Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 19.11.1996

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the following case: Eric Whitters, Ph.D., University of Oregon: Based upon an investigation conducted by the University of Oregon as well as Dr. Whitters' own admission, ORI found that Eric Whitters, Ph.D., former postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon, engaged in scientific misconduct by fabricating experimental results that involved the selective growth of yeast strains that he represented as having temperature-sensitive phenotypes. The research was supported in part by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Whitters has accepted the ORI finding and has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with ORI in which he has voluntarily agreed, for the three (3) year period beginning November 6, 1996, to exclude himself from: (1) any contracting or subcontracting with any agency of the United States Government and from eligibility for, or involvement in, nonprocurement transactions (e.g., grants and cooperative agreements) of the United States Governm