New JACS EiC Erick Carreira: “correct your work-ethic immediately”
Erick Carreira’s letter to Guido, from 1996. You all saw it probably at some point, and now it’s being discussed again.
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How USA embraced research fraud: review of two books
A review of “The Baltimore Case” by the historian Daniel Kelves and “Science Fictions” by the journalist John Crewdson, which also tell the history of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI).
BethAnn McLaughlin affair: now also research fraud?
BethAnn McLaughlin is a liar, a racist, an embezzler, and a dangerous manipulative bully. But surely she is at least a great neuroscientist?
Motherisk crook Gideon Koren now at Ariel University
The Israeli Ariel University recruited a doctor from hell to their newly established medical school: Gideon Koren, infamous for Motherisk and deferiprone scandals.
#MeToo journalist Michael Balter sued for $18 Million by Danielle Kurin
Veteran journalist Michael Balter is being sued for libel. He appeals to fellow reporters for help.
Losing research ethics and mental health in Daley lab
A former Harvard postdoc from the lab of George Q Daley tells his story.
Chloroquine genius Didier Raoult to save the world from COVID-19
As COVID19 pandemic rages on, French microbiologist Didier Raoult offers a cure. President Trump is convinced, but is Raoult’s research reliable, here and in general?
Bologna mice guilty of research misconduct
Elisabetta Ciani uses mouse models to help children with neurological genetic disorders. Problem is: her own lab members reported Ciani for data manipulation. Records reveal that University of Bologna gaslighted the whistleblower, blamed the transgenic mice alone and fibbed the funding charities.
“Daddy, we’re afraid of you” – Life in Stu Aaronson’s lab
“Aaronson may have finally realized the need to modify his behavior when his young children confronted him one day and complained, “Daddy, we’re afraid of you”. After he told us this story he added that perhaps he was being too harsh at work as well.”
The Crooks of CRUK
Cancer Research UK is a charity which relies on donations, volunteer work and fundraising. What if these citizens knew their money goes to fund bad science?
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