[dabigv13]

It's a reasonable article written by some very good Bio profs (I worked in Susan McConnell's lab FWIW).

But a couple things strike me- only 7 profs signed this. Seems like a low number.

And this paragraph, while largely true, doesn't exactly speak to the present scenario.

As faculty members and principal investigators in contemporary biological laboratories, we work closely with our graduate students and postdoctoral trainees to ensure the accuracy of our experimental work. However, advancing scientific frontiers increasingly requires larger teams of scientists who bring distinct sets of expertise to a study. In science, as in all realms of life, mistakes are inevitable. We strive to build a culture that aims not to punish mistakes made by trainees or one another, but instead encourages criticism and provides authors the opportunity to correct errors. Our scientific contributions will ultimately be tested by colleagues who examine our discoveries and extend them into new domains.

The most serious papers at issue were not large teams, but rather MTL and a single postdoc.

[dabigv13]

It's a reasonable article written by some very good Bio profs (I worked in Susan McConnell's lab FWIW).

But a couple things strike me- only 7 profs signed this. Seems like a low number.

And this paragraph, while largely true, doesn't exactly speak to the present scenario.

As faculty members and principal investigators in contemporary biological laboratories, we work closely with our graduate students and postdoctoral trainees to ensure the accuracy of our experimental work. However, advancing scientific frontiers increasingly requires larger teams of scientists who bring distinct sets of expertise to a study. In science, as in all realms of life, mistakes are inevitable. We strive to build a culture that aims not to punish mistakes made by trainees or one another, but instead encourages criticism and provides authors the opportunity to correct errors. Our scientific contributions will ultimately be tested by colleagues who examine our discoveries and extend them into new domains.

The most serious papers at issue were not large teams, but rather MTL and a single postdoc.