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Keeping an accurate record of
research is very important,

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and that is obviously
necessary in order

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to be able to
reproduce the data.

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But also, it's now a
fundamental requirement

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of the funding agencies that
grant the money for the work.

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Specifically, we
also have to obey

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by a number of practices
that are given us

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by our institution, by
the Sussex University.

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So this is a very
important part.

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In my case specifically,
our main output data

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are protein models of
protein structures,

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and we are fortunate
enough to be

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able to deposit the data with
the protein data bank, which

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is a free database
available to us.

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We also are able to deposit
our primary of the Diamond Light

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synchrotron source, which
is where we go and collect

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our data.

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Well originally, I
kept written records

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because we didn't have the
computer systems in place.

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But now I use all electronic
ways of recording information.

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I think it's sometimes
good to have both,

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because then if one fails, as
computers can, then you still

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have the written record.

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So maybe having both
versions is a good idea.

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You certainly need to keep
records about participants

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recruited, dropout rates,
randomisation codes,

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and things like that.

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So I think, yes,
it's data, keeping

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your data electronically safe.

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And any statistical analysis
that you might be using.

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The main reason to keep an
accurate record of research

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that we have done is that be
able to produce that research.

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And that is important both
for external colleagues

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to be able to reproduce
that research,

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but also within my lab.

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So that researchers that joined
the lab through the years,

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and it often happens, are
able to reproduce the data

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without losing timeliness.

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So doing it in a very fast way.

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We are also very much involved
in biomedical medical research

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in my lab.

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So it is very important
that we secure our records,

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so that any future IP claim,
intellectual property claim,

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can be protected.

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Recently, during
our work we have

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come across a case of
poor record keeping.

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So we were trying to compare
a structure of a protein

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that we have solved with a
structure of a protein that

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was solved 17 years ago
by a different group.

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They hadn't unfortunately
deposited their data,

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which meant that we could
not compare effectively

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our data to theirs.

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And that was, despite the fact
that that data was published.

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So despite it being
peer-reviewed,

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there was no record of the data.

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Fortunately, attitudes towards
maintaining records of research

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have changed during
these 17 years.

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And now in my
field, for example,

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it is impossible to publish a
paper with a model of a protein

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without it being first deposited
in the protein data bank.

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No, but I've been very
fortunate in that I've

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worked with very
experienced researchers,

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professors, experts
in their field.

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And they have always
insisted that I

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keep good written or electronic
records, which has seen me very

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well in my research career.