Author: Leonid Schneider
Independent Science Journalist and Cartoonist.
Formerly molecular cell biologist. My academic CV at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-9470
Macchiarini and the tracheal regeneration scandal, by Pierre Delaere
This is an open letter to the academic community by Pierre Delaere, professor for respiratory surgery at KU Leuven, Belgium, and oneContinue Reading
April Fools: Elsevier pledges integrity, sacks Marcus, Horton
On March 22nd, Tom Reller, Head of Global Corporate Relations for the publishing giant Elsevier, declared the often criticised andContinue Reading
Macchiarini, Birchall, Seifalian and EU-funded human experimenting
The disgraced surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has now been officially sacked from Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Sweden, while also the entireContinue Reading
ERC on Susana González’ suspended €2Mio grant: peer reviewers to spot manipulations
Spain is rocked by two misconduct scandals involving biomedical researchers Sonia Melo and Susana González. The latter has been sackedContinue Reading
Macchiarini’s German (ex-)friends: Jungebluth and Bader
The trachea-transplant “super- surgeon” Paolo Macchiarini seems to be sitting out the Swedish investigations of his misconduct and patients’ deathsContinue Reading
Big Boys only for Big Dream of Gold OA in Germany
Germany is set to transform its academic publishing to Open Access (OA). Gold OA model, where the articles are published inContinue Reading
Sumitran-Holgersson: misconduct and regenerative travesty in Sweden
The Paolo Macchiarini scandal draws wider circles, and unfortunately, it involves more unnecessary patient deaths though questionable tracheal transplants, thisContinue Reading
Publisher Springer to retract Sauren Das paper seven months after editorial decision
In July 2015 I was contacted by a concerned reader, asking me to place on PubPeer on his behalf aContinue Reading
Hand of God paper retracted: PLOS ONE “could not stand by the pre-publication assessment”
A paper with reference to “The Creator” in PLOS One, titled “Biomechanical characteristics of Hand Coordination in Grasping Activities of DailyContinue Reading
