My Big Fat Greek Ophthalmology
From fake cancer research to fake ophthalmology – just follow Mitsi and Vassiliki and you’ll meet Dementios and other bad eye doctors, including a horrible German we hoped to never see again.
Category: Research integrity
My Liège is not so vile a sin
“The Board of Ethics and Scientific Integrity of University of Liège investigated the overlap between the aforementioned panels and recommended the article be corrected”
Kalipada Pahan – Cinnamon Boy in Rush
“all our PubPeer citations can be taken care of by submitting erratums and corrections.” – Prof Kalipada Pahan
Mice don’t count
“The mice probably wouldn’t care whether the experiment they suffered and died for was meaningful or not, but it does seem to matter to me. “- Sholto David
The Bielefeld Conspiracy
“During your studies, it should be taught that, for example, you critically question your data, handle it transparently and immediately disclose weak points.” – Prof Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
Simone Fulda: Open4Work!
“I am taking this step with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility for the university since a sufficient foundation of mutual trust no longer remained with some parts of the university to ensure successful cooperation”, – Simone Fulda
The Man Who Fed The World
“Bernd Müller-Röber […] had guest status in the MPI for Molecular Plant Physiology but this status has been terminated”
Fulda & Debatin: Reproducibility of Results in Medical and Biomedical Research
“Basic and advanced training for researchers should focus much more on self-reflection, openness and a culture of error acceptance.”
A Plague on the Earth, from Barcelona to Buenos Aires
“Is Beato aware of the countless tons of single-use plastic waste that his institute (and all the others) produce every year for churning out yet more garbage in the form of fake research papers?” – Aneurus Inconstans
In bed with Hari and Aruna
Hari Shanker & Aruna, a YouTube influencer couple in Sweden. With or without Rudolph the Red-Faced Liar. And with Anca and Dafin, two totally innocent and upright Romanians. Pushing pig brain juice an SS Nazi invented. You won’t find a better story for Christmas!
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