By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Schneider Shorts 20.03.2026 -a German “professor” enjoys support from German courts, an American antivaxxer wants a cancer society locked up, an Italian university pretends to investigate its papermillers, and finally, how an Australian tech bro cured his dog’s cancer with ChatGPT.
“I should have checked these images more closely, but they were intended to be representative images rather than duplications or forgeries of other images.” – Crishan Samuel
As Australia’s top neuroscientist Matthew Kiernan sacks people, questions arise: are his drawings still science or already art?
Schneider Shorts 6.12.2024 – a family business with pelvic implants, whitewashing in France, NIH sabotaged from inside, fraud funded in Australia, with Iranian papermills, unethical trials in Sweden, US Congress on COVID origins, and finally, how cannabis consume causes fake data and chocolate avoidance causes diabetes.
“I am the authorised spokesperson on this matter” – Prof Jan Provis, emerita dean
“Let me assure you that I totally condemn the war in Ukraine, and at the very least because my old mother is in Kharkiv and she suffers a lot… I am trying to help my colleagues and friends from Ukraine whichever way I can…” – Professor Kostya “Ken” Ostrikov
Schneider Shorts 25.08.2023 – a Nobelist opens an anti-aging business, a journal remains evil under new leadership, with retractions for former ERC president, an Oz bully and other fraudsters, embarrassing corrections or inactions elsewhere, frontiers in communism, and finally, a victim of clinical abuse releases documentary.
Schneider Shorts 18.08.2023 – Australian university outsources faculty affairs to Elsevier, Elsevier editor reports sleuth for misconduct, Mexican fraudster’s post-mortem retractions, more retractions in Dresden, with lying russians, Vicker’s Curse striking twice, and finally, Nobelist and struck-off dentist sell business for many millions.
“Having reviewed the Conflict of Interest disclosures made by Professor Frost, Professor Holmes and Dr Garcia-Perez, and having also reviewed additional information concerning their company, Melico, […] the College is satisfied that they have no undisclosed or unmanageable conflicts of interests” – Arts Bachelor (Honours)
“I don’t ask TGA staff to risk their lives at work, only that they don’t risk mine and others’ lives by withholding public health information.” – Robert Cockburn
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