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When a principal investigator retires or a lab closes, decades of irreplaceable biological samples often face an uncertain fate. This report examines why specimen succession planning remains an afterthought in American research — and what institutions and biobanks are doing to change that.
A quarter-million-dollar mass spectrometer gathering dust in a basement core facility is more common than most institutions admit. KSMV examines the full lifecycle cost of laboratory instrumentation and asks whether equipment-sharing networks could turn stranded assets into working science.
The interval between a finding and its public release is shrinking from years to days, and KSMV members are among the drivers of that shift. This feature examines the tools and tactics researchers actually use to communicate faster — and asks where the line should fall between speed and scrutiny.
Static PDFs were never how science actually worked — and a wave of US journals is piloting living papers, registered reports, and versioned findings that get re-reviewed as evidence accumulates. Here are five models worth watching, and what they mean for how KSMV members communicate their work.
Public confidence in scientific institutions has eroded, and no press release will fix it. This evergreen guide offers KSMV members concrete, low-cost strategies for community engagement — from library partnerships to open lab days — that build durable trust without diluting the science.
The reproducibility crisis is often framed as a cultural failing, but it starts with something more mundane: how individual labs record, store, and share their daily work. This KSMV explainer offers a practical checklist any US research lab can adopt this week.
Multi-institution research is now the norm rather than the exception, and the tools labs use to collaborate have evolved accordingly. We profile five platforms gaining traction in KSMV member laboratories, with honest notes on adoption pitfalls.