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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	11	20%
United Kingdom	7	13%
France	5	9%
Canada	3	5%
Australia	3	5%
Netherlands	2	4%
Portugal	1	2%
Germany	1	2%
Norway	1	2%
Other	3	5%
Unknown	19	34%

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Type	Count	As %
Scientists	28	50%
Members of the public	25	45%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	2	4%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	1	2%

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Country	Count	As %
United States	8	2%
Germany	2	<1%
Brazil	2	<1%
Canada	2	<1%
Norway	1	<1%
Portugal	1	<1%
United Kingdom	1	<1%
Belgium	1	<1%
New Zealand	1	<1%
Other	0	0%
Unknown	334	95%

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Researcher	77	22%
Student > Ph. D. Student	75	21%
Student > Master	50	14%
Student > Bachelor	25	7%
Professor > Associate Professor	19	5%
Other	60	17%
Unknown	47	13%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	131	37%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	68	19%
Medicine and Dentistry	25	7%
Immunology and Microbiology	24	7%
Computer Science	12	3%
Other	40	11%
Unknown	53	15%

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

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