Professor Grune’s diet of dodgy blots
As German TV asks Tilman Grune what he will eat in the future, I have other questions for him.
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
As German TV asks Tilman Grune what he will eat in the future, I have other questions for him.
Schneider Shorts 21.11.2025 – with long Shorts about a fountain of youth found in grape seeds, rodents tortured for fake science in Brazil, an Iranian papermill operating from Canada, plus second servings for French couple and a Danish wildlife ecologist.
Schneider Shorts 24.10.2025 – minibrained autism quacks poison Neanderthals, two sleuths expose massive FDA fail, journalists reveal secret investigation in Canada, California fraudster gets a lucky correction, Australian scholar offers discounts, and finally, how to avoid death with love hormone!
“If we can target necrosis, we could unlock entirely new ways to treat conditions ranging from kidney failure to cardiac disease, neurodegeneration, and even aging itself.” – Dr Carina Kern, a genius
Schneider Shorts 22.08.2025 – an obituary for an Italian haematologist, a Spanish guru returns from Bhutan, concerns for Italian cardiologist in Bristol, with an Irish mystery, a setback for Germany’s Weltlöwe, retractions issued and rescinded, failed alchemy, and finally, with Church on Friday, again!
Will Vilhelm win a Nobel Prize of his own? And for what?
Schneider Shorts 8.08.2025 – publishers fighting papermills, retractions for an innocent man in Tennessee, an unemployed couple in Indiana, and a Korean award-winner, with an exclusive anti-aging conference, a dodgy startup, and finally, how to deal with critics.
Schneider Shorts 25.07.2025 – Iranian papermiller investigated in Germany and Australia, another Iranian papermiller works for Church, with magic mushrooms, big money from Turkey, corrections and retractions for Italian scholars, and finally, the many things one can do with francium.
Schneider Shorts 24.01.2025 – a retirement party in Bristol, a Canadian without worries, papermilling across the Irish sea and other things MDPI lets through, with a pile of retractions, a corrected cure for Parkinson’s, and finally, coffee, milk and strawberries to avoid death.
Schneider Shorts 10.01.2024 – the most influential person in Polish medicine, breaking bad news to Germany’s star oncologist, with Egyptian cheaters, artistic achievements, a COPE investigation, coffee and mayonnaise, and finally, The Guardian view on dog anti-aging.



