Translational Neuroscience and Technology Lab

CODE OF CONDUCT

We pledge that despite the diversity in our interests and ways to pursue scientific research and developing technology, we will adhere to research integrity and keep our values, ethics, rigor, relevance, transparency, respect, impartiality, and accountability. We will conduct our research in a systematic and methodologically rigorous fashion and carefully draw conclusions that can be traced to the research. 

We will maintain good documentation in the form of laboratory notes, research journals, or field notes for keeping track of our research progress. This record of the processes and procedures, including information on data sources, their quality, storage, and retrieval, is necessary to document proper research practice and address the veracity of results. 

We will secure participant consent and all requisite permissions for research. We will store research data and related files securely during all phases of the research process. We will ensure clear data ownership and accountability, access restrictions with appropriate protocols to ensure safety and privacy, data integrity by using a copy of the original data, regular back-ups, and careful and reliable data collection, storage, and retrieval. 

It is our responsibility to avoid plagiarism, falsification, fabrication, or misrepresentation and to report such misdemeanors if they are observed or suspected. 

To minimize the potential for any conflicts, agreements regarding roles and responsibilities, authorship, ownership of intellectual property, and other arrangements, especially in collaborative research, will be clarified at the outset.

(Adapted from University Grants Commission Guidance Document on Good Academic Research Practices, Sept. 2020)