In this episode, Dan and James chat with microbiologist Elisabeth Bik about about the detection of problematic images in scientific papers, the state of microbiome research, and making the jump from academia to industry.
More info on what they cover:
How Elisabeth get into error detection of scientific images
The process of detecting errors in images
How groups of authors tend to publish multiple papers with problematic images
The association between journal prestige and problematic images
Providing monetary incentives for publications
Making the jump from academia to industry
The current state of microbiome research
Links
- Patreon: www.patreon.com/hertzpodcast
- Elisabeth on Twitter:  www.twitter.com/microbiomdigest
- Elisabeth online: https://microbiomedigest.com
- The problematic image paper: https://mbio.asm.org/content/7/3/e00809-16.short
- Pubpeer: https://pubpeer.com
- Dan on twitter: www.twitter.com/dsquintana
- James on twitter: www.twitter.com/jamesheathers
- Everything Hertz on twitter: www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast
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Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/
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