Memories from Milan
It’s time to write about IFOM-IEO again.
Author: Leonid Schneider
Independent Science Journalist and Cartoonist.
Formerly molecular cell biologist. My academic CV at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-9470
Schneider Shorts 13.03.2026 -Researchers affected by war in Ukraine and beyond
Schneider Shorts 13.03.2026 – German university welcomes the real victims of war, bad dentistry and bad cancer research in Germany (with major input from USA), fraud and patient abuse in Italy, and finally, with two papermillers in Poland – one very successful, another hit by retractions.
Axel Meyer’s pampered bottom
“In every respect, their behinds are pampered and any laziness and incompetence are forgiven with a lot of care and understanding.”
Schneider Shorts 6.03.2026 – Not identical and also not adjusted by sequencing
Schneider Shorts 6.03.2026 – German university saves dean from slander, Spanish sexual harasser ran a fake ethics committee, with qualified editors telling sleuth off, retractions for famous and less famous scholars in UK, Italy and Poland, and finally, whom to pay to cure old old age with young blood marrow.
The Misunderstanding of Henrik Thorlacius
“Potential repetitive areas presumably arise from the residual bulk image (RBI) phenomenon of the CCD camera, in which structures may be digitally repeated due to charge residues in the camera wafer.”
Schneider Shorts 27.02.2026 – Nerd tunnel vision
Schneider Shorts 27.02.2026 – men of science on Epstein’s island, how to profit from a personality cult in Harvard, with concerns for an Israeli genius, old men burdened with retractions, and finally, with an expert guide to ChatGPT!
Russia on their minds
Meet some western academic elites who just love russia!
Time to overcome Western arrogance – by Franziska Davies
“Russia can be defeated; Russia has been defeated before. The question is not one of possibility, but of political will.” – Franziska Davies
Schneider Shorts 20.02.2026 – The presumption of innocence
Schneider Shorts 20.02.2026 – One Max Planck Institute director victimised, another enjoyed russian hospitality, a papermill meltdown in Poland, Canadian biotech founder criticised, Frontiers research integrity AI in action, and finally, the many opportunities in Romanian academia.
The Three Wise Deans of Islamabad
“Here is the story about one of those institutions where nearly all senior staff members including professors, associate professors and at least 3 former Deans are exposed on PubPeer with extensive evidence of fraud in multiple papers.” – Dayo Maor
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