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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
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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
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I hope to see some of you today in Wellington, NZ for my talk at Massey University / Public Health Observatory (PHONZ) at noon, either in person or via zoom.
Screenshot of flyer: Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research 12.00 pm – 1.30 pm Monday 10 November 2025 Lecture Theatre LT100, Level C, Block 3 Wallace Street, Mt Cook, Wellington Via Zoom: https://massey.zoom.us/j/87871336956 Zoom passcode: PHONZ
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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This is the result of a meeting held this summer in Stockholm, organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where I was one of the attendees.

Proposed actions against fake science presented after meeting
www.kva.se/en/news/prop...
Screenshot of the article linked to in the post. It shows the headline and some introductionary text: "Proposed actions against fake science presented after meeting Today, Dan Larhammar, Uppsala University and former president of the Academy, and Bernhard Sabel from Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany, have published the Stockholm Declaration, which outlines a number of proposed countermeasures against fake science, often produced by AI. This growing problem was discussed early this summer at a workshop held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences." Below that a group photo of the attendees on the steps of the main building of the Royal Swedish Academy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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More press @FinancialTimes [Gift link]:
A tide of fabricated research risks scientific integrity
Manipulation, disinformation and fakery could lead to a knowledge collapse
www.ft.com/content/a1c6...
A tide of fabricated research risks scientific integrity
[FREE TO READ] Manipulation, disinformation and fakery could lead to a knowledge collapse
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
elisabethbik.bsky.social
We will save the South Island for another trip ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Oh dear, @bmj.com will now call me a racist...
The last author Negar Azarpira:
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Retracted for fraud:
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PubPeer - Effects of N-acetylcysteine and metformin treatment on the s...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Effects of N-acetylcysteine and metformin treatment on the stereopathological characteristics of uterus and ovary (2022)
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November 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Nagoya City University should hire an actual expert. This is absolutely image manipulation.
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Nagoya City University should hire an actual expert. This is absolutely image manipulation.
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
elisabethbik.bsky.social
Ah, the Stretched Petridishes. How can anyone publish this 😢
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Publication:
Aquarius R, et al. High prevalence of articles with image-related problems in animal studies of subarachnoid hemorrhage and low rates of correction by publishers. PLoS Biol. 2025;23(10):e3003438.

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
High prevalence of articles with image-related problems in animal studies of subarachnoid hemorrhage and low rates of correction by publishers
Unchallenged erroneous articles can undermine scientific progress and mislead future research. This study shows that image-related issues affect 40% of reviewed articles on early brain injury in anima...
journals.plos.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Radboud researchers René Aquarius @deadneanderthals.bsky.social and Kim Wever were about to embark on a literature review project when they noticed several odd things that made them stop in their tracks, then change the course of their study entirely.
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM