Salk Gandalf Tony Hunter gets AACR prize for magic western blots
Gandalf the Wizard has been awarded €75k in cash and Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research, forContinue Reading
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Cardiff investigates two cancer research professors for data manipulation
The Cardiff University in UK is now investigating two cancer researchers, both senior professors, for suspected scientific misconduct. The evidenceContinue Reading
Collages by Paul Workman, from the Golden Age of Biological Imaging
Before biology became digital, with its -omics and big data, there were mostly gels and microscopy images. The peak of image use in biomedical papers was reached at the turn of the century, those became the golden times of Photoshop-assisted data manipulation. To celebrate that period, I selected an example of the British cancer researcher Paul Workman, President and CEO of the huge Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London.
Carol Prives, innocent victim of Susana Gonzalez’ data manipulations?
Recent news brought us yet another retraction of the Spanish zombie scientist Susana Gonzalez, formerly famous for her impactful ERC-fundedContinue Reading
Zombie Scientists
There are zombie papers, those are the long-discredited or even misconduct-riddled publications, which somehow avoid retractions and continue contaminating scientificContinue Reading
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