Monday, February 16, 2009

The Power (or Danger) of Photoshop


CASE 1: Microarray Images faked by UCSF postdoc


A University of California, San Francisco, postdoc ripped off images from a colleague and jiggered data files, the NIH's Office of Research Integrity (ORI) recently reported ...........


read more at: http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55427/

CASE 2: Iowa biologist falsified figures
Former University of Iowa molecular biologist, Jusan Yang, falsified several figures in an unpublished manuscript and at two scientific meetings, the US Public Health Service's Office of Research Integrity (ORI) reported ......
read more at: http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55182/

CASE 3: Postdoc censured for fudged images
A Texas stem cell researcher falsified data by mucking around with her results in Photoshop, according to an Office of Research Integrity (ORI)...
read more at: http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55256/

1 comment:

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