientificRigor
🔗 RSVP now at bit.ly/3GPbYef
#C4R25 #ScientificRigor
Stay tuned for the beta release of our upcoming scientific rigor educational units: Causality and Clean Coding!
>Join us at C4R.io/join to receive updates about our unit releases and community events.
#causality #cleancoding #scientificrigor #communityforrigor
>Join us at C4R.io/join to receive updates about our unit releases and community events.
#causality #cleancoding #scientificrigor #communityforrigor
July 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Stay tuned for the beta release of our upcoming scientific rigor educational units: Causality and Clean Coding!
>Join us at C4R.io/join to receive updates about our unit releases and community events.
#causality #cleancoding #scientificrigor #communityforrigor
>Join us at C4R.io/join to receive updates about our unit releases and community events.
#causality #cleancoding #scientificrigor #communityforrigor
This week's read: buff.ly/R9KGL8L
> Co-authored by C4R coLAB and professor @carlbergstrom.com
What are your thoughts on AI "peer" reviews?
> Co-authored by C4R coLAB and professor @carlbergstrom.com
What are your thoughts on AI "peer" reviews?
July 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This week's read: buff.ly/R9KGL8L
> Co-authored by C4R coLAB and professor @carlbergstrom.com
What are your thoughts on AI "peer" reviews?
> Co-authored by C4R coLAB and professor @carlbergstrom.com
What are your thoughts on AI "peer" reviews?
The Community for Rigor Conference, C4R25, is happening September 8-10 in Philadelphia!
Explore cutting-edge topics in scientific rigor, join our workshops & talks, share ideas, and join a global community of people committed to improving research reliability. > Learn more at c4r.io/conference
Explore cutting-edge topics in scientific rigor, join our workshops & talks, share ideas, and join a global community of people committed to improving research reliability. > Learn more at c4r.io/conference
July 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Community for Rigor Conference, C4R25, is happening September 8-10 in Philadelphia!
Explore cutting-edge topics in scientific rigor, join our workshops & talks, share ideas, and join a global community of people committed to improving research reliability. > Learn more at c4r.io/conference
Explore cutting-edge topics in scientific rigor, join our workshops & talks, share ideas, and join a global community of people committed to improving research reliability. > Learn more at c4r.io/conference
Professor and C4R coLAB, Aparna Shah (@neuromusings.bsky.social), discusses our new unit on establishing proper experimental controls. Check out her blog post at bit.ly/4eAIxcl and play with the Controls unit at c4r.io/units
July 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Professor and C4R coLAB, Aparna Shah (@neuromusings.bsky.social), discusses our new unit on establishing proper experimental controls. Check out her blog post at bit.ly/4eAIxcl and play with the Controls unit at c4r.io/units
Tis the season! Time to channel your inner grant wizard 🧙♂️✨ Add NIH/NINDS rigor icons to your scientific presentations to facilitate increased transparency.
> Learn more and find the icon files at bit.ly/44tYhua
#NINDS #RigorIcons #ScientificRigor #Transparency #GrantWriting #PhDLife
> Learn more and find the icon files at bit.ly/44tYhua
#NINDS #RigorIcons #ScientificRigor #Transparency #GrantWriting #PhDLife
July 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Tis the season! Time to channel your inner grant wizard 🧙♂️✨ Add NIH/NINDS rigor icons to your scientific presentations to facilitate increased transparency.
> Learn more and find the icon files at bit.ly/44tYhua
#NINDS #RigorIcons #ScientificRigor #Transparency #GrantWriting #PhDLife
> Learn more and find the icon files at bit.ly/44tYhua
#NINDS #RigorIcons #ScientificRigor #Transparency #GrantWriting #PhDLife
🧠 We're looking for people with experience in experimental controls to help us with testing and feedback of our Controls educational unit.
> If you're interested, please join one of of our July focus groups! There are several options to accommodate your busy schedule. RSVP at buff.ly/EtArHff
> If you're interested, please join one of of our July focus groups! There are several options to accommodate your busy schedule. RSVP at buff.ly/EtArHff
June 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🧠 We're looking for people with experience in experimental controls to help us with testing and feedback of our Controls educational unit.
> If you're interested, please join one of of our July focus groups! There are several options to accommodate your busy schedule. RSVP at buff.ly/EtArHff
> If you're interested, please join one of of our July focus groups! There are several options to accommodate your busy schedule. RSVP at buff.ly/EtArHff
🆘 Our rigor educational materials can use your help! Contribute to the creation of our curriculum by joining one of C4R's focus groups.
Coming up in July, Controls: Clarity, Not Coincidence. RSVP at c4r.io/events
Coming up in July, Controls: Clarity, Not Coincidence. RSVP at c4r.io/events
June 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🆘 Our rigor educational materials can use your help! Contribute to the creation of our curriculum by joining one of C4R's focus groups.
Coming up in July, Controls: Clarity, Not Coincidence. RSVP at c4r.io/events
Coming up in July, Controls: Clarity, Not Coincidence. RSVP at c4r.io/events
BREAKING: You can control your experiments... and randomize them too!
Our two newest educational units — Controls and Randomization — are officially out in the wild. Test them and give us your feedback @ c4r.io/units
Learn the skills. Apply them today.
#ScientificRigor #Randomization #Controls
Our two newest educational units — Controls and Randomization — are officially out in the wild. Test them and give us your feedback @ c4r.io/units
Learn the skills. Apply them today.
#ScientificRigor #Randomization #Controls
June 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
BREAKING: You can control your experiments... and randomize them too!
Our two newest educational units — Controls and Randomization — are officially out in the wild. Test them and give us your feedback @ c4r.io/units
Learn the skills. Apply them today.
#ScientificRigor #Randomization #Controls
Our two newest educational units — Controls and Randomization — are officially out in the wild. Test them and give us your feedback @ c4r.io/units
Learn the skills. Apply them today.
#ScientificRigor #Randomization #Controls