Stem cell cures for everything, Made in Germany by TICEBA
The Heidelberg-based company TICEBA (abbreviated from Tissue & Cell Banking) is not your ordinary run-of-the-mill cell bank. This German company,Continue Reading
Author: Leonid Schneider
Independent Science Journalist and Cartoonist.
Formerly molecular cell biologist. My academic CV at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-9470
Open Science, Open Scientists
On the evening of December 5th, I participated at the OpenCon Satellite Event in Berlin. It was organised by Jon TennantContinue Reading
Future of PhD: rabid social Darwinism and wicked concepts for more power abuse
Nature News made a survey and asked scientists about the perspectives of PhD. The tag line goes: “There are tooContinue Reading
Undeserved authorships: Blog + Poll
Recently, Nature News brought an article about the issue of scientific authorships. A Twitter discussion was started by Dorothy Bishop,Continue Reading
Frontiers removes junior peer reviewers
Brief NEWS piece Shortly after my article appeared where I reported of a case of a freshly graduated Master Student acting asContinue Reading
Is Piero Anversa heading to Cardiocentro Ticino in Switzerland?
This is a brief NEWS post. Harvard stem cell researcher, Piero Anversa, has left his job with Brigham & Womens Hospital,Continue Reading
Do nanoparticles deliver? Merck’s Smart Flares and other controversies
Two somewhat controversial approaches to nanoparticle delivery: the striped nanoparticles by Francesco Stellacci, and the spherical nucleic acids by Chad Mirkin.
Part 2: Trolling peer review to promote its ethics
In this follow-up to my previous article, I will describe two cases of how the editorial and peer review weaknesses at a FrontiersContinue Reading
Part 1: Frontiers in Paranormal Activities
This is my currently final (two-part) instalment on the topic of Frontiers listing by Jeffrey Beall as a potential, possibleContinue Reading
Join the Committee, ignore Publication Ethics
What we often perceive as independent quality certificates of publishing ethics are sometimes apparently nothing more than a fig leaf. This isContinue Reading
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