Word: frauds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This piece of paper constitutes the bulk of efforts by Gilbert, who serves as chair of the Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, to prevent errors or fraud in research. Some professors say the two-page sheet represents a greater effort to head off fraud than many of their colleagues ever attempt...
...allegation of research fraud by a graduate student in Gilbert's lab--a charge currently being investigated by the University and, perhaps, the federal government--is true, it's possible that the professor's two-page warning may not be enough to stop deception...
Professors soya vigilance is largely a question of time and energy. And because of that, higher-profile professors like Gilbert, who frequently have larger labs and less free time to police them, may be more susceptible to research fraud by their lab workers...
...many professors, according to some researchers, can be lulled to sleep by the infrequency of allegations of fraud, which happen as rarely as once per decade. Reproducing the experiments of researchers also takes costly time...
Fear of research fraud, however, has led some professors to establish a more hierarchical structures inside their laboratories. This way, researchers with Ph.D's check on graduate students seeking Ph.D's, who check on undergraduate researchers...