Mona AlQazzaz

Community engagement scientific fellow and alliance manager
YCharOS and the Structural Genomics Consortium

Mona AlQazzaz is a community engagement scientific fellow and alliance manager at YCharOS and the Structural Genomics Consortium, an open-science effort to solve protein structures.

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Open neuroscience and data-sharing

By Mona AlQazzaz, Aled Edwards

5 February 2024

6 min read

Abstract illustration of antibodies scattered against a peach-colored background.

We found a major flaw in a scientific reagent used in thousands of neuroscience experiments — and we’re trying to fix it.

As part of that ambition, we launched a public-private partnership to systematically evaluate antibodies used to study neurological disease, and we plan to make all the data freely available.

Open neuroscience and data-sharing

We found a major flaw in a scientific reagent used in thousands of neuroscience experiments — and we’re trying to fix it.

By Mona AlQazzaz, Aled Edwards

5 February 2024 | 6 min read

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