Monatsarchiv: November 2011

Matsubara lab in Japan: Breathtaking reuse of histological images and fragments (part 2)

Veröffentlicht am 30. November 2011 by

Matsubara lab in Japan: Breathtaking reuse of Western and Northern blot bands (part 1) As we have learned in the previous posting, the language barrier is seriously hampering the impact of M3Blog’s investigative science reports on the English language scientific … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | 4 Kommentare

Matsubara lab in Japan: Breathtaking reuse of Western and Northern blot bands

Veröffentlicht am 27. November 2011 by

A whisteblower alerted me to the fact that the Japanese investigative blog http://blog.m3.com/Retraction published postings on presumably manipulated articles from the Matsubara lab. He told me that Dr Matsubara became a professor/director at the department of cardiovascular medicine, Kyoto Prefectural … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Japan, Uncategorized | 7 Kommentare

Brazil needs a lesson in transparency: a case of severe SMS?

Veröffentlicht am 23. November 2011 by

Forensic Entomology is the application and study of insects and their arthropod relatives that inhabit decomposing remains to aid legal investigations. As such it is an important medical field of research since all of us will decompose at some point … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Brazil, Uncategorized | 7 Kommentare

Sayonara Baby!

Veröffentlicht am 21. November 2011 by

A whistleblower asked me to post this text: “A 2009 Nature paper (PMID: 19829383) which has impressively accrued (according to Google Scholar) 78 citations has now had an interesting make-over. Twelve panels with figure manipulations (e.g. empty lanes; bands often … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Nature, Uncategorized | 11 Kommentare

Never mind the quality, feel the width

Veröffentlicht am 16. November 2011 by

Singapore: SMS alert #7

Veröffentlicht unter Singapore, Uncategorized | 21 Kommentare

Singapore: SMS alert #4 at NUS part 2

Veröffentlicht am 14. November 2011 by

Singapore: SMS alert #4 at NUS part 1 Singapore: SMS alert #4 at NUS part 2 A whistleblower alerted me to the following irregularities:

Veröffentlicht unter Singapore, Uncategorized | 23 Kommentare

Update to ‘Singapore: SMS alert #6 at NUS part 2′

Veröffentlicht am 9. November 2011 by

Singapore: SMS alert #6 part 1 (Self-plagiarism by ethics official Prof. Barry Halliwell, NUS?) Singapore: SMS alert #6 part 2 (Issues of research quality and integrity need to take center stage at NUS) A comment to above post alerted me to this … Weiterlesen →

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Singapore: Issues of research quality and integrity need to take center stage at NUS

Veröffentlicht am 7. November 2011 by

Singapore: SMS alert #6 at NUS, part 1 Singapore: SMS alert #6 at NUS, part 2 A whistleblower alerted me to the following presumed irregularities: Example 1 Whiteman M, Armstrong JS, Cheung NS, Siau JL, Rose P, Schantz JT, Jones … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Singapore, Uncategorized | 37 Kommentare

Singapore: self-plagiarism by ethics official Prof. Barry Halliwell, NUS?

Veröffentlicht am 2. November 2011 by

Singapore: SMS alert #6 at NUS, part 1 A whistleblower who wished to remain anonymous, sent the following email: Subj.: putative self-plagiarism and duplicate publication without attribution by ethics official Prof. Barry Halliwell, NUS

Veröffentlicht unter Singapore, Uncategorized | 29 Kommentare