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Very interesting content from @SciGuardians in relation to the David Sabatini @DMSabatini and Kristin Knouse scandal
linkedin.com/pulse/metoo-ren… Knouse responded that Ruth Lehmann @WhiteheadInst: “was a little loose lipped early on…” In another exchange, Kory described her discussion with @REMLehmann: we came up with the idea of covering the investigation up with the diversity survey @SciGuardians
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Yes you are right Rick Addante @RickAddante few if any academics will be speaking up on David Sabatini @DMSabatini scandal. Also, Alex Zhavoronkov @biogerontology says that he got into trouble and almost got cancelled for simply pointing out great research
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An update: In 2026 a second investigation found evidence of data falsification and fabrication in PMID: 35895836, Science Translational Medicine (2022), namely:
• Data entries were altered for Figure 2B
• Data entries were altered for Figure 2C
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I think you are omitting the toxic lab research culture allegations brought by people other than Kristin Knouse against mTORman David Sabatini. For example, @DrAnneCarpenter, former @DMSabatini postdoc, regrets not standing up for those who were targeted
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Very interesting compilation for anyone interested in the #MeToo renaissance in longevity biotech
Many of us in the longevity industry will remember 2021 not only as the year of the pandemic, working from home, and lockdowns but also as the year of the two massive scandals around-@DMSabatini @aubreydegrey-two prominent figures in the anti-aging field
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Some interesting tweets in relation to litigation between David Sabatini @DMSabatini and @kristinknouse from @drAnneCarpenter @blsabatini @daphnezohar @21percentgroup @MicrobiomDigest @celinehalioua @biogerontology & billionaire philanthropist @BillAckman
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#MeToo @AnnOlivarius, a lawyer who specializes in cases of sexual harassment, says “the jury really went against [Kristin Knouse] in a big way.” Olivarius was also surprised the jury awarded David Sabatini such a hefty sum in damages. “That’s really rare. This is a standout case”
A Massachusetts jury has awarded biologist David Sabatini $6 million—plus interest—in damages in his defamation case against Kristin Knouse, a former colleague at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
The physician-scientist’s claims led one research institution to fire Sabatini and precipitated his resignations from Whitehead and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a tenured faculty member.
Read more: scim.ag/4jxig3b
ALT Biologist David Sabatini wins $6 million in defamation lawsuit A jury ruled in favor of the former Whitehead Institute scientist, dismissing accuser’s claims of sexual harassment and retaliation
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“I credit him for the career that I have right now. Yes, there is sexism in science. So to have someone like David tell me: ‘You’re good, you’re smart … I support you – I can tell you how much that meant.” Kate Koch, former member of David Sabatini @DMSabatini's lab
#WomenInSTEM
🧵Headlines from David Sabatini @DMSabatini's five year #MeToo saga lnkd.in/p/eDnpCC_X as covered by Nick Paul Taylor, @ky_lahucik @maxonwifi @joshuarhett, Kathianne Boniello, @newsmark02, James Gordon, @meredithwadman @SnoozyWeiss @juliabonavita13 @will_potter @ToriaWrites
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Adam Rochussen it seems you know very little about how academic hierarchy works in cases of research misconduct including bullying or fraud. I am sure that @TheCrick carried out a very low standard investigation with a predetermined outcome that the supervisor is not guilty
🧵 Retraction Watch should look into how Professor George Kassiotis’ supervision over the PhD student Kevin Ng @TheCrick led to the retraction of TracerX study. Should the research integrity investigation have been broader (i.e., looked at all Ng papers)?
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I think the take home message relating to David Sabatini @DMSabatini’s quest for redemption is “don’t shit where you eat”
Fate and the fallen star
Judge rules that two competing lawsuits involving former MIT professor David Sabatini and a female scientist can move forward
Former MIT biologist, who lost positions after engaging in a prohibited sexual relationship, accepts new science job in Prague
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A highlight of some of the #MeToo headlines around David Sabatini @DMSabatini
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Thanks to billionaire Bill Ackman @BillAckman and his wife @NeriOxman @PershingSqFdn and Jan Konvalinka @konvalinka_jan @IOCBPrague, I would say the prominent professor David Sabatini @DMSabatini fared pretty well after #MeToo sexual harassment accusations from Kristin Knouse
Bill Ackman provides fresh start to @DMSabatini.
The @nytimes last March wrote that @BillAckman’s @PershingSqFdn was one of the most pugnacious activist investors, willing to wage noisy public battles against companies to force changes in their strategies
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🧵 For scholars without access to money, or anyone who is emotionally fragile or vulnerable in any way, the path to a victory is almost impossible. It’s hard to experience your own university attacking you, trying to destroy your character and bankrupt you
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🧵 Whistleblowers in university or research institute settings need greater protection. See lnkd.in/deXQi9Qn for a survivor's guide to whistleblowing
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🧵 Should academic misconduct be catalogued? Proposed US database that would require universities to register research fraud and workplace harassment sparks debate @maxdkozlov @Nature
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Nobel prize judges quit over handling of sexual misconduct allegations. With seats on the jury intended to be for life, no one has ever technically left the secretive Swedish Academy – but Peter Englund, Klas Östergren and Kjell Espmark have all resigned
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Why did the Francis Crick Institute @TheCrick’s corresponding authors Kassiotis, Julian Downward and Charles Swanton not respond to Retraction Watch’s @RetractionWatch question on how the manipulation went unnoticed by the other 48 authors on the paper?
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There are many issues with Kevin Ng’s PhD supervisor George Kassiotis that @RetractionWatch should cover considering that @TheCrick pushed out the whistleblower who raised issues about this professor’s lab management style using a non-disclosure agreement
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🧵Institutions must be willing to remove individuals from leadership roles. Procedures for investigating allegations of bullying, harassment and other misconduct need to be independent, transparent & centred around people’s experiences-Ferhan Sağın @Nature
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@minikerri & Chris Ryan @Nature ask How to win a @NobelPrize?
In the entire twentieth century, only 11 Nobel prizes were awarded to women. Since 2000, women have won another 15 prizes.
Almost 54% of all Nobel prizes were awarded to people in North America
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We know many women are succeeding and thriving in STEM, but they don’t always get the recognition they deserve. The @NobelPrize sends the wrong message to future generations when they see zero women among the newly named laureates-Gibson, CEO @AWISNational
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