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.
Tag: biochemistry
Not a single molecule
“Nothing helps more to happily resolve such “scientific controversies” than replacement data, and this is exactly what Prof. Guo and his group provided in their response. ” – Maarten van Kampen
Why science fraud is not a crime
“Science is an activity based on uncertainty. […] Methodological errors […] cannot be treated as crimes. The risk is criminalizing scientific practice itself, inhibiting innovation and creativity.” – Helena B. Nader, President
The Miracle-Polymer-Dumbsterfire
“Read the damn paper and look at the figures before publishing it; it’s not that hard” – Archasia belfragei
Portrait of Sir Philip Cohen’s Family
Sir Philip and Lady Tricia Cohen, and their heir Dario Alessi, plus other first and second generation offspring. A Scottish soap opera!
Bushell on the Hill, or legitimate errors which do crop into papers
“No paper — I would wager quite heavily that a large percentage, probably over 90% of papers in the public domain, have errors in them. Whether or not they be known, I would suggest that would be the case.” – Prof Martin Bushell
Bad Choices in Dresden II
“I cannot help but wonder to what extent you will systematically scrutinize all publications from my group.” – Prof Dr Marino Zerial
“On no condition can the prediction be wrong” – NCBS Scapegoat Student in Interview
An exclusive interview with Siladitya Bandyopadhyay, about bullying and research fraud in the Arati Ramesh lab at NCBS Bangalore.
Student, Meet Bus
What led to retraction of the Sensei RNA paper by Arati Ramesh in Bangalore: the “factually inaccurate, anonymous, and unverified” version, which “quite frankly, can be termed slander”.
And a guest post by “Paul Jones” at the end!
Faking Raw Data with an Iron Fist
“you can rest your concerns. As you can see, we have not manipulated any images.” – Dr Arati Ramesh
For Better Science 