Lill space-time-blot anomaly in Marburg
The biochemistry research lab of professor Roland Lill at the Philipps University Marburg in Germany is a place where space,Continue Reading
Category: Research integrity
Salk Gandalf Tony Hunter gets AACR prize for magic western blots
Gandalf the Wizard has been awarded €75k in cash and Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research, forContinue Reading
University of Iceland: no formal legal sanctions against Macchiarini partner Gudbjartsson
The University of Iceland in Reykjavik previously published an external investigation report into the first ever plastic trachea transplant, performedContinue Reading
Princess Sabine, her Ombudsman chaperone and a frog
If you wish to report data irregularities, especially a recurrent pattern thereof, one is well adviced not to write toContinue Reading
Sumitran-Holgersson and Olausson to retract 8 papers for research misconduct
Bad news for regenerative medicine enthusiasts, the data manipulating biologist Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson and her surgeon partner Michael Olausson, both professors atContinue Reading
Jessus investigator identity leaked, CNRS President to expose whistleblowers
An update to the ongoing cartoon Stalinism propaganda and purge activities at the EU largest research institution, the French CNRS,Continue Reading
Pravda of Jessus report, CNRS Politburo scared of own people
Following my recent article about attempts to fix data irregularities in the papers by CNRS’ chief biologist and director ofContinue Reading
CNRS: chief biologist Catherine Jessus “victim of slanderous campaign” by blogger
UPDATED. My earlier reporting about image irregularities in the papers by CNRS’ chief biologist and director of l’Institut des sciencesContinue Reading
Cardiff investigates two cancer research professors for data manipulation
The Cardiff University in UK is now investigating two cancer researchers, both senior professors, for suspected scientific misconduct. The evidenceContinue Reading
Collages by Paul Workman, from the Golden Age of Biological Imaging
Before biology became digital, with its -omics and big data, there were mostly gels and microscopy images. The peak of image use in biomedical papers was reached at the turn of the century, those became the golden times of Photoshop-assisted data manipulation. To celebrate that period, I selected an example of the British cancer researcher Paul Workman, President and CEO of the huge Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London.
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