Bad Choices in Dresden III
Lorenza Colzato was a rising star of psychology and a role model for Women in STEM. All Dutch media and even some local German newspapers talk about her now. But I want to talk about her husband Bernhard Hommel instead.
Tag: Germany
Heike Walles guilty of research misconduct
Former star of German regenerative medicine Heike Walles gets slapped with research misconduct and a retraction by her former employer, the University of Würzburg. She and her husband, the Macchiarini-trained surgeon Thorsten Walles, left Würzburg years ago for Magdeburg where nobody minds.
Schneider Shorts 8.04.2022 – Flying Claptrap
Schneider Shorts of 8.04.2022 – antler baths and crazy inventions for diseased Führer Putin, Russia’s’ academic self-boycott, with a Fauci advisor on a race to the bottom, an ex-MIT sexual harasser, how Nature Comms helped a German cheater sue the DFG, and why toxoplasma infection is good for you.
Anatomy of a Retraction
From “analysis and conclusion of our paper remain valid” via drafted correction to “the authors retract this publication”. A guest post by Maarten van Kampen.
Get your hard-on with Prof Dr Dr Dr Stehling’s liposuction
“Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. M. K. Stehling, the founder of ANOVA IRM and the Vitus Prostate Center , is a radiologist (MD) and holds a PhD in physics. […] ANOVA IRM GmbH, located in Offenbach, near Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is an officially controlled German medical company. We have permits to harvest, process and manufacture stem cell products”
Bert Vogelstein and Heiko Hermeking mull lawsuits
Bad luck in cancer research?
Bad Choices in Dresden II
“I cannot help but wonder to what extent you will systematically scrutinize all publications from my group.” – Prof Dr Marino Zerial
German antivaxxers queue for Stöcker vaccine
If you oppose vaccines, you will want “The Stöcker”!
Editors and other real papermill heroes
“Long story short, we investigated our published papers and then retracted those with data integrity issues. That is it.” – Dr Heather Smith, Editor-in-Chief
Schneider Shorts 5.11.2021 – Being a Young Postdoc
Schneider Shorts 5.11.2021 – retractions, partial retractions and corrections, good Russian vaccines and bad western ones, Ayurveda in Germany, why alcoholism saves lives, old age smart-bombed, Daszak supervising himself, an old diva being nasty again, and a very special family business.
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