Look What the Cat Dragged In
Meet Mohammad Taheri, PhD, a humble PhD student in Jena, Germany, and his equally unremarkable Iranian associate Dr Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard.
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Meet Mohammad Taheri, PhD, a humble PhD student in Jena, Germany, and his equally unremarkable Iranian associate Dr Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard.
“I am taking this step with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility for the university since a sufficient foundation of mutual trust no longer remained with some parts of the university to ensure successful cooperation”, – Simone Fulda
“Go and change the globe to a more positive future instead”
“Bernd Müller-Röber […] had guest status in the MPI for Molecular Plant Physiology but this status has been terminated”
“Basic and advanced training for researchers should focus much more on self-reflection, openness and a culture of error acceptance.”
Schneider Shorts of 5.01.2024 – with a role model for WomenInStem in Tübingen, a Swedish rector’s Saudi papermiller, universities in US and Europe still valuing scamference medals, medical society with special rules for special people, and why there’s nothing wrong with Chinese blood money
A zombie scientist, unwelcome everywhere outside of Naples, retains a warm boarding place at a Leibniz Institute in Germany.
Schneider Shorts of 8.09.2023 – a German party has science on its side, a retired fraudster sanctioned by ORI, a journal scrutinised, putin’s daughter publishes in MDPI, with high- and low-profile retractions, an Israeli-super-genius, brain hacks, and finally, why russo-iranian papermillers are false friends.
“Dear colleagues, scientists, check your lab members’ raw data, publications, and dissertations even more thoroughly than before to protect scientific ethics and data integrity and maintain trust in science!” – Ingrid Herr
“This is gold, Mr. Bond. All my life I’ve been in love with its colour… its brilliance, its divine heaviness.”








