Texas Correctional Dirge
“My former and current lab members can attest that I have lectured the importance of scientific rigor and image rigor in our meetings several times each year.” – Andrew Z Wang
Tag: data manipulation
Sir Harry’s Full Withdraw
“First you are starting that this issue is fraud, which is a negative attitude. I always would like to give the other part the benefit of the doubt.” – Sir Prof. dr. Harry W.M. Steinbusch
MIT review closed and decision final
“MIT’s receipt and review of allegations of possible research misconduct by my office are treated as confidential under MIT and, to the extent applicable, federal policies. MIT does not intend to
disclose its receipt and review of these allegations to others. By the same token, you therefore may not disclose to others that you brought your concern to the VPR’s attention, or the outcome of MIT’s review of the concern.” Letter to Maarten van Kampen
Tom Südhof’s Verfolgte Unschuld
“The professional bloggers are now trying to turn this into a question of research integrity which is deeply misleading, and claim that they are doing this not for financial gain. Judge for yourself!” – Thomas Südhof, Nobel Prize laureate
Capybara’s Adventures in Medicinal Chemistry
“Every now and again, it is a good idea to open the door of the clown car that is MD Anderson, and see who climbs out. Today is the turn of Kapil N. Bhalla. If you say his name quickly, it sounds a bit like “capybara”” – Sholto David
The Honest Errors of Giorgio Zauli
“The Ethics Commission of the University of Ferrara, in
response to the request for opinion presented by Prof. Giorgio Zauli
(registered on 1 June 2018, Repertory no. 60/2018 – Prot.
n. 66968) does not detect any violations of the University Code of Ethics.”
My Big Fat Greek Ophthalmology
From fake cancer research to fake ophthalmology – just follow Mitsi and Vassiliki and you’ll meet Dementios and other bad eye doctors, including a horrible German we hoped to never see again.
My Liège is not so vile a sin
“The Board of Ethics and Scientific Integrity of University of Liège investigated the overlap between the aforementioned panels and recommended the article be corrected”
Kalipada Pahan – Cinnamon Boy in Rush
“all our PubPeer citations can be taken care of by submitting erratums and corrections.” – Prof Kalipada Pahan
Mice don’t count
“The mice probably wouldn’t care whether the experiment they suffered and died for was meaningful or not, but it does seem to matter to me. “- Sholto David
For Better Science 