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”
Category: University Affairs
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.”
Dana-Farberications at Harvard University
“Imagine what mistakes might be found in the raw data if anyone was allowed to look!” – Sholto David
Leonard and Ada Girnita guilty of research misconduct
“The Board states in conclusion that the research leaders Ada Girnita and Leonard Girnita have a special responsibility for guaranteeing the quality of the research group’s publications and that they have failed to take this responsibility fully.”
American Association of Thoracic Surgery: Macchiarini method works!
“The reviewers and editors agree there is not clear evidence to support Dr Murray’s claim.”
Bristol Madness
“People should believe in themselves; to search the treasures that they have inside and use them to reinterpret the role.” – Paolo Madeddu,, Professor and Chair at University of Bristol.
Francesco Beguinot – Neapolitan Zombie in Düsseldorf!
A zombie scientist, unwelcome everywhere outside of Naples, retains a warm boarding place at a Leibniz Institute in Germany.
Cuzzocrea’s Magnificent Fall
“These unscrupulous charlatans in Messina should be fired on the spot tomorrow morning, forced to return twenty years of undeserved wages and sent to work the land” – Aneurus Inconstans
Swedish rector Anders Hagfeldt pronounced innocent of papermilling
“The board’s conclusion is therefore that the deviations regarding figure 2b and 2c in article 1 constitute serious deviations from good research practice”
Queen Mary and John Vane’s Cowboys
Welcome to the the William Harvey Research Institute in London. Meet two proteges of its founder, the late Nobelist Sir John Vane: Chris Thiemermann and Mauro Perretti. Then meet their own rotten mentees, especially Salvatore Cuzzocrea and Jesmond Dalli.
For Better Science 