Mad School of Brown University
“I have filtered out several hundreds biomedical research articles from Brown containing the words “western blot” in the text, and found out the usual, unavoidable ocean of manipulated data.” – Corrado Viotti
Tag: data manipulation
Perfect Blots
“A coordinated review of the cited publications and underlying data is currently underway” – Hiroki Kuniyasu
Memories from Milan
It’s time to write about IFOM-IEO again.
The Misunderstanding of Henrik Thorlacius
“Potential repetitive areas presumably arise from the residual bulk image (RBI) phenomenon of the CCD camera, in which structures may be digitally repeated due to charge residues in the camera wafer.”
Mansoor Amiji: rare gem and modern-day polymath
“Again, none of the images are duplicated”, Mansoor Amiji, inventor
See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil
Félix Sauvage tells how he blew the whistle on his collaborator: Sabine Szunerits
Wagner Ring Festival in Vienna
Erwin Wagner is not related to the famous German composer but we shall enjoy the Ring Festival with him and his friends anyway.
Scientific Reports 2025: A Year in Review
“In this blog I write about papers published by Scientific Reports in 2025, so we could consider it to be a sort of “wrap-up” of highlights and special achievements in the world’s biggest scientific journal™ in 2025.” – Sholto David
The Lies of Mice
“The closer I looked, the worse it was. Not just because it’s sad to think too much about the poor lives of a laboratory mouse, but also because the researchers who used these mice didn’t have the decency to be truthful about their poor lives. ” – Viola Sheltonii
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.
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