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Title	The microbiome quality control project: baseline study design and future directions
Published in	Genome Biology (Online Edition), December 2015
DOI	10.1186/s13059-015-0841-8
Pubmed ID	26653756
Authors	Rashmi Sinha, Christian C. Abnet, Owen White, Rob Knight, Curtis Huttenhower
Abstract	Microbiome research has grown exponentially over the past several years, but studies have been difficult to reproduce across investigations. Relevant variation in measurements between laboratories, from a variety of sources, has not been systematically assessed. This is coupled with a growing concern in the scientific community about the lack of reproducibility in biomedical research. The Microbiome Quality Control project (MBQC) was initiated to identify sources of variation in microbiome studies, to quantify their magnitudes, and to assess the design and utility of different positive and negative control strategies. Here we report on the first MBQC baseline study project and workshop.

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Country	Count	As %
United States	12	20%
United Kingdom	9	15%
France	6	10%
Canada	3	5%
Australia	3	5%
Netherlands	2	3%
Portugal	1	2%
Germany	1	2%
Brazil	1	2%
Other	5	8%
Unknown	18	30%

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Type	Count	As %
Scientists	35	57%
Members of the public	23	38%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	2	3%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	1	2%

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Country	Count	As %
United States	8	2%
Germany	2	<1%
Canada	2	<1%
Brazil	2	<1%
United Kingdom	1	<1%
Norway	1	<1%
New Zealand	1	<1%
Belgium	1	<1%
Portugal	1	<1%
Other	0	0%
Unknown	315	94%

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Ph. D. Student	76	23%
Researcher	70	21%
Student > Master	45	13%
Student > Bachelor	23	7%
Professor > Associate Professor	20	6%
Other	59	18%
Unknown	41	12%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	127	38%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	65	19%
Medicine and Dentistry	25	7%
Immunology and Microbiology	20	6%
Computer Science	12	4%
Other	38	11%
Unknown	47	14%

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The microbiome quality control project: baseline study design and future directions

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