Is peer review bias slowing down the adoption of #MicrophysiologicalSystems?
If you're attending the 2026 MPS World Summit in Washington, D.C. this May, let's connect! ✈
#AnimalMethodsBias #PeerReview #MPSWorldSummit #MPS #NAMs #organonchips
If you're attending the 2026 MPS World Summit in Washington, D.C. this May, let's connect! ✈
#AnimalMethodsBias #PeerReview #MPSWorldSummit #MPS #NAMs #organonchips
April 1, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Is peer review bias slowing down the adoption of #MicrophysiologicalSystems?
If you're attending the 2026 MPS World Summit in Washington, D.C. this May, let's connect! ✈
#AnimalMethodsBias #PeerReview #MPSWorldSummit #MPS #NAMs #organonchips
If you're attending the 2026 MPS World Summit in Washington, D.C. this May, let's connect! ✈
#AnimalMethodsBias #PeerReview #MPSWorldSummit #MPS #NAMs #organonchips
Hi Bluesky! 🦋 We're the Coalition to Illuminate and Address Animal Methods Bias (COLAAB), an international collaboration of researchers & advocates aimed at understanding and addressing #AnimalMethodsBias. Expand this introductory 🧵 to learn more about our work. www.animalmethodsbias.org 1/9
November 22, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Hi Bluesky! 🦋 We're the Coalition to Illuminate and Address Animal Methods Bias (COLAAB), an international collaboration of researchers & advocates aimed at understanding and addressing #AnimalMethodsBias. Expand this introductory 🧵 to learn more about our work. www.animalmethodsbias.org 1/9
Learn more about our recommendations and download our Editor Checklist:
www.animalmethodsbias.org/projects/edi...
#SSP2026 #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #SciPub #Editors #PeerReview #AnimalMethodsBias
www.animalmethodsbias.org/projects/edi...
#SSP2026 #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #SciPub #Editors #PeerReview #AnimalMethodsBias
Editor Interventions
www.animalmethodsbias.org
April 21, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Learn more about our recommendations and download our Editor Checklist:
www.animalmethodsbias.org/projects/edi...
#SSP2026 #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #SciPub #Editors #PeerReview #AnimalMethodsBias
www.animalmethodsbias.org/projects/edi...
#SSP2026 #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #SciPub #Editors #PeerReview #AnimalMethodsBias
What is research assessment reform, and what does it have to do with animal experiments? 🔬
Expand this 🧵 to learn why the COLAAB has officially signed onto @dorassessment.bsky.social! ✒
#AnimalMethodsBias #ResearchAssessment #ResearchCulture #AcademicCommunity
Expand this 🧵 to learn why the COLAAB has officially signed onto @dorassessment.bsky.social! ✒
#AnimalMethodsBias #ResearchAssessment #ResearchCulture #AcademicCommunity
August 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
What is research assessment reform, and what does it have to do with animal experiments? 🔬
Expand this 🧵 to learn why the COLAAB has officially signed onto @dorassessment.bsky.social! ✒
#AnimalMethodsBias #ResearchAssessment #ResearchCulture #AcademicCommunity
Expand this 🧵 to learn why the COLAAB has officially signed onto @dorassessment.bsky.social! ✒
#AnimalMethodsBias #ResearchAssessment #ResearchCulture #AcademicCommunity
Thank you, @nature.com , for covering our work! If you have experiences with #AnimalMethodsBias or want to help even the playing field for nonanimal research, please give us a follow and explore our website at www.animalmethodsbias.org.
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www.animalmethodsbias.org
March 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thank you, @nature.com , for covering our work! If you have experiences with #AnimalMethodsBias or want to help even the playing field for nonanimal research, please give us a follow and explore our website at www.animalmethodsbias.org.
💡 #AnimalMethodsBias is in the news again in this important @vox.com piece on federal efforts to reduce animal experimentation.
This systemic bias favors animal-based studies over translatable, human-based methods—and it's long overdue for scrutiny.
🔗 www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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This systemic bias favors animal-based studies over translatable, human-based methods—and it's long overdue for scrutiny.
🔗 www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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The massive stakes of the Trump administration’s plans to end animal testing
Is Trump doing the right thing on animal research for the wrong reasons?
www.vox.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
💡 #AnimalMethodsBias is in the news again in this important @vox.com piece on federal efforts to reduce animal experimentation.
This systemic bias favors animal-based studies over translatable, human-based methods—and it's long overdue for scrutiny.
🔗 www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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This systemic bias favors animal-based studies over translatable, human-based methods—and it's long overdue for scrutiny.
🔗 www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Another COLAAB recommendation takes flight! 🕊️
On July 7, NIH announced it will no longer exclude #NAMs from #NOFOs or seek animal-only proposals. 🧪
These are key steps to curb #AnimalMethodsBias, as suggested in our 2024 workshop report: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On July 7, NIH announced it will no longer exclude #NAMs from #NOFOs or seek animal-only proposals. 🧪
These are key steps to curb #AnimalMethodsBias, as suggested in our 2024 workshop report: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Another COLAAB recommendation takes flight! 🕊️
On July 7, NIH announced it will no longer exclude #NAMs from #NOFOs or seek animal-only proposals. 🧪
These are key steps to curb #AnimalMethodsBias, as suggested in our 2024 workshop report: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On July 7, NIH announced it will no longer exclude #NAMs from #NOFOs or seek animal-only proposals. 🧪
These are key steps to curb #AnimalMethodsBias, as suggested in our 2024 workshop report: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Interested in how #PeerReview bias affects the adoption of #NAMs?
Join us next week for a webinar where COLAAB member Catharine Krebs, PhD will discuss the nature & impacts of #AnimalMethodsBias & share recommendations for mitigating its effects.
🗓️ Thurs Jan 22
⌚️ 10 am ET
#phdsky #phdchat 🧪
Join us next week for a webinar where COLAAB member Catharine Krebs, PhD will discuss the nature & impacts of #AnimalMethodsBias & share recommendations for mitigating its effects.
🗓️ Thurs Jan 22
⌚️ 10 am ET
#phdsky #phdchat 🧪
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Interested in how #PeerReview bias affects the adoption of #NAMs?
Join us next week for a webinar where COLAAB member Catharine Krebs, PhD will discuss the nature & impacts of #AnimalMethodsBias & share recommendations for mitigating its effects.
🗓️ Thurs Jan 22
⌚️ 10 am ET
#phdsky #phdchat 🧪
Join us next week for a webinar where COLAAB member Catharine Krebs, PhD will discuss the nature & impacts of #AnimalMethodsBias & share recommendations for mitigating its effects.
🗓️ Thurs Jan 22
⌚️ 10 am ET
#phdsky #phdchat 🧪
Great to see @nature.com expanding its use of registered reports!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At the Coalition to Illuminate and Address Animal Methods Bias, or the #COLAAB, we support study preregistration as a tool to help mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias.
#SciPub #RegisteredReports
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At the Coalition to Illuminate and Address Animal Methods Bias, or the #COLAAB, we support study preregistration as a tool to help mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias.
#SciPub #RegisteredReports
Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which we publish
Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research.
www.nature.com
June 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Great to see @nature.com expanding its use of registered reports!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At the Coalition to Illuminate and Address Animal Methods Bias, or the #COLAAB, we support study preregistration as a tool to help mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias.
#SciPub #RegisteredReports
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At the Coalition to Illuminate and Address Animal Methods Bias, or the #COLAAB, we support study preregistration as a tool to help mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias.
#SciPub #RegisteredReports
New COLAAB publication alert! 📣
Proceedings and action steps generated from our May 2024 workshop exploring #animalmethodsbias in biomedical research funding are now in press at the new NAM Journal. The open access pre-proof is online here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Proceedings and action steps generated from our May 2024 workshop exploring #animalmethodsbias in biomedical research funding are now in press at the new NAM Journal. The open access pre-proof is online here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exploring animal methods bias in biomedical research funding: Workshop proceedings and action steps
New approach methodologies (NAMs) and other nonanimal methods are increasingly effective and available to researchers for modeling human biology and d…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 31, 2024 at 12:18 PM
New COLAAB publication alert! 📣
Proceedings and action steps generated from our May 2024 workshop exploring #animalmethodsbias in biomedical research funding are now in press at the new NAM Journal. The open access pre-proof is online here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Proceedings and action steps generated from our May 2024 workshop exploring #animalmethodsbias in biomedical research funding are now in press at the new NAM Journal. The open access pre-proof is online here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On behalf of The COLAAB, Physicians Committee scientist Dr. Catharine E. Krebs co-submitted a letter to NIH with recommendations to help reduce #animalmethodsbias during review of #grantapplications.
Learn more: www.pcrm.org/news/good-sc...
Learn more: www.pcrm.org/news/good-sc...
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
On behalf of The COLAAB, Physicians Committee scientist Dr. Catharine E. Krebs co-submitted a letter to NIH with recommendations to help reduce #animalmethodsbias during review of #grantapplications.
Learn more: www.pcrm.org/news/good-sc...
Learn more: www.pcrm.org/news/good-sc...
🫵 You can help us do that, all while remaining completely anonymous, if you choose.
Share your story with us here and please spread the word! www.animalmethodsbias.org/index.php/sh...
🧪 🔬 #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #BiomedicalResearch #ResearchIntegrity #AnimalMethodsBias
Share your story with us here and please spread the word! www.animalmethodsbias.org/index.php/sh...
🧪 🔬 #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #BiomedicalResearch #ResearchIntegrity #AnimalMethodsBias
Share Your Story
www.animalmethodsbias.org
September 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🫵 You can help us do that, all while remaining completely anonymous, if you choose.
Share your story with us here and please spread the word! www.animalmethodsbias.org/index.php/sh...
🧪 🔬 #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #BiomedicalResearch #ResearchIntegrity #AnimalMethodsBias
Share your story with us here and please spread the word! www.animalmethodsbias.org/index.php/sh...
🧪 🔬 #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #BiomedicalResearch #ResearchIntegrity #AnimalMethodsBias
Last day of #WC13 tomorrow! It’s been amazing reconnecting & hearing about global efforts to improve science 🧪 for humans and animals. Grateful for the great convos sparked by my talk on #AnimalMethodsBias on behalf of @thecolaab.bsky.social and excited to keep them going!
September 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Last day of #WC13 tomorrow! It’s been amazing reconnecting & hearing about global efforts to improve science 🧪 for humans and animals. Grateful for the great convos sparked by my talk on #AnimalMethodsBias on behalf of @thecolaab.bsky.social and excited to keep them going!
March 19–20! Radboud Uni & @unibas.ch are hosting a workshop on the "Transition Beyond Animal Experimentation.”
🗣️ The COLAAB’s Dr. Krebs of @pcrm.org will speak about #AnimalMethodsBias as a barrier to this transition, including the latest evidence & bias mitigation strategies from our group.
🗣️ The COLAAB’s Dr. Krebs of @pcrm.org will speak about #AnimalMethodsBias as a barrier to this transition, including the latest evidence & bias mitigation strategies from our group.
March 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
March 19–20! Radboud Uni & @unibas.ch are hosting a workshop on the "Transition Beyond Animal Experimentation.”
🗣️ The COLAAB’s Dr. Krebs of @pcrm.org will speak about #AnimalMethodsBias as a barrier to this transition, including the latest evidence & bias mitigation strategies from our group.
🗣️ The COLAAB’s Dr. Krebs of @pcrm.org will speak about #AnimalMethodsBias as a barrier to this transition, including the latest evidence & bias mitigation strategies from our group.
We hear this often.
Innovative, animal‑free research gets slowed by expectations that animal data are required for a study to be considered “complete.”
This #AnimalMethodsBias shapes peer review, funding decisions, and publication.
It's a major barrier blocking the wider adoption of #NAMs.
Innovative, animal‑free research gets slowed by expectations that animal data are required for a study to be considered “complete.”
This #AnimalMethodsBias shapes peer review, funding decisions, and publication.
It's a major barrier blocking the wider adoption of #NAMs.
March 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
We hear this often.
Innovative, animal‑free research gets slowed by expectations that animal data are required for a study to be considered “complete.”
This #AnimalMethodsBias shapes peer review, funding decisions, and publication.
It's a major barrier blocking the wider adoption of #NAMs.
Innovative, animal‑free research gets slowed by expectations that animal data are required for a study to be considered “complete.”
This #AnimalMethodsBias shapes peer review, funding decisions, and publication.
It's a major barrier blocking the wider adoption of #NAMs.
Last week, we offered our assistance to #NIH officials in advancing the agency's goal of reforming grant review to better prioritize human-based research.
We also recommended additional steps the agency could take to further mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias in the review process.
#grantreview #scipol
We also recommended additional steps the agency could take to further mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias in the review process.
#grantreview #scipol
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Last week, we offered our assistance to #NIH officials in advancing the agency's goal of reforming grant review to better prioritize human-based research.
We also recommended additional steps the agency could take to further mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias in the review process.
#grantreview #scipol
We also recommended additional steps the agency could take to further mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias in the review process.
#grantreview #scipol
Until more review panels include nonanimal expertise, researchers looking to avoid the harmful effects of #AnimalMethodsBias can be more selective by identifying #funding opportunities with reviewers who have relevant expertise or with method specifications that support #NAMs.
March 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Until more review panels include nonanimal expertise, researchers looking to avoid the harmful effects of #AnimalMethodsBias can be more selective by identifying #funding opportunities with reviewers who have relevant expertise or with method specifications that support #NAMs.
The UK Home Office's new strategy, "Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods," is an important step toward embracing nonanimal methods.
We took a look at how it will help mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias. 🧵
#scipub #scipol 🧪
We took a look at how it will help mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias. 🧵
#scipub #scipol 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The UK Home Office's new strategy, "Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods," is an important step toward embracing nonanimal methods.
We took a look at how it will help mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias. 🧵
#scipub #scipol 🧪
We took a look at how it will help mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias. 🧵
#scipub #scipol 🧪
🚨 Big news! Yesterday, NIH announced a new initiative to prioritize human-based research technologies and reduce animal use. The initiative includes measures to overcome barriers to the broader use of human-based methods, including #AnimalMethodsBias! 🧪
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
NIH to prioritize human-based research technologies
New initiative aims to reduce use of animals in NIH-funded research.
www.nih.gov
April 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚨 Big news! Yesterday, NIH announced a new initiative to prioritize human-based research technologies and reduce animal use. The initiative includes measures to overcome barriers to the broader use of human-based methods, including #AnimalMethodsBias! 🧪
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
We'd love to hear from you! Please join us in calling for biomedical stakeholders, especially publishers, funders, and meta-researchers, to explore and address #AnimalMethodsBias independently! Share your stories with us and join the team! 🤝 7/9
November 22, 2024 at 8:24 PM
We'd love to hear from you! Please join us in calling for biomedical stakeholders, especially publishers, funders, and meta-researchers, to explore and address #AnimalMethodsBias independently! Share your stories with us and join the team! 🤝 7/9
Last week, Dr. Owen Kavanagh represented the COLAAB at the #BestPracticeInNAMs2025 conference, sharing the latest updates on our efforts to mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias in scientific publishing & funding. Thank you to the organizers!
@replanimalres.bsky.social
@humaneresearch.bsky.social
@replanimalres.bsky.social
@humaneresearch.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Last week, Dr. Owen Kavanagh represented the COLAAB at the #BestPracticeInNAMs2025 conference, sharing the latest updates on our efforts to mitigate #AnimalMethodsBias in scientific publishing & funding. Thank you to the organizers!
@replanimalres.bsky.social
@humaneresearch.bsky.social
@replanimalres.bsky.social
@humaneresearch.bsky.social
On March 26, COLAAB member Dr. Owen Kavanagh of @yorkstjohn.bsky.social will be providing an update on our award-winning work on #AnimalMethodsBias at the Best Practice in Non-Animal Research Conference in York! 🧪 More info about the conference here: replacinganimalresearch.org.uk/2025-confere....
Best practice in non-animal research methods | Replacing Animal Research
See what Replacing Animal Research had to say about Best practice in non-animal research methods
replacinganimalresearch.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
On March 26, COLAAB member Dr. Owen Kavanagh of @yorkstjohn.bsky.social will be providing an update on our award-winning work on #AnimalMethodsBias at the Best Practice in Non-Animal Research Conference in York! 🧪 More info about the conference here: replacinganimalresearch.org.uk/2025-confere....
Animal methods bias is showing up in more discussions about the barriers to reducing animal experimentation.
In this 🧵, we discuss two recent pieces in @springernature.com's Journal of Translational Medicine.
#AnimalMethodsBias #InstitutionalInertia 🧪
In this 🧵, we discuss two recent pieces in @springernature.com's Journal of Translational Medicine.
#AnimalMethodsBias #InstitutionalInertia 🧪
July 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Animal methods bias is showing up in more discussions about the barriers to reducing animal experimentation.
In this 🧵, we discuss two recent pieces in @springernature.com's Journal of Translational Medicine.
#AnimalMethodsBias #InstitutionalInertia 🧪
In this 🧵, we discuss two recent pieces in @springernature.com's Journal of Translational Medicine.
#AnimalMethodsBias #InstitutionalInertia 🧪
🧛♂️ Happy Halloween! What’s scarier than a bad review?
🍬 Reviewers handing out ‘add animal experiments’ comments like candy—even when your human-based study is solid.
👻 Don’t let #AnimalMethodsBias haunt your next paper.
Learn how to protect your work: www.animalmethodsbias.org
🍬 Reviewers handing out ‘add animal experiments’ comments like candy—even when your human-based study is solid.
👻 Don’t let #AnimalMethodsBias haunt your next paper.
Learn how to protect your work: www.animalmethodsbias.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🧛♂️ Happy Halloween! What’s scarier than a bad review?
🍬 Reviewers handing out ‘add animal experiments’ comments like candy—even when your human-based study is solid.
👻 Don’t let #AnimalMethodsBias haunt your next paper.
Learn how to protect your work: www.animalmethodsbias.org
🍬 Reviewers handing out ‘add animal experiments’ comments like candy—even when your human-based study is solid.
👻 Don’t let #AnimalMethodsBias haunt your next paper.
Learn how to protect your work: www.animalmethodsbias.org
One thing is for sure. If you want to see the broader adoption of NAMs, 🫵 your expertise 🫵 is needed on a review panel near you.
We hope you consider saying yes to your next invitation to participate.
#AnimalMethodsBias #ResearchPolicy #AcademicChatter
We hope you consider saying yes to your next invitation to participate.
#AnimalMethodsBias #ResearchPolicy #AcademicChatter
September 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
One thing is for sure. If you want to see the broader adoption of NAMs, 🫵 your expertise 🫵 is needed on a review panel near you.
We hope you consider saying yes to your next invitation to participate.
#AnimalMethodsBias #ResearchPolicy #AcademicChatter
We hope you consider saying yes to your next invitation to participate.
#AnimalMethodsBias #ResearchPolicy #AcademicChatter