此教授为 Dr Alirio Melendez,是一名免疫方面的专家,几年前在新加坡国立大学工作(Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore),现在英国University of Liverpool 工作。在两大重量级生物期刊Nature和Science发表了败血症方面(generalised blood infections called sepsis)的里程碑式论文(其研究课题英文简介链接: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110308101325.htm )。 但是,由于后继的研究重复不出结果进而被怀疑数据有问题,其Nature文章已经近期撤稿( Nature文章链接: http://www.nature.com/ni/journal/v12/n4/full/ni.2004.html )。 Science期刊正等待相关单位调查其所发文章数据问题的最终结论: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/10/03/science.1214735.abstract 【In the 4 June 2010 issue, Science published the Report “SphK1 regulates proinflammatory responses associated with endotoxin and polymicrobial sepsis” by P. Puneet et al. . On 22 March 2011, Science learned that authorities at the authors' principal institutions at the time of publication and the corresponding author's more recent affiliation were investigating allegations of figure manipulation in the Science Report. The investigation has not yet reached a conclusion. Pending the results of the investigations, Science is publishing this Editorial Expression of Concern to alert our readers to the fact that serious questions have been raised about the validity of findings in the Puneet et al. paper.】 Science文章链接: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/328/5983/1290 同时,这两篇文章的第一作者均为Padmam Puneet,目前亦跟随Dr Alirio Melendez在英国工作。 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 NUS prof investigated for research fraud By Yahoo! Newsroom | Yahoo! Newsroom –9 hours ago tweet 11 Share Email Print Two of Melendez's papers in research journals Nature (L) and Science are being retracted. (Yahoo!) RELATED CONTENT Article: Traffic Police to use unmarked patrol cars Yahoo! Newsroom - 19 hours ago Article: Foreign maids snubbing Singapore ANN - Sat, Oct 8, 2011 Article: Circle Line stations now open Yahoo! Newsroom - Sat, Oct 8, 2011 Article: S'pore MFA seeks details on nude squats investigation Yahoo! Newsroom - Sat, Oct 8, 2011 TOP STORIES Unemployed seek protection against job bias AP - 3 hours ago Housing market should stabilise in four years: PM Lee Yahoo! Newsroom - 8 hours ago NUS prof investigated for research fraud Yahoo! Newsroom - 9 hours ago An anonymous tip-off has led to a former National University of Singapore (NUS) professor being investigated for creating false research data. According to The Sunday Times , Dr Alirio Melendez, an immunology researcher, had published two papers in top journals about breakthroughs leading to better treatments of generalised blood infections called sepsis. But NUS and the other universities involved in the research are retracting these papers. One of them, an immunology article published in Nature , has been retracted following irregularities identified in some figures in the paper, according to the journal. In addition, "serious questions have been raised about the validity of findings" in the other paper, published in Science , and it will be retracted soon. Dr Melendez was the corresponding author in both papers, which means he led the research efforts and acted as guarantor of the work, involving nine universities, departments and organisations from Singapore, Britain, Germany and Switzerland. In Singapore, the eight researchers involved include scientists, academics, research fellows and students from NUS and DSO National Laboratories . Publishing research in such top-tier journals can boost a scientist's career, and the number of high-impact publications is a key way in which individuals and organisations are evaluated. NUS has started an exercise to relook around 70 other papers -- all the work ever done by the scientist and his team. A high-level panel, including professors experienced in dealing with research fraud, is conducting investigation. Professor Barry Halliwell, the deputy president of research and technology at NUS, told the same paper, "Our focus is on being extremely thorough and dealing with the situation in the best possible way, being fair and transparent, and working according to international standards." Melendez, who joined the university a decade ago and left to take up professorships in Britain in 2009, could not be reached for comment. The University of Liverpool, where he is currently working at, said he has been suspended without prejudice, pending the outcome of the inquiry. @yahooSG on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook