A second investigation by the school concludes that David Latchman, also the head of Birkbeck, University of London, was not involved in the image manipulation found in papers he coauthored.

Olivier Voinnet and Patrice Dunoyer face consequences for misconduct that led to the retractions of numerous high-profile papers.

Cell biologist Irina Stancheva was dismissed in June 2017 after a scientific misconduct investigation.

The Karolinska Institute’s latest decision includes a guilty verdict for one of the whistleblowers who contributed to the investigation.

New allegations of fraud committed under the watch of geneticist David Latchman were made last year.

Ching-Shih Chen’s research involved anticancer therapeutics that were being tested in clinical trials.

Eight papers by Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson, a tissue engineer at the University of Gothenburg, have been flagged for image manipulation.

The scientist was a member of a stem cell research team led by Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka. 

Anne Peyroche has been acting president of the French science organization since last October.