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Years later, researcher at center of highly publicized case has another paper retracted
A neuroscientist who was stripped of her PhD by Danish officials as part of a case going back a decade has notched her ninth retraction — but it took a while. In 2010, following questions about her work, Milena Penkowa received a three month suspended sentence for embezzlement, document forgery, and “fabrication of evidence.” A … Continue reading Years later, researcher at center of highly publicized case has another paper retracted
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Denmark to institute sweeping changes in handling misconduct
In six weeks, new policies for handling misconduct in Denmark will go into effect, which alter the definition of misconduct and establish clear policies for who handles such allegations. Starting July 1, research misconduct will be limited to how it’s typically defined elsewhere — fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism (the previous definition included serious breaches of […]
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Danish court dismisses charges against neuroscientist in appeal of fraud verdict
A Copenhagen court has cleared neuroscientist Milena Penkowa of the most serious charges against her after she appealed a 2015 verdict that she had faked data. According to the CPH Post, the Eastern High Court in Copenhagen dismissed the case. Although the court acknowledged she had committed fraud, it declared it was not “serious forgery.” On Facebook, Penkowa posted […]
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Danish neuroscientist sentenced by court for lying about faked experiments
In a rare development, neuroscientist Milena Penkowa has been sentenced by a Danish court for faking data. The ruling, from the Copenhagen City Court, resulted from Penkowa’s publication of her 2003 thesis describing experiments that she never carried out. The court “placed weight” on the fact that she didn’t just commit fraud, but “systematically supplied false information” to avoid […]
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Penkowa-Pedersen paper retracted nearly three years after being subjected to Notice of Concern
We have an update on the complicated story of Milena Penkowa and Bente Klarlund Pedersen. Two papers coauthored by the pair — who have both been found guilty of scientific dishonesty by the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty — have been retracted by the FASEB Journal. Here’s one notice (both are unfortunately behind a paywall): […]
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Danish committee: Researcher acted in “scientifically dishonest” and “grossly negligent” manner
A University of Copenhagen researcher who co-authored papers with Milena Penkowa — once the subject of misconduct and embezzlement inquiries — has been found by the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (acronym UVVU in Danish) to have acted in a “scientifically dishonest” and “grossly negligent” manner. Two different researchers brought complaints against Bente Klarlund Pedersen […]
Another Expression of Concern for Milena Penkowa
Another paper by Milena Penkowa, who is being investigated for embezzlement as well as possible scientific misconduct, has been subject to an Expression of Concern:
Here’s the notice in Glia:
Glia has been informed by Juan Hidalgo, MD, DMSc, Professor, Institute of Neurosciences, at the Autonomous University of Barcelona Faculty of Sciences, Barcelona, Spain, of concerns about the validity of some of the data contained in an article published in the journal (Penkowa, M and Hidalgo, J. Metallothionein I + II expression and their role in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Glia 2000 DEC; 32(3), 247–263; published ahead of print Oct 25, 2000, DOI: 10.1002/1098-1136(200012)32:3 <247::AID-GLIA50>3.0.CO;2-T) In addition, Rector’s Office of the University of Copenhagen informs us that this matter, along with other related studies, is being investigated by the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty. While awaiting the outcome of those investigations, the Editors-in-Chief wish to notify readers of our concerns regarding this article.
The study has been cited 75 times, according to Thomson Scientific’s Web of Knowledge.
This Penkowa’s fourth Expression of Concern (one was a Notice of Concern). Two of those became retractions. She has one other retraction, in Diabetes.
