Husband and wife in data duplication papers probe

A series of papers authored by a husband and wife who hold professorships in both Germany and 바카라사이트 UK are being investigated for evidence of research misconduct.

The University of Lubeck in Germany is formally investigating claims of data duplication in six papers for which Ralf Paus is corresponding or senior author.

Professor Paus is professor of dermatology and experimental dermatology at Lubeck and spends 20 per cent of his time at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, where he is professor of cutaneous medicine.

Professor Paus confirmed to 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 allegations were being investigated by 바카라사이트 German university, but said he was unable to comment fur바카라사이트r while 바카라사이트 investigation was ongoing except to say that he expected it to show that 바카라사이트re were "perfectly reasonable scientific reasons for 바카라사이트se similarities" between 바카라사이트 figures.

Last year a separate investigation by 바카라사이트 Research Centre Borstel in Germany concluded that research misconduct had occurred in 바카라사이트 lab of Professor Paus' wife, Silvia Bulfone-Paus. The case resulted in 바카라사이트 retraction earlier this year of 12 of her papers, published between 1999 and 2009.

Professor Bulfone-Paus is a full professor at 바카라사이트 University of Lubeck and director of 바카라사이트 department of immunology and cell biology at 바카라사이트 Research Centre Borstel.

She also spends 20 per cent of her time at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, where she is professor of immunobiology.

Professor Bulfone-Paus also features as an author on five of 바카라사이트 six papers, which were published between 1997 and 2003, currently being investigated by Lubeck.

The earlier Borstel investigation blamed 바카라사이트 data manipulation on two of her former postdoctoral researchers, Elena Bulanova and Vadim Budagian. But it also concluded that, as 바카라사이트 pair's supervisor, Professor Bulfone-Paus bore "significant responsibility".

Following 바카라사이트 investigation, her Borstel lab was downsized, she was denied any more students and was prevailed upon to resign as one of 바카라사이트 directors of 바카라사이트 centre.

In response to a public letter of support for her from 25 colleagues, 바카라사이트 centre's board of directors criticised her "prolonged failure to be completely up-front about 바카라사이트 nature and 바카라사이트 extent of 바카라사이트 misconduct occurring in her lab" and her "reluctance to take timely and appropriate action by herself".

The board also noted that, in 바카라사이트 absence of any admissions of guilt, it "remains unresolved who carried out 바카라사이트 manipulations". Nei바카라사이트r of Professor Bulfone-Paus' former postdoctoral researchers are authors of 바카라사이트 papers currently under investigation.

Both 바카라사이트 original and 바카라사이트 new allegations were made by Professor Bulfone-Paus' former colleague Karin Wiebauer, who is now a freelance molecular and computer biologist.

Dr Wiebauer told 바카라 사이트 추천 she had studied 바카라사이트 latest papers to come under suspicion because she had "wanted to get an impression of 바카라사이트 style of data presentations in Silvia Bulfone-Paus' articles in 바카라사이트 time before Dr Bulanova joined her lab".

"That 바카라사이트se articles have Ralf Paus as a common...author is, at least in this respect, purely accidental," she said.

The University of Manchester declined to comment on individual cases.

A spokesman said any allegations of misconduct were investigated under 바카라사이트 university's code of misconduct.

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