STAT+: Data integrity watchdogs call for stronger safeguards in scientific journals
SAN FRANCISCO — According to Elisabeth Bik, a scientific watchdog who has discovered thousands of…
Category: scientific misconduct
Q&A: The scientific integrity sleuth taking on the widespread problem of research misconduct
Elisabeth Bik, a microbiologist by training, has become one of the world’s most influential science…
STAT+: A flurry of research misconduct cases has universities scrambling to protect themselves
There was a time when an allegation of data mishandling, scientific misconduct, or just a…
STAT+: From a small town in Wales, a scientific sleuth has shaken Dana-Farber — and elevated the issue of research integrity
PONTYPRIDD, Wales — The blog post that has shaken the leadership of Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer…
STAT+: New proposals for scientific misconduct investigations worry some research universities
Research universities are voicing concerns over some proposed changes to the process for reviewing scientific…
STAT+: Departing Stanford president retracts two widely cited papers, against lead author’s wishes
After an expansive investigation found manipulated data and other issues with papers co-authored by Stanford’s…
Opinion: Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s resignation shows what happens when you don’t pay attention to lab culture
Last week, Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced that he will resign as president of Stanford over work…
Opinion: Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and the new standards of scientific conduct
Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who will step down from his position Aug. 31, was initially…
Stanford president’s abrupt departure after research misconduct investigation sparks debate
After Stanford University president and prominent neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced he would resign following an…
STAT+: Stanford president’s departure begs the question: Who takes the credit — or blame — in team science?
The resignation of Marc Tessier-Lavigne as president of Stanford University following an investigation into irregularities…
Stanford president to resign after investigation finds he failed to ‘decisively and forthrightly’ correct research
In an abrupt turn, Stanford president and renowned neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he…
Expansive investigation into Stanford president’s past research will be ‘substantially complete’ by mid-July
An investigation by a special committee of Stanford’s board of trustees into alleged scientific misconduct…
STAT+: ‘It was my call’: Stanford president defends decision not to correct key paper in misconduct investigation
Amid an investigation of alleged research misconduct, Stanford University’s president took responsibility in an email…
Genentech review of Tessier-Lavigne paper finds no evidence of fraud — but hints at a different misconduct case
South San Francisco biotech Genentech on Thursday announced that an internal review of misconduct allegations…
STAT+: Research misconduct allegations put Stanford’s president — and science — under an uncomfortable spotlight
STANFORD, Calif. — It’s the one thing everyone knows. And it’s the last thing people…
STAT+: ‘I’m just disgusted’: How alleged sexual misconduct stole one student’s passion for academic science
It was the summer of 2020, and she couldn’t have scripted a better start as…
Mistakes happen in research papers. But corrections often don’t
Mistakes happen — in life, in the lab, and, inevitably, in research papers, too. Journals…
California medical school apologizes for unethical prisoner experiments
SAN FRANCISCO — A prominent California medical school has apologized for conducting dozens of unethical…
Science, Cell issue notices of concern on challenged papers co-authored by Stanford president
The leading journals Science and Cell on Thursday issued “expressions of concern” on papers co-authored…
Amid criticism, Stanford turns over review of its president to outside investigator
Stanford University has hired an outside law firm to lead the investigation of its president…
New concerns about a paper co-authored by Stanford president prompt journal to take a ‘closer look’
The journal Cell is opening its own review of research co-authored by Stanford University president…
Image manipulation in science is suddenly in the news. But these cases are hardly rare
In 2004, Mike Rossner and Kenneth Yamada, two top editors at the Journal of Cell…
STAT+: ‘This actually changes everything’: Altered image in 1999 paper raises potential peril for Stanford president
New findings of altered images in research co-authored by Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne add…
Stanford is investigating its president over allegations of research misconduct
Stanford University has opened an investigation into its president, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a renowned neuroscientist and…
Opinion: Needed: stricter screening of gene synthesis orders, customers
Scientists rely on gene synthesis technologies as a research tool for everything from basic research…