Manel Esteller, the Schrödinger cat of Barcelona
This text was first published on September 30th as Spanish translation on Hipertextual. The Spanish Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de BellvitgeContinue Reading
Tag: data manipulation
Helin Vakifahmetoglu and Nobel-prized autophagy research of Karolinska
The copious new evidence I was given by a certain sleuth team suggests a possibly bigger problem than KI previously decreed.
Can lawyers influence a misconduct investigation? Case of Tina Wenz
Tina Wenz is a German mitochondria biologist, who was now found guilty of research misconduct in her six publications, authoredContinue Reading
Professors: innocent victims of snakes at their bosoms? A guest post from Sweden
Certain previous cases do not make Swedish investigative authorities look good in regard to research ethics.
Macchiarini acolyte Philipp Jungebluth left surgeon job in Heidelberg
The following article provoked a response by Philipp Jungebluth’s lawyer, presented here. The title was changed following a court injunction againstContinue Reading
Macchiarini and the bonfire of greed
The aftermath of the Paolo Macchiarini scandal: many dead or mutilated trachea transplant patients, many stellar academic careers destroyed orContinue Reading
Is Guillaume Moissiard that Voinnet co-author now under investigation by CNRS and ETH?
The research misconduct scandal around the former star plant scientist, CNRS research director and currently ETH Zürich professor Oliver VoinnetContinue Reading
The mysterious public career execution of Robert Ryan
On August 24th I received an anonymous email over my website from a „Concerned Microbiologist”: “I would like to bringContinue Reading
Maria Fousteri, the ERC-funded western blot cheater
“The Committee concludes that serious breaches of scientific integrity have been committed by Dr. Fousteri while employed at the Leiden University Medical Center.”
Does ERC help cheaters pay protection money?
Did you ever wonder why certain zombie scientists were still in academic jobs? Despite having been caught on data manipulationContinue Reading
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