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!
Tag: cancer research
A Yale fossil
As a Rainmaker friend of Richard Flavell once said many times, “What is the problem here?”
The Pestilence of Pestell
Richard Pestell MB, BS, MD, PhD, FACP, FRACP. MBA, FRCP, FRSB, AO is the most dashing doctor a girl or a boy can ever dream of. What luck for Michael Lisanti to have been invited for a ride!
Cancer at Charité
New season of the popular German TV series, ” Charité”, this time set in the early 21st century! Will Jürgen ever become professor? Will Bernd ever allow science to self-correct? Will Christoph ever catch his mechanical pursuer?
Carlos Cordon-Cardo and Friends
The Schneider Rule teaches that if you wish to meet many science cheaters you must follow one of them.
Dirty Old Men
Does being a science genius entitle you to sexual harassment, as academic authorities in Yale and elsewhere insist? Let’s look at papers by Michael Simons, Joseph Schlessinger and Arnold Levine.
Cancer at Duke? Better call Sal!
“I have NEVER faked data. If you wish to carry on what appears to be a vendetta please supply me the name of your lawyer and I will have my lawyer contact him.” – Sal Pizzo, Duke University
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
Grinding slowly but exceeding small
“I have no idea what is happening here, but fortunately it is not my job to adjudicate questions of who stole what from whom.” – Smut Clyde
A scientist of integrity and beyond reproach
“The Investigative Committee notes that the infractions to normal scientific conduct surveyed in this report were blatant and repeated. Dr. [XY] should be dealt with in a manner consistent to the flagrant nature of the misconduct and data manipulation.” 2004 Berkeley report, illegal in Germany
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