By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Former star of German regenerative medicine Heike Walles gets slapped with research misconduct and a retraction by her former employer, the University of Würzburg. She and her husband, the Macchiarini-trained surgeon Thorsten Walles, left Würzburg years ago for Magdeburg where nobody minds.
“At no time has the University of Montreal or any other institution, regardless of their mission, had anything to reproach me for.” -Dr Emile Levy
Either a Muslim colleague or a retired technician did it. Or so these Sicilian professors insist.
How I ended up charged with research misconduct in Austria.
“These papers breached the Australian Code and RMIT Research Policy by not ensuring that conclusions are justified by the results and not responsibly
disseminating research findings.” RMIT investigative report
“These figures were elaborated by me personally and I remember quite well how I made them. Definitely, the images shown in this figure were cut and pasted from the originals in order to elaborate the figures, the overlapping was done “manually” using GIMP…” – Dr. José R Pérez-Castiñeira
“”Dear Aneurus Inconstans, thank you for your series of valuable suggestions. We will sincerely verify the matters pointed out. I’m sorry, many collaborators have already resigned from academia.”
“I just want to cry right now. I cannot fight this corruption by myself. ” – Elisabeth Bik
Gather round children, and hear a fairy tale from the golden age of degenerative medicine.
The part of the fraud affair not included on Retraction Watch
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