Susana Rivas: a new research integrity scandal in French plant sciences
Susana Rivas, a CNRS research group leader from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in Toulouse is nowContinue Reading
Tag: plant sciences
The travelling circus of research integrity in Strasbourg
On March 8, an international scientific review board will be evaluating the research at the French CNRS Institut de Biologie MoléculaireContinue Reading
The Voinnet investigator and the tricky issue of conflict of interests
Great scientists never have any conflicts of interests, and in the case of the investigation of the research misconduct byContinue Reading
Voinnet retraction brings entire school of thought crashing down
Another retraction hits the fallen star plant scientist Olivier Voinnet. This time it is a previously corrected paper in Science,Continue 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.
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
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
The smelly compost heap of plant-based nanoparticles
A gang of Indian nanotechnology scientists, allegedly from Annamalai University in India, placed in 2014-2015 several papers in different journals,Continue Reading
With Voinnet and Cosma cover-up, Cell now admits to have no editorial integrity whatsoever
The elite journal Cell issued editorial notices in regard to 3 papers by the Swiss-based French plant scientist Olivier Voinnet (foundContinue Reading
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