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blind sampling

Submitting without the laboratory or seller knowing the source.

18 topics 5 solved Group: Sourcing

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18 topics

Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Chain of custody for a sample you posted yourself Sourcing › Independent verification PeptideMeter third-party testing Janoshik Analytical blind sampling Chain of custody for a sample you posted yourself Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better than…		2	7.3k	5h
Aggregate verification data across the directory, with caveats Sourcing › Independent verification Medutest blind sampling PeptideMeter Under review On the subject in the title: Aggregate verification data across the directory, with caveats Working notes rather than a conclusion. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the…	+64	74	4.6k	14h
Chain of custody for a sample you posted yourself — one year on Sourcing › Independent verification VendorInvestigate Janoshik Analytical blind sampling third-party testing Posting this under the heading it deserves: Chain of custody for a sample you posted yourself — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the…	+28	32	50k	15h
[2026 update] Interpreting a result that disagrees with the supplier's certificate Sourcing › Independent verification Medutest VendorInvestigate blind sampling third-party testing Solved On the subject in the title: Interpreting a result that disagrees with the supplier's certificate Working notes rather than a conclusion. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the…	+121	128	51k	17h
Submitting a sample: the process end to end Sourcing › Independent verification blind sampling PeptideMeter VendorInvestigate third-party testing On the subject in the title: Submitting a sample: the process end to end Working notes rather than a conclusion. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal, separately from product quality.…	+99	114	29k	21h
How Janoshik, Medutest, PeptideMeter and VendorInvestigate differ — does this still hold? Sourcing › Independent verification PeptideMeter VendorInvestigate third-party testing Janoshik Analytical Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: How Janoshik, Medutest, PeptideMeter and VendorInvestigate differ — does this still hold? Structured report rather than an opinion, following the…	+24	28	8k	1mo
How Janoshik, Medutest, PeptideMeter and VendorInvestigate differ — a second dataset Sourcing › Independent verification Janoshik Analytical blind sampling PeptideMeter VendorInvestigate Solved How Janoshik, Medutest, PeptideMeter and VendorInvestigate differ — a second dataset I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. A logistics question, since the…	+42	46	46k	2mo
Turnaround times and what they mean for a decision Sourcing › Independent verification PeptideMeter Medutest Janoshik Analytical VendorInvestigate Turnaround times and what they mean for a decision Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better than…		4	29k	3mo
What a documentation review can and cannot tell you — a second dataset Sourcing › Independent verification Janoshik Analytical VendorInvestigate blind sampling third-party testing The question in the title: What a documentation review can and cannot tell you — a second dataset I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I would like to talk about documentation…		4	170	4mo
Second pass at: Submitting a sample: the process end to end Sourcing › Independent verification Janoshik Analytical PeptideMeter Medutest blind sampling Solved Second pass at: Submitting a sample: the process end to end Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better…	+12	16	41k	4mo
Interpreting a result that disagrees with the supplier's certificate Sourcing › Independent verification Janoshik Analytical Medutest PeptideMeter third-party testing Interpreting a result that disagrees with the supplier's certificate Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the…	+129	153	7.3k	5mo
Publishing an inconvenient result: a case study — the long version Sourcing › Independent verification Janoshik Analytical PeptideMeter Medutest blind sampling Publishing an inconvenient result: a case study — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the…	+68	74	12k	7mo
What a documentation review can and cannot tell you Sourcing › Independent verification Medutest VendorInvestigate Janoshik Analytical blind sampling Solved Wiki What a documentation review can and cannot tell you — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal,…	+79	83	950	11mo
Splitting a vial for two laboratories: how to do it without ruining both Sourcing › Independent verification blind sampling PeptideMeter third-party testing Medutest Solved Splitting a vial for two laboratories: how to do it without ruining both — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A logistics question, since the answers here are usually better…	+64	70	4.4k	13mo
How Janoshik, Medutest, PeptideMeter and VendorInvestigate differ Sourcing › Independent verification blind sampling PeptideMeter Medutest third-party testing How Janoshik, Medutest, PeptideMeter and VendorInvestigate differ I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Structured report rather than an opinion, following…	+117	130	3.3k	14mo
Revisiting: Aggregate verification data across the directory, with caveats Sourcing › Independent verification PeptideMeter third-party testing blind sampling Medutest Closed Revisiting: Aggregate verification data across the directory, with caveats — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal,…	+22	26	23k	17mo
Choosing which test to pay for, given a fixed budget — does this still hold? Sourcing › Independent verification PeptideMeter blind sampling Janoshik Analytical VendorInvestigate Choosing which test to pay for, given a fixed budget — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I would like to talk about documentation…	+35	39	755	20mo
Splitting a vial for two laboratories: how to do it without ruining both — what changed since Sourcing › Independent verification VendorInvestigate third-party testing Medutest blind sampling Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Splitting a vial for two laboratories: how to do it without ruining both — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. A logistics question, since…	+107	115	5.2k	22mo

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