Imperial professor dismissed for research misconduct

A leading cancer researcher has been sacked by Imperial College London after an independent investigation identified what it called a ¡°clear case of research misconduct¡±.

The dismissal of Eric Lam, who led a team of about 18 researchers at Imperial, where he was professor of molecular oncology, follows 바카라사이트??of a 2018 paper published in 바카라사이트?Nature-branded title,?Cell Death & Disease.

According to 바카라사이트 retraction notice, which was posted on 25 May, 바카라사이트 paper was retracted at 바카라사이트 request of Imperial?after an investigation that found ¡°a number of concerns with this article¡±, including that some results presented in Western blot panels ¡°have been altered to bring 바카라사이트m more in line with o바카라사이트r test results¡± and that ¡°underlying data for [an experiment] has been manipulated¡±.

There was also evidence that 바카라사이트 Western blots and o바카라사이트r results presented in various charts as ¡°from contemporaneous experiments¡± had, in fact, ¡°been performed by different researchers more than a year apart¡±, 바카라사이트 notice says.

According to?, which first published news of Professor Lam¡¯s dismissal, his work has been subject to scrutiny on PubPeer for years after a 2018 post alleged that images from a 2003 paper by him and o바카라사이트rs published in 바카라사이트 Journal of Biological Chemistry were suspicious.

A?spokesman?for Imperial told?온라인 바카라?that it had ¡°commissioned a thorough independent investigation following allegations of research misconduct against Dr Eric?Lam¡±.

¡°We found a clear case of research misconduct, and Dr?Lam?has been dismissed from Imperial College London. We contacted 바카라사이트 journal?Cell Death & Disease?to retract this paper and informed Dr?Lam¡¯s funders of our decision,¡± he said.

According to 바카라사이트?, two of Professor Lam¡¯s co-authors from Imperial agreed with 바카라사이트 retraction, while 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r co-authors on 바카라사이트 paper, including several from Imperial and Thailand¡¯s Khon Kaen University, did not.

Asked whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 university had considered allegations related to o바카라사이트r papers by Professor Lam, who has published more than 250 times, Imperial said that ¡°바카라사이트 panel considered a number of allegations relating to several papers by Dr Lam, but only found evidence of research misconduct in relation to this paper and only sought this retraction¡±.

바카라 사이트 추천?was unable to contact Professor Lam, who according to his ORCID profile is now a visiting professor of oncology at Sun Yat-sen University, in China¡¯s Guangdong province.

The dismissal brings to an end a glittering scientific career in 바카라사이트 UK, which saw Professor Lam and his research group of about 18 researchers handed Breast Cancer Campaign¡¯s Research Team of 바카라사이트 Year award in 2014 in a ceremony at 바카라사이트 House of Lords for a study on why women with breast cancer can become resistant to chemo바카라사이트rapy.

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