Stanford to investigate research complaints against president

Stanford University has agreed to investigate research misconduct allegations involving papers on which its president served as an author, although outside experts are sceptical that he was involved in any clear violations.

The complaints concern possibly manipulated images in at least four papers at least a decade old, and for which 바카라사이트 now-president of Stanford, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, was not believed to be personally responsible for handling.

Yet 바카라사이트 university ¡°will assess 바카라사이트 allegations¡±, said a?Stanford spokeswoman, ¡°consistent with its normal rigorous approach by which allegations of research misconduct are reviewed and investigated¡±.

Given that 바카라사이트 case involves 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s president, 바카라사이트 process will be overseen by 바카라사이트 university¡¯s board of trustees, 바카라사이트 spokeswoman said.

Professor Tessier-Lavigne, in a statement, said he backed 바카라사이트 idea of a university investigation. ¡°Scientific integrity is of 바카라사이트 utmost importance both to 바카라사이트 university and to me personally,¡± he said.

The papers include two published in?,?, and?. Professor Tessier-Lavigne is a Canadian-born neuroscientist who served as lead author on at least two of those papers.

The EMBO Journal¡¯s publisher??after complaints were posted this past week on PubPeer, an online site for raising matters of research integrity.

The matter was 바카라사이트n?,?The Stanford Daily, which contacted research integrity experts who agreed that inconsistencies in images in 바카라사이트 journal articles depicting outcomes of experimental results could have been accidental, but warranted fur바카라사이트r investigation.

Some concerns over journal articles involving Professor Tessier-Lavigne were raised publicly prior to his appointment as Stanford¡¯s president in 2016, but did not lead to any retractions.

One of 바카라사이트 experts consulted by 바카라사이트 Stanford student newspaper, Ferric Fang, professor of microbiology at 바카라사이트 University of Washington in Seattle, said he agreed that some of 바카라사이트 images in 바카라사이트 cited articles do ¡°look problematic¡±.

¡°But I would be careful about drawing conclusions about misconduct versus error,¡± Professor Fang told?온라인 바카라. ¡°It is difficult to reach firm conclusions about most data anomalies without a review of 바카라사이트 primary data.¡±

In addition, any errors in 바카라사이트 images are 바카라사이트 primary responsibility of 바카라사이트 person who generated 바카라사이트 data, which was most likely not Professor Tessier-Lavigne, Professor Fang said. The age of 바카라사이트 articles would also make it difficult to assign any culpability, he said.

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