Alleged Fraud of Stanford‘s President

Stanford University's 11th president Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation amid serious doubts over his integrity as an academic and scientist. Once hailed as a potential Nobel-prize winner for a discovery that could cure Alzheimer's, Tessier-Lavigne and his research suddenly didn't pan out. And it wasn't the only published work that seemed super sus. In fact, an investigative committee concluded that this vibe happened way too frequently for comfort. But is he guilty or not? And what did the investigation conclude? Do you believe it?

0:00 Intro
0:45 What are the accusations?
1:25 Result of the official investigation... sort of
2:30 Did he publish results that did not exist?
3:30 The Frosh who brought down Stanford's president
5:38 Who is Marc Tessier-Lavigne?
7:00 The Nobel Prize that Never Was?
7:28 The Blue Ribbon Investigation Committee
8:30 Underground chatter on Pubpeer
10:30 Forensics analysis suggests 'intent to mislead'
12:55 The alleged 'faked' science
18:00 Did he act shady as a Stanford professor too?
21:00 Was he pressured to succeed?
22:35 Why would academic fraud be worth it... hypothetically?
25:00 Epic rise and fall at Genentech
27:25 Not all parts of the investigative report were rosy
30:00 Why academic integrity is important
32:00 So can we trust Stanford's research?

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[kame.]

You are so good! I enjoy listening and watching your video and content!!

[soniawilliams]

Sean this is awesome news. I do ❤ listening to you. Research institutions are held at extremely high levels due to validation. In the final analysis, the President resigned because it would have impacted Stanford University's credibility. Excellent news. Fighting🥰

[stanleyklein]

Stanford U Administrative response: Move along. Nothing to see here.

[Grams]

You are a star at explaining in layman terms what actually happened so we can decide for ourselves if he is guilty or not! Of course, it also depends on one’s bias and can be misleading if they veer off. We are not on the same side of things sometimes so I will research this person’s personal profile and see who he was to begin with! Thanks so much for your explanation. It is very enlightening!

[tsaotsaofamily]

Makes Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos look like pikers…

[clmiyu]

So happy you're back! Thanks a lot for your explanations

[gloriapitts]

As I first listened to this, my first thought was, "where was the Internal Review Board (IRB) in all of this?" When I conducted my healthcare research at FSU, the IRB was rigorously reviewing my thesis with each draft and the defense." Yes, the academics should have really reviewed the initial research before an undergrad caught it.

[phyllo]

Money wise it is not on par with Elizabeth Holmes but with Alzheimer’s on the rise it could have taken precious research monies down a dead end road. Since there may be no way to prove it was done intentionally the best result is that he resign and maybe leave the academic world. Glad you’re back!

[krislee]

Thank you for the backstory on this! 💜

[LMck-pb]

Oh wow... and he still works at the uni?

[moyrawallace]

I knew you would find your niche - very interesting everything smoke and mirrors? 😢💜