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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist

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Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD. Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner NL/USA/SFO. #ImageForensics @MicrobiomDigest on X. Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d

Arrived in Berlin for the 3rd Young Scientist Cancer Congress.
Hope to see some of you there!
#YS2C

Photo of the Alexanderplatz train station, showing a big rounded structure with glass, and red letters spelling ALEXANDERPLATZ. In the background a cloudy, gloomy sky, with the big Berlin TV tower. It looks like the tower is sprouting out of the train station, but it stands behind it.

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For Better Science @forbetterscience.bsky.social · 2h

Schneider Shorts 10.10.2025 – A forum for finding irrelevant ‘issues’ that pillory young scientists
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Schneider Shorts 10.10.2025 – A forum for finding irrelevant ‘issues’ that pillory young scientists

Schneider Shorts 10.10.2025 – – how Nobel Magic works, a German Nobelist investigates again, a Polish professor out of the job, a wise fellow in Sweden, a cunning move from Denmark, wit…

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 14h

"Make the proof" colloquial phrase that means fabrication of data

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14h

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 16h

@cathleenogrady.bwww.science covers the rise of shoddy public health papers for @science.org

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Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets

PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research

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Stan van Pelt @stanvanpelt.bsky.social · 22h

Problemen rond wetenschappelijke integriteit halen zelden de media. Dinsdag vertel ik waarom dat problematisch is voor het publieke vertrouwen in de wetenschap en de media, bij een colloquium van @isis-radboud.bsky.social, @willemhalffman.bsky.social. Ook @elisabethbik.bsky.social is van de partij!

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d

This will be the 3rd event in this series. The first two were held in France. This conference has a strong focus on networking for young cancer researchers in Germany and France and beyond.
#YS2C
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YS2C - Young Scientist Cancer Congress

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d

The conference is held in the French Embassy in Berlin, next to the Brandenburger Tor.
Phone connection is sparse, and there are some restrictions due to the conference venue, so I cannot do much live posting.

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Photo of the Brandenburger Tor, a big gate with 6 columns and horses on top. Blue morning sky with some pinkish morning clouds.

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from Berlin, where the conference will start in 30 min. This was the foggy view from my hotel room this morning.
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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d

I did find a train that actually went - thank goodness. Last time, we had to take a EUR 200 taxi to make it to the Eurostar.

Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d

Arrived in Berlin for the 3rd Young Scientist Cancer Congress.
Hope to see some of you there!
#YS2C

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic news! And a big congrats! I hope you will keep on swimming against the current and do more great things!

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · 2d

I’m honored to be named one of Tagesspiegel’s “100 Researchers of Berlin” for 2025, featured in today’s category “Swimming against the current.” Grateful to be recognized alongside inspiring researchers who challenge convention and push boundaries

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 2d

The lack of information is so sad. All the app does is tell me that there is a disruption, not which trains will actually go.

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 2d

Last time I was in the Netherlands, and trying to get to London by train, the NS had a big disruption and there were no trains going between Rotterdam and Breda. We had to take a very expensive taxi.

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 2d

Oh great. I am in the Netherlands trying to get to AMS airport and there are no trains going to the airport. The Dutch railways NS app says there are fewer trains, but there is just no train going. No bus bridge offered.

Screenshot from NS, the Dutch Railways app, showing “Disruption” with all trains going from Utrecht to Schiphol (AMS airport)

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 2d

This is quite an interesting way of analyzing these type of repeats. I have no idea why this image got so many. They are not even in the brown parts.

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats here as well, Charles!

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 3d

I’m deeply honored to have been named as the recipient of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. It recognizes my work on scientific integrity for Science Magazine over the last five years. 1/7 tinyurl.com/zz54fzyr

Charles Piller wins 2025 Victor Cohn Prize - CASW

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 3d

Another retraction (#10?) for Srikanta Dash at @tulaneu.bsky.social

I reported this to the journal and the university in March 2021 - more than four years ago.
Despite 10 retractions, he is still a full professor at Tulane.

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Screenshots of two figures from the paper, both are showing green fluorescent cells on a black background. I have added colored boxes to highlight duplications/overlaps.

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 3d

Proofig did not catch any of these, but it did flag a duplication in another figure in the same paper. ImageTwin flagged one of the bigger duplications, so I started looking more carefully and found lots of these by eye, aided by Forensically.

Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 3d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

Cartoon from the Nobel Assembly showing the three prize winners, their names, and “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 4d

Yes! and many more!
But you won an Emoji Award: 🏅
Congrats!

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 4d

An Oncotarget pearl.
Find at least five sets of duplicated areas.
#ImageForensics

Panel from a scientific paper. It shows a photo of a tissue slice, with blue nuclei and here and there some brown staining, with arrows highlighting areas called "SC" or "CA".

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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 4d

Recent MDPI paper including diagram of a bacterial cell with a mitochondrion 🤦‍♀️ The authors propose a mechanism for the toxicity of silver nanoparticles: "Ag+ ions in AgNPs bombard the bacterial mitochondria’s electron transport chain, resulting in cell death".

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 5d

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

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