Kaoru Sakabe talks to Kathy Partin, director of the Office of Research Integrity, about misconduct and questionable practices in the lab.

Kaoru Sakabe walks you through the steps you should take to ensure that the research record is maintained and the data you've labored to gather are protected.

Kaoru Sakabe cautions against common errors in image adjustment and then lets you figure out what’s wrong with three figures.

With photos of her dog, Kim Chee, Kaoru Sakabe shows how this go-to software blurs the lines.

In her column on best practices for image preparation, Kaoru Sakabe warns against using JPEGs.

Kaoru Sakabe, the data integrity manager for the ASBMB, explains how to nail an image’s acquisition parameters.

Forgetting to keep figure resolution in mind from the start can cause problems later on.

The myth of perfection in publication-quality figures.

In the first piece of a series on publication issues, Kaoru Sakabe explains how to best prepare figures.