The Kingdom of Rui Reis
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Tag: Portugal
Academic precarity in Portugal
“In Portugal more than 95% of all research activities are carried out under precarious labour conditions, by undergraduate and PhD researchers employed under a variety of temporary contracts, often with limited or no benefits, and no access to a career.” –
A German in Lisbon
Peter Jordan is exactly the kind of scientist Portugal needs.
Richard Hill, the man even gels are afraid of
Get ready to meet Dr Richard Hill and his amazing jumping blots. Just don’t stare, or you’ll get hurt.
Zombie scientist Sonia Melo awarded by AstraZeneca
Sonia Melo is back, and not to be messed with. The Portuguese zombie scientist is responsible for a number ofContinue Reading
Melo and Kalluri defend discredited Nature paper with preprint, where they admit data “adjustments”
Sonia Melo, the Portuguese cheater scientist and her former US-boss Raghu Kalluri issued some days ago a biorxive preprint, whichContinue Reading
Post-publication peer review of a multimillion-dollar-heavy Nature paper
Is GPC1 from serum exosomes a marker to diagnose pancreatic cancer?
Sonia Melo fully exonerated and reinstalled as PI by her Portuguese employer I3S
The Portuguese cancer researcher Sonia Melo has been cleared of all suspicions of scientific misconduct by her employer Instituto de InvestigaçãoContinue Reading
Sonia Melo loses EMBO YIP Funding, suspended as PI
Sonia Melo, the Portuguese scientist accused of data manipulation and misconduct, now loses her EMBO Installation Grant funding by the EuropeanContinue Reading
Sonia Melo case: PhD advisor Esteller sham-investigated, postdoc PI Kalluri with $ 80Mio COI
Sonia Melo, Portuguese cancer researcher and recipient of the prestigious EMBO Installation Grant, now has her publications investigated by EMBOContinue Reading
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