Activity-Based vs. Purity-Based QC Metrics for Protein Synthesis Reagents
Measuring protein function, not just mass, reveals why reagent batches fail.
Miriam Osei-Bonsu
Senior Staff Writer
Miriam Osei-Bonsu
Miriam Osei-Bonsu spent eight years as a quality systems manager at a contract research organization before transitioning to science journalism, where she covers the regulatory and policy dimensions of reproducibility. Her reporting has focused on how institutional mandates translate—or fail to translate—into bench-level practice.
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Funding Agency Reproducibility Mandates Beyond NIH
Federal agencies now require researchers to share data and methods at publication, not months later.
Miriam Osei-Bonsu
NIH Reagent Reporting Requirements and Their Enforcement Gaps
NIH's enforcement system never verifies researchers actually followed reagent authentication rules.
Miriam Osei-Bonsu
Inter-Lab Standardization of Cell-Free Expression Benchmarks
Reagent opacity, not protocol flaws, blocks reproducible cell-free protein synthesis.
Miriam Osei-Bonsu
Vendor Transparency Benchmarking for CFPS Reagent Buyers
Vendor formulation secrecy undermines CFPS reproducibility.
Miriam Osei-Bonsu