I have the most wonderful memories of my time as a post-doc at University College Cardiff in the mid-70’s. This was where I was educated into the intricacies of the rules of rugby and the tribal rituals surrounding the game. Pubs and real ale and rugby grounds and rugby songs and – of course – Max Boyce.
So I was a little sad to read about the strange goings-on at the laboratory of the Dean of Medicine at what is now Cardiff University. Lots and lots and lots of papers published by the Dean, Professor B P Morgan, (172 papers and 35 review articles or chapters since 1998 – giving 207 publications in about 180 months!) and now a retraction and a formal investigation into apparent image manipulation and duplication. A case of
“There were all those doctor’s papers and they all said just the same”
(with apologies to Max Boyce and his great lyrics to “We all had Doctor’s papers”)
Cardiff University has confirmed that it is to launch a formal investigation into alleged research misconduct in the laboratory of its dean of medicine.
The k2p blog 