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London, Ontario October 28 - Diagnostics Biochem Canada Inc. (DBC), producer of in vitro diagnostic kits used in research and clinical diagnostic labs world-wide, announced today that its newest product Plasma Renin Activity (PRA) is now available in the widely used Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). This platform does not use radioactive isotopes and presents superior performance and handling characteristics than commonly used RIA kits. Also, the DBC PRA kit provides more accurate and precise information than measurement of total renin concentration, another approach currently used by labs to evaluate the association of adrenal or renovascular conditions with the cause of resistant hypertension.
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Dear Mother
We are safe back in FalmouthFalmouth (Va.)
again, after having taken the fortifications of FredericksburghFredericksburg, 2nd Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1863 with but little loss
The 7thUnited States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865) had only one man killed
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In thinking about upcoming posts, last week I asked myself: "What is most important to me that I can write about?"
Because I spend two-thirds of my life sleeping, the answer to this question unsurprisingly was "Dreams." But unfortunately, this is a subject that is harder-than-hell to make interesting to anybody but the dreamer.
Everybody dreams, and your dreams are interesting to no one but yourself (or maybe the rare dream researcher). Dreams are a weird conflation of reality and fantasy, and therefore difficult to take seriously (except for the rare interpreter who's fascinated by the symbolism of dreams).
Joseph used to use dreams to foretell the future, but this application has pretty much gone out of fashion. They say that Lincoln had a strange dream about his impending death before he attended the theatre, but where did that get him?
My most memorable dreams transport me to fantastic places that are primarily a mix of vision and emotion that's impossible to describe in a way that can be conveyed to others. And anyway, who would care?
A lot has been made of the subject of "lucid dreaming"—the state of knowing that you're dreaming and trying to control what happens next in your dream-life. But this doesn't interest me at all. I enjoy the experience of free-falling through my imagination, and examining the elements of synthesis that my brain puts together.
I rarely, if ever, have nightmares… so I am not motivated by this particular "pathology" of dreaming. I have had maybe three or four days of depression in the last 14 years. So my dream-life is one of pure pleasure, unknowable adventure, and escape from a pretty satisfying existence (despite its trials).
I am fascinated by the speculation by some that the dream-state offers glimpses into alternative realities that are just as real as our waking state, but this is a mind-game that cannot be resolved to my satisfaction. The recurring dreams that I do experience take me to places that are familiar, but not in a way that convinces me they are as real as places I have actually seen in my waking life.
I did have one experience, however, that gave me pause. Years ago I visited a childhood friend who I had not seen for over thirty years. He gave me a tour of a house his family had bought in the intervening years, and I had the impression I had visited the home once before in one of my dreams. I was knocked out by the experience.
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Matthew Scherber, individually and by his wife, guardian and conservator, Lindsay Scherber, Appellant, vs. Nor-Son, Inc., defendant and third party plaintiff, Respondent, vs. Select Carpentry & Components, Inc., et al., third party defendants, Respondents, Tradesmen International, Inc., third party defendant, Respondent.Annotate this Case
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This opinion will be unpublished and may not be cited except as provided by Minn. Stat. § 480A.08, subd. 3 (2010). STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A11-962 Matthew Scherber, individually and by his wife, guardian and conservator, Lindsay Scherber, Appellant, vs. Nor-Son, Inc., defendant and third party plaintiff, Respondent, vs. Select Carpentry & Components, Inc., et al., third party defendants, Respondents, Tradesmen International, Inc., third party defendant, Respondent. Filed April 2, 2012 Affirmed Larkin, Judge Mille Lacs County District Court File No. 48-CV-09-1754 Michel S. Krug, Krug & Zupke, P.C., St. Paul, Minnesota (for appellant) Lee A. Miller, Paul E. Darsow, Beth A. Jenson Prouty, Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent Nor-Son, Inc.) Timothy R. Murphy, Stephen M. Warner, O Neill & Murphy, LLP, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondents Select Carpentry & Components, Inc., et al.) John C. Hughes, Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent Tradesmen International, Inc.) Considered and decided by Peterson, Presiding Judge; Larkin, Judge; and Crippen, Judge.* UNPUBLISHED OPINION LARKIN, Judge Appellant challenges the district court s summary-judgment dismissal of his complaint, by which he sought damages related to injuries he sustained when he fell off of a roof while working as a carpenter on a construction project. Appellant argues that the district court erred in concluding that appellant s lawsuit against the general contractor is barred by the common-enterprise doctrine set forth in Minn. Stat. § 176.061, subds. 1, 4 (2010). We affirm. FACTS In November 2008, appellant Matthew Scherber was employed as a carpenter by respondent Tradesmen International Inc., a labor broker that supplies laborers for construction projects. Respondent SCC Carpenters LLC contracted for Scherber s services under a client-services agreement with Tradesmen and assigned Scherber to work on a commercial construction project in Onamia. Respondent Nor-Son Inc. was the general contractor on the project, and SCC Carpenters was a subcontractor. Respondent Select Carpentry & Components Inc. provided building materials for the project. Scherber worked on the project as part of a four-member carpentry crew that was responsible for the installation of a roof. The crew included Scherber, SCC employees * Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI, § 10. 2 Matthew Smith and Luke Miller, and Nor-Son employee Zak Klancher. Klancher was assigned to work with the SCC crew because of concerns that SCC did not have enough manpower to timely complete the work required under its subcontract. On November 25, Nor-Son s safety director conducted a safety inspection at the jobsite. On that day, the crew was sheathing the southwest valley of the roof. The fall protection in the southwest valley was limited to a lift box and toe boards that were installed at the bottom of the left and right sides of the slope. Nor-Son s safety director deemed the fall protection inadequate, and a discussion ensued regarding adequate fall protection. Nor-Son s safety director told the job foreman to put guardrails up there or get your employees tied off. That afternoon, Nor-Son requisitioned materials for the installation of guardrails. After the crew completed the sheathing in the southwest valley, it moved the lift box to the adjacent western slope, leaving the toe boards as the only fall protection in the southwest valley. On the morning of November 26, frost covered the sheathed areas of the roof. Because the frost made it unsafe to work in the sheathed areas, Scherber s crew was instructed to install sheathing on the western slope of the roof. Because there was no sheathing on the western slope, there was no frost on this area. The crew members discussed their work plan for the western slope. They also discussed the visible frost on the adjacent southwest valley of the roof. Scherber was present for this discussion. The crew members agreed that they would not enter the southwest valley of the roof because the frost made that area dangerous and there were no guardrails to protect them from 3 falling off of the roof; there were only toe boards, which had been deemed inadequate fall protection. The four crew members began to install the first row of sheathing on the bottom edge of the western slope. To provide adequate fall protection, the crew members worked inside of a lift box that was positioned on the bottom edge of the western slope. After the crew installed the first row of sheathing, it installed guardrails at the bottom of the western slope. Next, the crew members split into two teams to begin sheathing the rest of the western slope. Klancher and Scherber cut the wood needed to frame and sheath the roof. They worked side-by-side in the lift box, taking turns using a circular saw. Klancher delivered sheathing to Smith, who nailed it into place on the framed area of the western slope. Miller was positioned underneath the roof along access holes that Klancher and Smith created along the edge of the western slope where it met the southwest valley. Scherber delivered boards to Miller, and Miller nailed the boards to the hip joints. To reach Miller, Scherber had to walk over the sheathing that Klancher had cut and carried to Smith and that Smith had nailed into place on the western slope. After making several trips up the roof, over the sheathing, and to Miller, Scherber misstepped into the southwest valley. He slipped and landed face down, with his feet directed toward the ground. He slid down the southwest valley of the roof on his stomach. One of his feet hit a toe board, spinning him over the edge of the roof. Scherber fell 28 feet to the frozen ground below. He suffered a seizure as a result of the impact, as well as multiple head and facial fractures. Scherber s injuries were severe and included a traumatic brain injury and permanent blindness. The injuries have left him 4 permanently disabled and unable to work. He suffers from dementia and resides in a foster facility that specializes in the care of people with traumatic brain injuries. After the accident, Scherber requested and received workers compensation benefits from Tradesmen. After electing to receive workers compensation benefits as compensation for his injuries, Scherber sued Nor-Son, seeking damages. Nor-Son asserted third-party claims for contribution and indemnity against SCC Carpenters, Select Carpentry & Components, and Tradesmen. Nor-Son moved for summary judgment, arguing that Scherber s claims are barred under the common-enterprise and primaryassumption-of-risk doctrines. The district court granted Nor-Son s motion for summary judgment under the common-enterprise doctrine1 and dismissed as moot Nor-Son s claims for indemnity and contribution against SCC Carpenters and Select Carpentry & Components.2 This appeal follows. DECISION A motion for summary judgment shall be granted when the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue of material fact and that either party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Fabio v. Bellomo, 504 N.W.2d 758, 761 (Minn. 1993). [T]here is no genuine issue of material fact for trial when the nonmoving 1 The district court determined that genuine issues of material fact precluded an award of summary judgment under the primary-assumption-of-risk doctrine. Nor-Son has not requested review of that determination. We therefore do not address Scherber s appellate arguments regarding primary assumption of the risk. 2 The district court dismissed Nor-Son s claims against Tradesmen based on the stipulation of those parties. 5 party presents evidence which merely creates a metaphysical doubt as to a factual issue and which is not sufficiently probative with respect to an essential element of the nonmoving party s case to permit reasonable persons to draw different conclusions. DLH, Inc. v. Russ, 566 N.W.2d 60, 71 (Minn. 1997). [T]he party resisting summary judgment must do more than rest on mere averments. Id. [Appellate courts] review a district court s summary judgment decision de novo. In doing so, we determine whether the district court properly applied the law and whether there are genuine issues of material fact that preclude summary judgment. Riverview Muir Doran, LLC v. JADT Dev. Grp., LLC, 790 N.W.2d 167, 170 (Minn. 2010) (citation omitted). On appeal, the reviewing court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the party against whom judgment was granted. Fabio, 504 N.W.2d at 761. Workers compensation laws are designed to provide a comprehensive system for compensating injured employees regardless of fault or negligence. Silva v. Maplewood Care Ctr., 582 N.W.2d 566, 568 (Minn. 1998). Under the workers compensation act, [i]f an injury or death for which benefits are payable occurs under circumstances which create a legal liability for damages on the part of a party other than the employer and at the time of the injury or death that party was insured or selfinsured in accordance with this chapter, the employee, in case of injury, or the employee s dependents, in case of death, may proceed either at law against that party to recover damages or against the employer for benefits, but not against both. Minn. Stat. § 176.061, subd. 1. This provision applies, in relevant part, only if the employer liable for benefits and the other party legally liable for damages are insured or self-insured and engaged, in the due course of business in . . . furtherance of a common 6 enterprise. Id., subd. 4. In sum, [a]n injured employee may bring suit against an employer for benefits or against a third party for damages, but not against both, if the employer and the third party are engaged in a common enterprise. Olson v. Lyrek, 582 N.W.2d 582, 584 (Minn. App. 1998), review denied (Minn. Oct. 20, 1998). The purpose of the common-enterprise doctrine is to preserve the no-fault compromise embodied in the workers compensation act while preventing double recovery by an injured person from both his employer and another third-party employer where both employers have joined their employees into a common pool. See O Malley v. Ulland Bros., 549 N.W.2d 889, 893 (Minn. 1996); Ritter v. M.A. Mortenson Co., 352 N.W.2d 110, 112-13 (Minn. App. 1984). In order for a common enterprise to exist [t]he employers must be engaged on the same project; [t]he employees must be working together (common activity); and [i]n such fashion that they are subject to the same or similar hazards. Olson, 582 N.W.2d at 584 (quotation omitted). This court determines, de novo and as a matter of law, whether a common enterprise existed in this case. See O Malley, 549 N.W.2d at 898 (stating that the question of whether a common enterprise existed is one of law, subject to de novo review ). Scherber concedes that the employers, Nor-Son and SCC, were engaged on the same project and that their employees3 were working together on a common activity. We therefore limit our analysis to the third factor: whether the employees were subject to the same or similar hazards. 3 Scherber does not dispute that, for purposes of the common-enterprise analysis, he is considered an employee of SCC. 7 The same or similar hazards requirement does not demand exposure to identical hazards, only similar hazards. Olson, 582 N.W.2d at 584. In determining whether workers are exposed to similar hazards, we make a comparison of the general risks to which workers are exposed as a result of the tasks being performed. Id. In this case, the district court concluded that every person on Scherber s crew was exposed to similar risks, including being injured by a saw or nail gun, being electrocuted by a power tool, or falling off of the roof. Scherber argues that the common-enterprise doctrine does not apply because he was the only person exposed to the danger of falling off of the roof in the unprotected southwest valley area. He contends that he had the greatest exposure to the risk of falling in the unprotected area because his specific task required him to repeatedly enter the area where the edge of the western slope met the unprotected southwest valley. Scherber s argument is unavailing for the following reasons. First, this is not a case in which the crew members were exposed to different risks because they engaged in different activities, used different equipment, or worked in different physical locations. See Schleicher v. Lunda Constr. Co., 406 N.W.2d 311, 313-14 (Minn. 1987) (holding that concrete truck drivers and conveyor system operators, while advancing the same goal, were exposed to different hazards and engaged in different activities); Olson, 582 N.W.2d at 584 (holding that an individual laying pipe in a trench and an individual digging dirt out of the trench were not exposed to the same or similar hazards because they were performing separate tasks[,] . . . did not use the same equipment, nor did they work in the same physical areas ); Sorenson v. Visser, 558 N.W.2d 773, 776 (Minn. App. 8 1997) (holding that an electrician and a trench digger were not exposed to the same or similar hazards because the trench digger was not subject to the hazards of physically being in the trench, such as trench cave-ins). Instead, all of the crew members worked on or directly under the roof and were exposed to the risk of falling, and it is undisputed that the four crew members alternated tasks during the construction of the roof. Second, Scherber s argument mischaracterizes the third prong of the commonenterprise test. The question is not whether the hazards are identical, but rather, whether the hazards are the same or similar. O Malley, 549 N.W.2d at 896. Moreover, the undisputed facts belie Scherber s assertion that because he was the only one required to work at the edge of the roof (intersection of western slope with [southwest] valley) where fall protection ended, and the only one who worked along the peak of the roof when there was no fall protection on the other side of the roof s slope, . . . he was exposed to greater danger and different risks [than the other employees]. It is undisputed that Nor-Son employee Klancher and SCC employee Smith constructed the very area where Scherber was working when he fell. Klancher delivered plywood to Smith, who nailed it into place both at the western slope s peak and the edge where it joined the southwest valley. Because Klancher and Smith worked in the same area as Scherber on the morning of the accident, they were subject to similar risks. We also observe that Scherber, Klancher, Smith, and Miller were all exposed to the same weather hazards, the same risk of being injured by tools, the same risk of falling while getting on and off of the roof, and the same risk of slipping and falling on, and possibly off of, the roof. Scherber dismisses the shared risks that did not cause his 9 injuries. But Minnesota law holds that the proper focus of the similar-hazards inquiry is on the general risks to which workers are exposed. See Olson, 582 N.W.2d at 584 (refusing to focus on the actual cause of the injury rather than the tasks being performed or the general risks involved ); Higgins v. Nw. Bell Tel. Co., 400 N.W.2d 192, 195 (Minn. App. 1987) (citing shared hazards other than the risk of slips and falls to support a determination that the similar-hazards factor was satisfied, even though the plaintiff sustained a slip-and-fall injury), review denied (Minn. Mar. 25, 1987). Many of Scherber s appellate arguments are unrelated to the common-enterprise determination. Scherber argues that the district court erred in granting summary judgment in this case because . . . Nor-Son substantially caused [Scherber s] injuries when it failed to install adequate fall protection around the entire roof perimeter in violation of Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. He further contends that [t]he lack of fall protection for the [southwest] valley was a direct (substantial) cause of [Scherber s] fall to the ground and he sustained life-changing injuries as a result of the fall. [Scherber], therefore, presented a prima facie case of negligence and that [t]aking the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, it is impossible to find under these circumstances that Nor-Son did not breach its duty to [Scherber] and that such breach did not substantially cause [Scherber s] injuries. According to Scherber, [t]his is a case about a specific breach of duty by Nor-Son in failing to follow OSHA regulations that, if followed, would have prevented [Scherber s] fall to the ground. These arguments are not relevant to our review of the summaryjudgment dismissal, which was based solely on the common-enterprise doctrine. 10 Scherber also argues that the district court failed to review the evidence in the light most favorable to [him], making improper factual determinations of disputed material fact in the complete absence of a recital to any of [his] exhibits. He contends that [i]t is startling to see that the [district] court . . . made no references to the 59 Exhibits introduced . . . in response to [Nor-Son s] summary judgment motion. But because our review is de novo, these arguments do not impact our analysis or decision on appeal. See Black s Law Dictionary 112 (9th ed. 2009) (stating that an appeal de novo is one in which the appellate court uses the trial court s record but reviews the evidence and law without deference to the trial court s rulings ). We nonetheless observe that the evidence that Scherber emphasizes does not raise a genuine issue of material fact regarding the existence of a common enterprise. A material fact is one which will affect the result or the outcome of the case depending on its resolution. Musicland Grp., Inc., v. Ceridian Corp., 508 N.W.2d 524, 531 (Minn. App. 1993), review denied (Minn. Jan. 27, 1994). Because the district court s summaryjudgment dismissal is based on the common-enterprise doctrine, the only material facts are those that bear on the three components of the common-enterprise test. Thus, facts regarding Nor-Son s alleged breach of a duty of care are not material to a judicial determination regarding the existence of a common enterprise; Nor-Son s fault is simply not a relevant consideration in a common-enterprise analysis under Minnesota law. Although Scherber s accident was tragic and his injuries are devastating, this court is bound to follow the law in determining whether Scherber s claims are barred under Minn. Stat. § 176.061, subds. 1, 4. In doing so, this court may not favor Scherber s 11 interests over those of Nor-Son. Although the supreme court previously held that the plaintiff should have the benefit of the rule of construction that the Workmen s Compensation Act must always be construed most liberally in favor of the injured workman, McCourtie v. U.S. Steel Corp., 253 Minn. 501, 510-11, 93 N.W.2d 552, 559 (1958), the supreme court later recognized that the legislature altered this rule of construction in 1983, when the legislature amended chapter 176, and specifically stated that: questions of law arising under chapter 176 shall be determined on an even-handed basis in accordance with the principles laid down in section 176.001. O Malley, 549 N.W.2d at 893 (quoting Minn. Stat. § 176.021, subd. 1a (1994)). The current version of section 176.021 similarly states that [a]ll disputed issues of fact arising under this chapter shall be determined . . . in accordance with the principles laid down in section 176.001. Minn. Stat. § 176.021, subd. 1a (2010). Section 176.001 declares that: It is the specific intent of the legislature that workers compensation cases shall be decided on their merits and that the common law rule of liberal construction based on the supposed remedial basis of workers compensation legislation shall not apply in such cases. The workers compensation system in Minnesota is based on a mutual renunciation of common law rights and defenses by employers and employees alike. Employees rights to sue for damages over and above medical and health care benefits and wage loss benefits are to a certain degree limited by the provisions of this chapter, and employers rights to raise common law defenses such as lack of negligence, contributory negligence on the part of the employee, and others, are curtailed as well. Accordingly, the legislature hereby declares that the workers compensation laws are not remedial in any sense and are not to be given a broad liberal construction in favor of the claimant or employee on the one 12 hand, nor are the rights and interests of the employer to be favored over those of the employee on the other hand. Minn. Stat. § 176.001 (2010). The supreme court has recognized the legislature s declared intent and held that the even-handed standard is the correct standard to apply in determining questions of law under the Act. . . . [T]hat is to say, that the Act shall be construed in a nondiscriminatory fashion. O Malley, 549 N.W.2d at 894. Based on an even-handed application of the law and the undisputed, relevant portions of the record, this court concludes that SCC and Nor-Son were engaged in a common enterprise. And because Scherber elected to receive workers compensation benefits from his employer, he may not pursue damages against Nor-Son. The district court therefore properly dismissed Scherber s complaint against Nor-Son. Affirmed. 13


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A prominent researcher in Scotland has been suspended amidst a misconduct investigation at the University of Dundee.
According to The Scotsman, the allegations against Robert Ryan center around falsifying data and duplicating figures in his work about molecular bacteriology.
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The award-winning Wellcome Trust senior research fellow is at the forefront of global research which could lead to new treatments for cystic fibrosis and has received extensive public funding.
But it is alleged he used identical images across multiple papers, claiming they were different strains. In some cases, it is alleged the evidence was flipped or rotated, which could indicate an "intent to deceive", according to one source.
The extent of the alleged misconduct is unclear, but the source indicated it is alleged to have spanned "a number of years" and involved numerous prestigious journals.
Six of Ryan's papers have been cited at least 100 times, according to Thomson Reuters Web of Science.
A few of Ryan's papers have been flagged on PubPeer; we've tracked down two corrections: One for a 2013 EMBO Journal paper, "A cyclic GMP-dependent signalling pathway regulates bacterial phytopathogenesis," cited 18 times. The correction notice was issued a few months after publication:
Since the publication of this article, the authors have noticed several errors that in any case do not affect the original conclusions presented. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.
The gel presented in panel A of Figure 2 suggests a slightly incorrect size for the purified CYC domain of XC_250. Panel E in the same figure incorrectly describes D28 as D41 (see below). The correct figure and legend are shown below. Source data for this figure is now available on the online supplementary information page.
The predicted critical amino acid sites of XC_0250 were reported incorrectly in the section 'The cyclase domain of XC_0250 is active in cyclic GMP synthesis', with D28 described as D41. The text should have read:
'The two critical metal‐ion binding aspartates are conserved (D28 and D71) as well as an alanine (A150) residue that occupies a substrate‐specifying position. However, the transition state‐stabilizing asparagine and arginine residues are substituted by leucine (L157) and alanine (A161). The importance of both conserved and altered residues (D28, D41, D71, L73, A150, L157, A161) for the enzymatic activity of this domain was examined by assessing the effects of alanine or serine substitutions'.
And at a later point in the same section: 'Several of these residues (D28, D71, A150, L157) are conserved in the R. centenum guanylyl cyclase (Supplementary Fig S1).'…Consistent with this, the alignment in Supplementary Fig S1 panel A incorrectly shows the position of D28. The correct figure and legend are available above.
And here's the correction notice for "HD-GYP domain proteins regulate biofilm formation and virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa," published in Environmental Microbiology in 2008 and cited 50 times. The correction notice was issued earlier this year, and cites a duplicated image:
…there was an image duplication within Figure 4C where the same image was mistakenly used to represent two different complemented bacterial strains. A corrected version of Figure 4 is given here. None of the conclusions of the paper are altered. We apologise to the readership of the Journal for this error and for any inconvenience caused.
Other papers by Ryan — such as "Cyclic di-GMP signalling in the virulence and environmental adaptation of Xanthomonas campestris" published in Molecular Microbiology in 2006 and cited 91 times — have also been questioned on PubPeer. Commenters have raised allegations about other papers, such as a 2012 PLOS ONE paper, and a 2010 paper in PNAS.
In 2013, Ryan was awarded the prestigious Society for General Microbiology's Fleming Prize; the next year, he earned the Lister Prize fellowship, totaling 200,000 pounds over five years. Also in 2014, he received the RSE Patrick Neill Medal. Last year, he was selected to be an EMBO Young Investigator.
According to The Scotsman, Ryan has received more than $1 million in grant funding to support his research. The outlet reports that his lab has been disbanded, "with PhD students and staff scientists reallocated elsewhere."
The Scotsman included a statement from the University of Dundee:
In a statement, the University of Dundee said: "There is an ongoing investigation into an allegation of research misconduct. In order not to prejudice in any way the outcome of that investigation, we are unable to comment further on it at this time.
"The university has clear policies relating to research misconduct, and any such allegations are thoroughly investigated."
It added that a member of staff has been suspended pending the investigation being completed.
Professor Barry Plant, the co-ordinator of CFMATTERS, an EU-funded cystic fibrosis research consortium, provided a more specific quote to The Scotsman:
I can confirm that CFMATTERS is aware of his suspension. Any potential decisions regarding the project and Dr Ryan will be made in close collaboration with the EU Commission funders once the Dundee investigation is completed.
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It's gutting that probably 95% of British biomedical researchers are no longer eligible for Wellcome funding, since they went all 'Howard Hughes' on us; it's even more gutting if they're giving considerable amounts of money to researchers who subsequently do things like this with the funding.
"It's gutting that probably 95% of British biomedical researchers are no longer eligible for Wellcome funding, since they went all 'Howard Hughes' on us".
Please explain what you mean by "gutting". Also, 'Howard Hughes'. These terms are not obvious.
gutting = upsetting (to put it mildly).
I don't have their figures to hand but from memory of a presentation I saw last year, Wellcome give out about 0,5bn a year in funding of which ~85% is spent on UK research. I find it hard to believe that 5% of life science UK researchers are sharing upwards of 400million between themselves with with the other 95% looking on hungrily. Wellcome are quite strategic in their funding, but I think even they would argue only giving money to 5% of researchers would be poor value for money.
I also don't know what you mean by "going Howard Hughes".
They changed their funding structure; the vast majority of UK academics are no longer realistically eligible (they make personal awards (fellowships) and no longer fund project grants i.e. no RO1 equivalents, for those of you in the US). So, very similar to how HHMI fellows are funded.
And whilst they fund a huge amount of science, the figures you quote fund research centres in no small part, so these funds are concentrated around very few epicentres.
I hope this makes things a little clearer – apologies for being too colloquial:)
The Welcome trust says
"Investigator awards offer flexible awards typically up to £3m total for any duration of up to a maximum of seven years. Awards cover the direct costs of the research proposed, but the applicant's salary must be provided by the host institution. The Wellcome Trust has now combined the senior and new investigator schemes into this one funding stream. To be eligible, applicants should be employed in an established academic post: a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract, salaried by your host institution. You are also eligible if you have a written guarantee of an established academic post at your host institution, which you will take up by the start of the award."
And I too am curious how the above is "Howard hughes."
Just a note – Dr Ryan appears to have been completely scrubbed from the Dundee website, as though he doesn't exist at all. Someone should follow up on this.
Many of the work particularly with cyclic DiGMP associated phenotypes and quorum sensing are not repeatable even in their model organism Xanthomonas campestris by Ryan and Max Dow his mentor. Surprisingly the Axa21 story which Dr. Ronald lab retracted due to strain problem was repeated by Dr Ryan and his mentor Max Dow and their collaborators in animal pathogenic bacteria and they repeated the same story. I think that their work need to be repeated as many of their findings have different reports from other groups with not so high profile as Dr Ryan and his mentor and long time collaborator Max Dow published work.
Thank you for your comments on Dr Ryan and Dow's work. I have worked with both on and off for several years. I would very much like to know what phenotypes you are referring to in your post. I can assure you that the phenotypes associated with DSF and the Rpf cell-cell signaling system are solid and reproducible. They have been reported by numerous groups and strains confirmed and used by other groups. With regards the phenotypes observed in cyclic-di-GMP knockouts strains in Xanthomonas I again can assure you these been seen by a number of labs and the strains confirmed. In particular, phenotypes associated with HD-GYP and PilZ domain knockouts have been seen in most Xanthomonads with various degrees of potency. Importantly, the phenotypes are generally associated with virulence in plants and not seen in vitro making them difficult to detect.
Finally, the major reason for the retraction of these papers from the Ronald laboratory were the absence of a specific effect of Ax21 on plant defence induction in rice lines carrying the Xa21 gene. In addition, it was shown that Ax21 secretion involved type II secretion and not the type I system encoded by rax genes, as initially thought. This was reported in a correction to one of these papers (the peerJ paper). It was not questioned whether the extracellular perception of Ax21 (or derived peptides) had a role in alteration of gene expression in Xanthomonas, as distinct from plants. In the experiments on Stenotrophomonas by the Ryan and Dow, there were no experiments on effects of peptides/proteins on plants and the mutation of a homolog of a gene encoding the type I secretion protein had only a slight effect on the Ax21 level. Importantly, these effects were measured indirectly as the effects of supernatants on the ax21 mutant in S. maltophilia. This point was raised in the peerJ paper, although without mentioning that the mutation still had significant signaling activity in the supernatant. Thus the conclusions seem to remain valid. This was discussed in detail at the last XGC meeting two years ago. I do think that if there are errors in the Stenotrophomonas article it will retracted.
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The Oswego State men's soccer team ended its season with a hard-fought loss to SUNY Cortland Saturday, falling 3-2 in overtime.
In a game that had no effect on the Lakers' place in the standings, pride was more of a factor on Senior Day. Celebrating the six seniors on the squad, the team came out firing and took a quick 2-0 lead halfway through the first 45 minutes.
Senior captain Bryan Pacchiana started the scoring early, recording his second goal of the season on 4:10 into the game. The play was set up by fellow senior midfielder German Collazo, who started despite battling a season-long injury. A free kick taken by Collazo started a scramble in the Cortland end, which led to Pacchiana's goal.
Later in the half, sophomore forward Mike Naab set up sophomore midfielder Brendan Beisner for the second Laker goal of the game, giving them a solid cushion one quarter of the way into the game, and firing up the crowd of over one hundred.
Just under six minutes later the mood of the game changed drastically, as Cortland struck back with its first goal. At that point the game became much more physical, and the fouls more blatant. Cortland midfielder Steffen Jude earned a yellow card for a hard tackle, which opened the floodgates for the Lakers most-carded home game of the season.
Senior defenseman Lucas Pettit was given a yellow card in both halves, resulting in a red card and ejection from the game. Starting goalkeeper and senior Pat Breen was forced to charge out of the net on a breakaway, and subsequently took the forward for Cortland off of his feet. The referee went straight to a red card, which required junior goalkeeper P.J. Goodwin to replace him in net.
Cortland tied the game on the penalty kick given for Breen's foul, which led to a halftime score of 2-2. In the second half the Lakers went down two men on Pettit's second yellow, and played the last 30 minutes of regulation and all of the overtime period with eight fielders to Cortland's 10.
"We can't play down and injured…we got to be better," head coach Bob Friske said of the team's discipline.
Goodwin, after giving up the goal on the penalty kick, anchored the defensive stand throughout the second half, making seven of his eight saves in the half. A direct kick given to Cortland just outside of the box resulted in the first big save that Goodwin had to make, forcing the rocket of a shot up and over the crossbar.
Ten minutes later, Goodwin made the biggest stop of the day, diving to his left and stopping the second penalty kick by Cortland. After the game, Friske reiterated a point he has made all season.
"P.J.'s a great goalie, and he's gonna be a good leader next year," he said.
Despite a quad injury that has been nagging him all season Goodwin turned in one of his best halves. Turning away shot after shot, Goodwin frustrated a Cortland squad that expected a much easier battle in the second half. The end of regulation resulted in the peak of frustration for Cortland, who had to regroup during the break.
The strain of playing down two men was too much for the Lakers to handle in overtime. With 2:27 remaining in the overtime period, Cortland forward Chris McBride put a rebound into the back of the net, giving the Red Dragons the golden-goal victory. Prior to the goal, Goodwin made his last save of the season, a phenomenal diving save to his left once again.
Reflecting on the season, Friske focused on the team as a whole and looked forward to next season.
"I want to win this for the guys who didn't make the playoffs," he said. "These seniors made it two of their four years. This is a great team, and we'll miss the seniors."
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December is the time of the annual Ceremony at which each twelve-year-old receives a life assignment determined by the Elders. Jonas watches his friend Fiona named Caretaker of the Old and his cheerful pal Asher labeled the Assistant Director of Recreation. But Jonas has been chosen for something special. When his selection leads him to an unnamed man, the man called only the Giver, he begins to sense the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his world.Told with deceptive simplicity, this is the provocative story of a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes something impossible. In the telling it questions every value we have taken for granted and reexamines our most deeply held beliefs.
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I would recommend they read the actual book and skip the audio version. The story is okay, but the quality of the audiobook is not.
Rosemary. She was very brave and noble and I like the mystery behind her past.
Many of the sentences trailed off rather than ending strong and clear. He also made noises with his mouth. I assume this happens often with actors, but that stuff is usually edited out.
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