Mission
The Brazilian Reproducibility Network (BrRN) is a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional initiative to promote transparent and reliable research practices in the Brazilian scientific community. We recognize the need to evaluate and improve practices in different areas of science through methodological rigor, collaboration and transparency. We bring together researchers and institutions to foster debate on reproducibility in research. We promote training, conduct and encourage meta-science projects to study and improve the scientific process, and carry out activism with institutions and government bodies to promote transparent and reproducible research practices.
Goals
Our aim is to congregate groups and institutions from different regions of the country and areas of knowledge, catalyzing existing efforts to promote rigorous, reliable and transparent science in Brazil. Specific goals include:
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Linking researchers, groups, and institutions interested in reproducibility, experimental design, responsible research practices, open science, and related areas;
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Curating existing material and producing original resources on these topics for educational purposes;
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Promoting and disseminating principles of open and reproducible science in the Brazilian scientific community;
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Encouraging interaction among participants to foster equity, diversity, and inclusion;
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Promoting and publicizing events that aim to reflect on how to improve the scientific process
Our team
Our team is composed of two Executive Directors and six Coordinators. Additional information about the functions of each group is available in our Terms of Reference.
Coordinator
Representative of Members
Carmen Penido
Specialist in Science, Technology, Production and Innovation in Public Health at Fiocruz, permanent professor of the Postgraduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology (IOC) and the Postgraduate Program in Translational Research in Drugs and Medicines (Farmanguinhos). She is coordinator of the Research Integrity Committee (Fiocruz), member of the Program Committee of the VII BRISPE (Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity, Science and Publication Ethics) and member of the International Advisory Committee of the World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI).
Coordinator
Representative of the Ambassadors
Ricardo Ceneviva
Professor at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), teaching Political Science, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods and Applied Statistics. His research focuses on public policy evaluation, evidence-based public policies and open government. In extension, he is involved in the promotion of open science and reproducibility, collaborating with initiatives that aim to increase the transparency and replicability of research in social sciences.
Coordinator
Founding member
Olavo Amaral
Professor at the Leopoldo de Meis Institute of Medical Biochemistry at UFRJ since 2009, physician and PhD in Biochemistry. He used to focus on the neurobiology of memory, but is now dedicated to meta-science. He coordinates the Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative and founded No-Budget Science and BRISA.
Coordinator
Representative of Members
Renato Santos
Postdoctoral fellow at CENA/University of São Paulo, in Piracicaba/SP. He has experience in Bioinformatics, especially with genomics and transcriptomics of fungi and bacteria. He is the organizer of the Computational Reproducibility Bio group, created as part of his role as ambassador of the eLife Community Ambassadors program (2021-2023).
Support
Serrapilheira Institute
The BrRN receives financial support from the Serrapilheira Institute. The institute is a private, non-profit institution that promotes science in Brazil. The support is an extension of the research project 'Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative', coordinated by Olavo Amaral (UFRJ).
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José Luiz Setúbal Foundation
The BrRN receives financial support from the José Luiz Setúbal Foundation. Under the slogan “think, care and defend healthy childhood in Brazil”, this foundation promotes the well-being of children and adolescents through medical assistance, teaching and research, and advocacy and philanthropy.
eLife
Olavo Amarel received the 2022 Ben Barres Spotlight by eLife, working as an initial boost in the creation of the BrRN.
Partnerships
Zulip
The BrRN uses the Zulip platform free of charge as its main means of group communication and collaborative tool.
FORRT
FORRT is a Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training which is advancing research transparency, reproducibility, rigor, and ethics through pedagogical reform and meta-scientific research.
Science Integrity Alliance
The Science Integrity Alliance integrates global efforts across scholarly infrastructure, communication, education, reproducibility, and open science to promote scientific integrity, amplify collective impact, and encourage early-career researchers to adopt responsible practices.
JoVE
JoVE is the world’s leading producer and provider of science videos, with 25,000+ videos available in 14+ languages. It helps scientists learn new research technologies, save time, reduce costs, and boost research productivity and reproducibility.