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QUAREP-LiMi: A community-driven initiative to establish guidelines for quality assessment and reproducibility for instruments and images in light microscopy

  • A modern day light microscope has evolved from a tool devoted to making primarily empirical observations to what is now a sophisticated, quantitative device that is an integral part of both physical and life science research. Nowadays, microscopes are found in nearly every experimental laboratory. However, despite their prevalent use in capturing and quantifying scientific phenomena, neither a thorough understanding of the principles underlying quantitative imaging techniques nor appropriate knowledge of how to calibrate, operate and maintain microscopes can be taken for granted. This is clearly demonstrated by the well-documented and widespread difficulties that are routinely encountered in evaluating acquired data and reproducing scientific experiments. Indeed, studies have shown that more than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to repeat another scientist’s experiments, while more than half have even failed to reproduce their own experiments1. One factor behind theA modern day light microscope has evolved from a tool devoted to making primarily empirical observations to what is now a sophisticated, quantitative device that is an integral part of both physical and life science research. Nowadays, microscopes are found in nearly every experimental laboratory. However, despite their prevalent use in capturing and quantifying scientific phenomena, neither a thorough understanding of the principles underlying quantitative imaging techniques nor appropriate knowledge of how to calibrate, operate and maintain microscopes can be taken for granted. This is clearly demonstrated by the well-documented and widespread difficulties that are routinely encountered in evaluating acquired data and reproducing scientific experiments. Indeed, studies have shown that more than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to repeat another scientist’s experiments, while more than half have even failed to reproduce their own experiments1. One factor behind the reproducibility crisis of experiments published in scientific journals is the frequent underreporting of imaging methods caused by a lack of awareness and/or a lack of knowledge of the applied technique2,3. Whereas quality control procedures for some methods used in biomedical research, such as genomics (e.g., DNA sequencing, RNA-seq) or cytometry, have been introduced (e.g. ENCODE4), this issue has not been tackled for optical microscopy instrumentation and images. Although many calibration standards and protocols have been published, there is a lack of awareness and agreement on common Standards and guidelines for quality assessment and reproducibility5. In April 2020, the QUality Assessment and REProducibility for instruments and images in Light Microscopy (QUAREP-LiMi) initiative6 was formed. This initiative comprises imaging scientists from academia and industry who share a common interest in achieving a better understanding of the performance and limitations of microscopes and improved quality control (QC) in light microscopy. The ultimate goal of the QUAREP-LiMi initiative is to establish a set of common QC standards, guidelines, metadata models7,8, and tools9,10, including detailed protocols, with the ultimate aim of improving reproducible advances in scientific research. This White Paper 1) summarizes the major obstacles identified in the field that motivated the launch of the QUAREP-LiMi initiative; 2) identifies the urgent need to address these obstacles in a grassroots manner, through a community of Stakeholders including, researchers, imaging scientists11, bioimage analysts, bioimage informatics developers, corporate partners, Funding agencies, standards organizations, scientific publishers, and observers of such; 3) outlines the current actions of the QUAREPLiMi initiative, and 4) proposes future steps that can be taken to improve the dissemination and acceptance of the proposed guidelines to manage QC. To summarize, the principal goal of the QUAREP-LiMi initiative is to improve the overall quality and reproducibility of light microscope image data by introducing broadly accepted standard practices and accurately captured image data metrics.zeige mehrzeige weniger

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Autor*innen:G. Nelson, U. Boehm, S. Bagley, P. Bajcsy, J. Bischof, C. M. Brown, A. Dauphin, I. M. Dobbie, J. E. Eriksson, O. Faklaris, J. Fernandez-Rodriguez, A. Ferrand, L, Gelman, A. Gheisari, H. Hartmann, C. Kukat, A. Laude, M. Mitkovski, S. Munck, A. J. North, T. Rasse, Ute Resch-GengerORCiD, L. C. Schuetz, A. Seitz, C. Strambio-De-Castillia, J. R. Swedlow, I. Alexopoulos, K. Aumayr, S. Avilov, G.-J. Bakker, R. R. Bammann, A. Bassi, H. Beckert, S. Beer, Y. Belyaev, J. Bierwagen, K. A. Birngruber, M. Bosch, J. Breitlow, L. A. Cameron, J. Chalfoun, J. J. Chambers, C.-L. Chen, E. Conde-Sousa, A. D. Corbett, F. P. Cordelieres, E. Del Nery, R. Dietzel, F. Eismann, E. Fazeli, A. Felscher, H. Fried, N. Gaudreault, W. I. Goh, T. Guilbert, R. Hadleigh, P. Hemmerich, G. A. Holst, M. S. Itano, C. B. Jaffe, H. K. Jambor, S. C. Jarvis, A. Keppler, D. Kirchenbuechler, M. Kirchner, N. Kobayashi, G. Krens, S. Kunis, J. Lacoste, M. Marcello, G. G. Martins, D. J. Metcalf, C. A. Mitchell, J. Moore, T. Mueller, M. S. Nelson, S. Ogg, S. Onami, A. L. Palmer, P. Paul-Gilloteaux, J. A. Pimentel, L. Plantard, S. Podder, E. Rexhepaj, A. Royon, M. A. Saari, D. Schapman, V. Schoonderwoert, B. Schroth-Diez, S. Schwartz, M. Shaw, M. Spitaler, M. T. Stoeckl, D. Sudar, J. Teillon, S. Terjung, R. Thuenauer, C. D. Wilms, G. D. Wright, R. Nitschke
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenartikel
Veröffentlichungsform:Verlagsliteratur
Sprache:Englisch
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch):Journal of microscopy
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung:2021
Organisationseinheit der BAM:1 Analytische Chemie; Referenzmaterialien
1 Analytische Chemie; Referenzmaterialien / 1.2 Biophotonik
Veröffentlichende Institution:Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
Verlag:Wiley-Blackwell
Verlagsort:Oxford
Jahrgang/Band:284
Ausgabe/Heft:1
Aufsatznummer:13041
Erste Seite:56
Letzte Seite:73
DDC-Klassifikation:Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / Chemie / Analytische Chemie
Freie Schlagwörter:Biology; Comparability; Data; Fluorescence; Imaging; Life science; Medicine; Microscopy; Quality assurance; Reference data; Reference materials; Reliability; Standards
Themenfelder/Aktivitätsfelder der BAM:Chemie und Prozesstechnik
DOI:10.1111/jmi.13041
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-530629
ISSN:1365-2818
Verfügbarkeit des Dokuments:Datei für die Öffentlichkeit verfügbar ("Open Access")
Lizenz (Deutsch):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
Datum der Freischaltung:05.08.2021
Referierte Publikation:Ja
Datum der Eintragung als referierte Publikation:05.08.2021
Schriftenreihen ohne Nummerierung:Wissenschaftliche Artikel der BAM
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