Everything you wanted to know about ABRF Research Groups*

*but didn’t know who to ask

For over 30 years, ABRF’s mission is to both define and support best practices and scientific excellence and reproducibility in biomedical discovery through research, communication, and education.  The hallmark of ABRF, distinguishing it from all other professional scientific societies, are the ABRF sponsored multi-site Research Group (RG) studies. The ABRF RGs are organized by ABRF members who are experts in their respective disciplines and who design studies relevant to the prevailing state of the technology to inform scientific rigor in research performed across national and international academic, government and industry laboratories. RG study participants prepare more effectively for change in the analytical environment and stay current with best practices for scientific rigor and reproducibility. Individually and as a valuable resource in aggregate, the ABRF RG studies remain highly referenced for technology applications and methodology.  And, technology never sleeps, new studies continue, driven by new technologies and the need for robust methods and protocols.

Chris Mason and a cast of RG Chairs will take us on a 30+ year retrospective/prospective, capturing the collective gains from a broad array of enigmatic technology-based multi-center research studies, promoting community-based standards and providing a sustainable framework for sharing best practices in methodology, standard operating procedures, and data management.