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The policy challenges of peer review: managing bias, conflict of interests and interdisciplinary assessments
ReferenceLiv Langfeldt Research Evaluation. 2006;15(1):31-41. doi: 10.3152/147154406781776039 Characteristics and challenges of peer review are elucidated from three different perspectives: a social dynamics perspective defining peer review as an important control …
Expert panels evaluating research: decision-making and sources of bias
ReferenceLiv Langfeldt Research Evaluation. 2004;13(1):51-62. doi: 10.3152/147154404781776536 This study consists of in-depth analysis of six international evaluations of Norwegian research. There was little overlapping competence on the panels, a high degree of …
The Matthew Effect in Science
ReferenceRobert K. Merton Science. 1968;159(3810):56-63. doi: 10.1126/science.159.3810.56 This account of the Matthew effect is another small exercise in the psychosociological analysis of the workings of science as a social institution. The initial problem is …
A Novel 3D Printed Model of Infected Human Hair Follicles to Demonstrate Targeted Delivery of Nanoantibiotics
ReferenceSamy Aliyazdi , Sarah Frisch , Tobias Neu , Barbara Veldung , Pankaj Karande , Ulrich F Schaefer , Brigitta Loretz , Thomas Vogt , Claus-Michael Lehr ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 2024. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c00570 Hair …
Human lung ex vivo infection models
ReferenceAndreas C. Hocke , Norbert Suttorp , Stefan Hippenstiel Cell and Tissue Research. 2017;367(3):511-524. doi: 10.1007/s00441-016-2546-z Pneumonia is counted among the leading causes of death worldwide. Viruses, bacteria and pathogen-related molecules …
Precision-cut lung slices: A powerful ex vivo model to investigate respiratory infectious diseases
ReferenceFlávia Viana , Cecilia M. O’Kane , Gunnar N. Schroeder Molecular Microbiology. 2022;117(3):578-588. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14817 Respiratory infections are a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Most of the research on the underlying disease mechanisms is …
Capturing the Onset of Bacterial Pulmonary Infection in Acini-On-Chips
ReferenceArbel Artzy-Schnirman , Hikaia Zidan , Shani Elias-Kirma , Lee Ben-Porat , Janna Tenenbaum-Katan , Patrick Carius , Ramy Fishler , Nicole Schneider-Daum , Claus-Michael Lehr , Josué Sznitman Advanced Biosystems. 2019;3(9):1900026. doi: …
Second-generation lung-on-a-chip with an array of stretchable alveoli made with a biological membrane
ReferencePauline Zamprogno , Simon Wüthrich , Sven Achenbach , Giuditta Thoma , Janick D. Stucki , Nina Hobi , Nicole Schneider-Daum , Claus-Michael Lehr , Hanno Huwer , Thomas Geiser , Ralph A. Schmid , Olivier T. Guenat Communications Biology. 2021;4(1):1-10. …
Microbial volatile communication in human organotypic lung models
ReferenceLayla J. Barkal , Clare L. Procknow , Yasmín R. Álvarez-García , Mengyao Niu , José A. Jiménez-Torres , Rebecca A. Brockman-Schneider , James E. Gern , Loren C. Denlinger , Ashleigh B. Theberge , Nancy P. Keller , Erwin Berthier , David J. Beebe Nature …
Microfluidic lung airway-on-a-chip with arrayable suspended gels for studying epithelial and smooth muscle cell interactions
ReferenceMouhita Humayun , Chung-Wai Chow , Edmond W. K. Young Lab on a Chip. 2018;18(9):1298-1309. doi: 10.1039/C7LC01357D Chronic lung diseases (CLDs) are regulated by complex interactions between many different cell types residing in lung airway tissues. …