tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post8526695677808501693..comments2024-02-10T00:21:20.822-08:00Comments on The Gigamole Diaries: The Alirio Melendez research misconduct issue finds resolution.... well, at least some kind of resolution ...! gigamolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18328852130774608540noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-28878848153092899482013-01-01T05:42:33.667-08:002013-01-01T05:42:33.667-08:00Not direct monetary rewards.... but these 'cre...Not direct monetary rewards.... but these 'credits' go towards computing research 'performance', which is used for apportioning bonuses and possibly for the justification of research awards, promotions etc.gigamolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18328852130774608540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-74942821391437090092012-12-31T06:57:39.105-08:002012-12-31T06:57:39.105-08:00you said there would be perks for publications - m...you said there would be perks for publications - main authors and co-authors will receive monitory reward? If the paper is retracted, will those authors have to return those perks? And also the awards and promotions on a high profile publications? does any one know about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-45563028035750700692012-12-24T08:30:08.647-08:002012-12-24T08:30:08.647-08:00Certainly hope the higher ups than NUS goerning re...Certainly hope the higher ups than NUS goerning research integrity would investigate further and not allow any fraudulent stuffs and the persons involved be swept under the carpet/exonerated by simply finding one scapegoate for all the wrongdoings that were carried out in that lab for such a long time and incurred so much taxpayers $$$Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-25701881475181526022012-12-21T10:39:39.663-08:002012-12-21T10:39:39.663-08:00He certainly wasn't acting alone. How many RAs...He certainly wasn't acting alone. How many RAs and grad students were involved, we will now never know. The senior staff who were in on all those publications and who have had received promotions/tenures, grants and various research awards based on all these fraudulent publications should at least be taken to task, and not so easily exonerated.gigamolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18328852130774608540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-15126198564651892992012-12-21T07:49:08.190-08:002012-12-21T07:49:08.190-08:00Certainly unbelievable that all of the PhD student...Certainly unbelievable that all of the PhD students, RAs etc in his lab who would have been the co-authors came out totally unscathed...so is NUS saying that only he alone doctored all the results, including those from experiments carried out by his students and staff over the 10 years or so he was in NUS???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com