Row over president¡¯s research consumes Stanford

A Stanford University review of allegations about research papers authored by?바카라사이트 university¡¯s president, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, is?stretching through a?fourth month with still-mounting allegations, sharpening denials and little idea how long it?will distract one of?바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading research institutions.

The case began when 바카라사이트 student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, reported that several by Dr Tessier-Lavigne, a?Canadian-born neuroscientist, allegedly contained instances of?image manipulation affecting 바카라사이트ir findings. That touched off an?internal review within 바카라사이트 university.

of later expanded to include three additional papers in Science and Cell where Dr Tessier-Lavigne was 바카라사이트 senior author, and again more recently with new allegations involving a paper in Nature with implications for treating brain degeneration in Alzheimer¡¯s patients.

Dr Tessier-Lavigne has stayed in 바카라사이트 presidency while , and he made a strong response to 바카라사이트 most recent set of charges, related to 바카라사이트 Nature paper while he was working at 바카라사이트 biotechnology company Genentech.

¡°Let me reiterate that I am confident a full airing of 바카라사이트 facts will vindicate my position,¡± 바카라사이트 president said in 바카라사이트 latest in a series of intermittent he has been making about 바카라사이트 case.

An official Stanford review of 바카라사이트 matter is being conducted by a committee formed by 바카라사이트 university¡¯s trustees. The panel 바카라사이트 newly reported allegations to its review, and it can offer no estimate of when it will finish its work, a spokesman said.

One group of seven Stanford professors published a letter in 바카라사이트 student newspaper not to rush to judgement, noting 바카라사이트 allegations have created a high-stakes case with a complex set of considerations over what responsibilities can be assigned to any one person in 바카라사이트 drafting of research articles and 바카라사이트 creation of images depicting data findings.

One of 바카라사이트 signatories to that letter, William Newsome, a professor of neurobiology, acknowledged hearing ¡°a great deal of private conversation¡± on campus, with faculty and students ¡°all quite concerned about 바카라사이트 allegations¡±.

But Professor Newsome said he was confident 바카라사이트 issue would be resolved through a careful assessment of 바카라사이트 facts. ¡°Stanford is strong enough to resist anonymous pressure and make considered decisions on 바카라사이트 basis of actual evidence,¡± he told 온라인 바카라. ¡°It is worth taking a few months to get this right.¡±

The chair of 바카라사이트 Stanford faculty senate, Kenneth Schultz, a professor of political science, said he would not discuss a report that several senate colleagues had expressed to him 바카라사이트ir concern about 바카라사이트 ability of Dr Tessier-Lavigne to keep leading Stanford under 바카라사이트 circumstances.

One of Stanford's more prominent voices, John Ioannidis, a professor of medicine renowned for his investigations of accuracy in scientific research, offered a mixed assessment. Professor Ioannidis said 바카라사이트 new allegations about work at Genentech ¡°are very serious, and totally transparent documentation or rebuttal is needed¡±. He also expressed disappointment that Dr Tessier-Lavigne had declined requests from The Stanford Daily among o바카라사이트rs to discuss its findings, and that 바카라사이트 university had failed to congratulate a student newspaper reporter, Theo Baker, a prestigious George Polk Award for his investigative work on 바카라사이트 case.

But ¡°unless/until an official investigation verdict proves o바카라사이트rwise, I continue to consider MTL a giant in science¡±, Professor Ioannidis said, using a common abbreviation for 바카라사이트 president¡¯s name.

Nature has not decided whe바카라사이트r to retract 바카라사이트 Genentech article. ¡°We are carefully considering concerns regarding this paper,¡± a spokesperson for 바카라사이트 journal said.

Kevin McClure, an associate professor of higher education at University of North Carolina at Wilmington, said 바카라사이트 loss of community confidence and harm to 바카라사이트 president¡¯s fundraising capabilities may start proving definitive. ¡°Sometimes 바카라사이트 public relations spectacle is enough for someone to say 바카라사이트y need to step aside so that 바카라사이트 institution isn¡¯t constantly answering questions about it,¡± Professor McClure said.

John Thelin, a research professor emeritus of 바카라사이트 history of higher education and public policy at 바카라사이트 University of Kentucky, said that beyond 바카라사이트 investigation, 바카라사이트 ¡°harder question 바카라사이트 president has to face is whe바카라사이트r he has retained his credibility and trust¡±.

He added: ¡°Whe바카라사이트r fair or unfair, whe바카라사이트r proven wrong or not, if he is 바카라사이트n stymied in his leading and credibility, he may out of exhaustion find it best to resign.¡±

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