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A University of Wisconsin–Madison postdoc was forced to resign after alleging that his advisor engaged in scientific misconduct, according to Nature. In 2009, zoology postdoc Aaron Taylor voiced doubts about zebrafish images published in Development by his faculty advisor, developmental biologist Yevgenya Grinblat. Taylor was a co-author on the 2009 paper. Later, he accused Grinblat of pressuring him to publish data that he considered unreliable and subsequently aired his concerns with the National Institutes of Health's Office of Research Integrity.
In November 2009, the school's zoology department chairman, Jeffrey Hardin, told Taylor he could resign, be fired, or drop the misconduct "issues," according to a conversation Taylor recorded and shared with Nature. Taylor resigned and has begun work at a new institution. Reprisal against whistle-blowers ...
