DEVIATION: Chen Ching-shih said his laboratory staff had ‘beautified’ data to make their research look better, while the Ohio State University has retracted his papers
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 01, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan, Rachel Lin and Jennifer Huang / Staff Reporters, with CNA
Academia Sinica yesterday approved the resignation of distinguished research fellow
A screen grab from Academia Sinica’s Institute of Biological Chemistry’s Web site shows Chen Ching-shih profile yesterday morning. The profile has since been removed from the Web site.
Chen Ching-shih (陳慶士) after news of research misconduct in eight of his published papers was made public by the Ohio State University, where he previously served as a cancer researcher.
Academia Sinica said in a statement that it is sorry to hear about the incident, but added that Chen’s misconduct occurred before he became head of Academia Sinica’s Institute of Biological Chemistry in August 2014.
The institution’s Research Ethics Committee would still look into work he performed while serving at the academy, the statement added.
Chen’s resignation from the Academia Sinica comes after academic journal Science and the university issued separate reports on Friday regarding the findings of research misconduct that led to his resignation as a cancer researcher from the university last year.
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