Research misconduct scandal after research misconduct scandal has surfaced in the science world as of late. Between neuroscientist and National Institute of Health (NIH) officer Eliezer Masliah, who Minding the Campus contributor David Randall reported on in late September, and superconductivity physicist Ranga Dias, whom I reported on, news of scientific misconduct has become increasingly […]| Minding The Campus
Eliezer Masliah’s Misconduct Exposes a Crisis in Scientific Integrity| Minding The Campus
Eliezer Masliah’s Misconduct Exposes a Crisis in Scientific Integrity| Minding The Campus
Admit it: science has gone woke. What once seemed like an ideological virus confined to the arts and humanities has now infiltrated every corner of academia, including the STEMM fields. That’s why Minding the Campus is doubling down on our scrutiny of the sciences with this series, “Minding the Sciences.” In this ongoing series, we delve into topics like wokeism in STEMM, scientific ethics, research funding, climate science, scientific organizations, and much more.| Minding The Campus
Another day, another science scandal. Recently, we learned that leading Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease researcher Eliezer Masliah is seriously suspected of research misconduct. A Science investigation has now found that scores of Masliah’s] lab studies at UCSD and NIA are riddled with apparently falsified Western blots—images used to show the presence of proteins—and micrographs of brain […]| Minding The Campus
Research misconduct. It is defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as “fabricating, falsifying, and/or plagiarizing in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results.”[1] It is deplorable and shameful behavior, grounds for serious disciplinary action. And it is alarmingly on the rise in the science world. In mid-September, science journalism was […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: This essay is the first installment of a two-part series. You can read Part 2 here. Probably the most important federal funder of traditional advanced research is the National Institutes of Health (NIH). President-Elect Trump has appointed a remarkable man to head that key branch of the federal government, Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., and Ph.D. […]| Minding The Campus