Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne will step down from his post next month following a probe of his past research as a neuroscientist.
said that he was cleared of"any fraud or falsification of scientific data" but that"for the good of the University, I have made the decision to step down as President effective August 31."— of fraud, saying there's no evidence he"personally engaged in research misconduct."on which Tessier-Lavigne was a principal author included work from"some members of labs overseen by Dr.
Some of his most important work has focused on mechanisms that could be responsible for brain degeneration and diseases like Alzheimer’s.work by Tessier-Lavigne and his collaborators were posted online on the nonprofit website PUBPEER as early as 2015The website allows scientists to share feedback or criticism after studies have been published. PUBPEER allows anonymous comments.
Bik said that errors and manipulations of data could be difficult to spot but that issues with images used in research could be the"tip of the iceberg" of untrustworthy work. The reporting by The Stanford Daily and questions raised by Bik eventually touched off the Stanford inquiry.
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