83_FR_8128 83 FR 8091 - Findings of Research Misconduct

83 FR 8091 - Findings of Research Misconduct

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 37 (February 23, 2018)

Page Range8091-8093
FR Document2018-03766

Findings of research misconduct have been made on the part of Colleen T. Skau, Ph.D., former postdoctoral fellow in the Cell Biology and Physiology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Skau engaged in research misconduct in research supported by NHLBI, NIH. The administrative actions, including three (3) years of supervision, were implemented beginning on January 25, 2018, and are detailed below.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Findings of Research Misconduct

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Findings of research misconduct have been made on the part of 
Colleen T. Skau, Ph.D., former postdoctoral fellow in the Cell Biology 
and Physiology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Skau engaged in 
research misconduct in research supported by NHLBI, NIH. The 
administrative actions, including three (3) years of supervision, were 
implemented beginning on January 25, 2018, and are detailed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Wanda K. Jones, Ph.D., Interim 
Director, Office of Research Integrity, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 
750, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453-8200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Colleen T. Skau, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health: Based on 
Respondent's admission, an assessment conducted by NIH, and analysis 
conducted by ORI in its oversight review, ORI found that Dr. Colleen T. 
Skau, former postdoctoral fellow in the Cell Biology and Physiology 
Center, NHLBI, NIH, engaged in research misconduct in research 
supported by NHLBI, NIH.
    ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by 
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly reporting falsified and/or 
fabricated data and/or falsifying and/or fabricating data in the 
following two (2) papers:

 Cell 167(6):1571-1585, 2016 (hereafter referred to as ``Paper 
1'')
 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(19):E2447-
E2456, 2015 (hereafter referred to as ``Paper 2'')

    ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by 
intentional, knowing, or reckless falsification and/or fabrication of 
the research record by selectively reporting by inappropriate 
inclusion/omission or alteration of data points in ten (10) figures and 
falsely reporting the statistical significance based on falsified data 
in ten (10) figures across the two (2) papers and supplementary 
material. Specifically, ORI found that:

     In Paper 1, Respondent falsified and/or fabricated the 
research record in:

--Figure 3B, by selectively omitting/including data points in the 
Rescue condition
--Figure 5B, by reporting a significant difference between conditions 
by performing statistical calculations based on fabricated primary data
--Figure 5C (bottom), by selectively omitting images and conditions 
from the analysis
--Figure 6I (bottom left), by reporting data from the same data set as 
Figure 6B (top)
--Figure S5B, by reporting statistical significance despite performing 
a T test calculation that returned an insignificant p-value
--Figure 7F, by reporting that error bars represented standard 
deviation, when they actually represented standard error of the mean 
(SEM.)
--Figure S4D, by performing different normalizing calculations in the 
Rescue condition than performed in other conditions and by omitting 
three data points from the Rescue conditions calculated average

     In Paper 2, Respondent falsified and/or fabricated the 
research record in:


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--Figure 1E, by selectively omitting data points from the analysis
--Figure 2A, by selectively omitting data points from the analysis
--Figure 2C (left and right), by changing selected raw measurements by 
multiplying with a fixed value to make the data consistent with data 
collected in other experiments
--Figure 5B, by selectively including and omitting data points from the 
analysis
--Figure 5C, by selectively including and omitting data points from the 
analysis
--Figure 7A (right), by reporting that error bars represented standard 
deviation, when they actually represented standard error of the mean 
(SEM.)

    ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by 
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly falsely claiming in the methods 
and results to have performed validation of deletion/re-expression of 
FMNR2 levels in genetically modified B16 cell lines when that genetic 
modification was not validated for data reported in Figures 7 and 7S of 
Paper 1.
    ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by 
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly falsely reporting a larger 
number of data points than actually were collected in fourteen (14) 
figures across the two (2) papers and supplementary materials. 
Specifically:

     In Paper 1, Respondent falsified and/or fabricated the 
reported data in:

--Figure 2B (top), by reporting ten (10) cells per condition when nine 
(9) Knock Down (KD) and eight (8) Rescue were included in the analysis
--Figure 2B (middle), by reporting ten (10) cells per condition when 
eight (8) Rescue were included in the analysis
--Figure 3B (top), by reporting twenty-five (25) cells per condition 
when nineteen (19) Control, nineteen (19) KD, and fourteen (14) Rescue 
were included in the analysis
--Figure 3B (bottom), by reporting twenty-five (25) cells per condition 
when twenty-four (24) Control and twenty-three (23) Rescue were 
included in the analysis
--Figure 5A, by reporting to have examined fifty (50) cells per 
condition, when only twenty-three (23), twenty-three (23), and twelve 
(12) for the 2mg/mL conditions (Control, KD, and Rescue, respectively) 
and twenty-five (25), twenty (20), and nine (9) for the 3mg/mL 
conditions (Control, KD, and Rescue, respectively) were recorded
--Figure 6D, by reporting ten (10) cells per condition when only eight 
(8) Control were recorded
--Figure 7D, by reporting four (4) mice for each of two (2) independent 
clones (8 total) for each condition when only four (4) Vector+GFP, four 
(4) WT, and two (2) B16 conditions were examined
--Figure S2E (top), by reporting to have measured two hundred fifty 
(250) Focal Adhesions per condition, when only fifty-six (56) 
measurements were recorded for the Leading Edge Adhesions (LEA) 
analysis
--Figure S2E (3rd row left and 4th row left), by reporting twenty-five 
(25) cells per condition when only ten (10) cells were recorded
--Figure S4C, by reporting ten (10) cells per condition when only five 
(5) cells were recorded
--Figure S5B, by reporting ten (10) cells per condition when only seven 
(7) and six (6) cells were recorded for Control and KD respectively
--Figure S6E, by reporting twenty-five (25) cells per condition when 
only twenty-four (24), eighteen (18), and sixteen (16) cells were 
recorded for Control (48hr), KD (24hr), and KD (48hr) respectively

     In Paper 2, Respondent falsified and/or fabricated the 
reported data in:

--Figure 1E (top), by reporting six (6) cells per condition when only 
three (3) were recorded in Tropomyosin (Tpm) analysis
--Figure 2C (middle and right), by reporting twenty (20) cells per 
condition when only sixteen (16), sixteen (16), and five (5) cells were 
recorded for Control, KD, and Rescue respectively
--Figure 3A (right), by reporting the data from one of four analyses in 
the KD condition as the average of five
--Figure 3C (right), by reporting examination of ten (10) stress fibers 
per condition when only three (3), four (4), and seven (7) cells were 
recorded for Control, KD, and Rescue respectively
--Figure 5B, overstating the number of adhesions examined
--Figure 5C, overstating the number of cells examined in all conditions
--Figure 7D (right), by reporting examination of ten (10) cells per 
condition when only five (5), four (4), and five (5) cells were 
recorded for Control, KD, and Rescue respectively

    ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by 
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly fabricating results and/or 
falsely labelling experimental results that arose from alternate 
experimental conditions/experiments in seven (7) figures across the two 
(2) papers and supplementary materials. Specifically:

     In Paper 1, Respondent falsified and/or fabricated the 
record in:
--Figure 5B (top right), by reporting results of 8 and 12 um pore 
migration, which did not originate from experimental observations
--Figure 5B (bottom left), by reporting results for the Rescue 
condition, which did not originate from experimental observations
--Figure 5B (left), by using selected regions from the same original 
image to represent both the control (top) and rescue conditions 
(bottom)
--Figure 5C (bottom), by reporting data derived from 2.5um channels as 
originating from 3.5um channels
--Figure 6B (top), by reporting results for the ``Glass'' condition 
(all treatments) and rescue treatment (both conditions) that did not 
originate from experimental observations
--Figure 6B (bottom), by reporting results for the 8um pore condition 
that did not originate from experimental observations
--Figure 6E, by reporting results for the ATRi and ATMi treatments 
(Control and KD conditions) and DMSO control (Rescue condition) that 
did not originate from experimental observations and reporting results 
as originating from DMSO (Control and KD conditions) controls that had 
originated from a different treatment
--Figure 6G, by reporting results for the ``No Drug'' conditions that 
did not originate from experimental observations
--Figure 6I, by reporting results in all conditions that originated in 
part from the same experimental dataset reported in Figure 6B (top)
--Figure S4D, by reporting results that did not originate from 
experimental observations for the KD condition
--Figure S6C (right), by shifting selected data points in the KD 
condition from their original time points to different time points
--Figure S7A, by using bands to represent FMN2 expression in six 
separate conditions, which originated from different molecular weight 
regions in three lanes on the original Western blot, and by 
representing absence of FMN2 expression in two conditions (CRISPR1 and 
CRISPR2) by reporting absence of bands in lanes in which no protein had 
been loaded
--Figure S7F (rightmost), by selecting single data points from 
different treatments and reporting them as means and standard 
deviations for all of the treatments


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     In Paper 2, Respondent falsified and/or fabricated the 
record in:

--Figure 2A (top), by reporting results for the Rescue condition that 
did not originate from experimental observations
--Figure 3C (right), by reporting results for the Rescue condition that 
did not originate from experimental observations

    Dr. Skau entered into a Voluntary Settlement Agreement and 
voluntarily agreed, beginning on January 25, 2018:
    (1) To have her research supervised for a period of three (3) 
years; Respondent agreed to ensure that prior to the submission of an 
application for PHS support for a research project on which 
Respondent's participation is proposed and prior to Respondent's 
participation in any capacity on PHS-supported research, the 
institution employing her must submit a plan for supervision of 
Respondent's duties to ORI for approval; the plan for supervision must 
be designed to ensure the scientific integrity of Respondent's research 
contribution; Respondent agreed that she will not participate in any 
PHS-supported research until a plan for supervision is submitted and 
approved by ORI; Respondent agreed to maintain responsibility for 
compliance with the agreed upon plan for supervision.
    (2) that for a period of three (3) years, any institution employing 
her must submit in conjunction with each application for PHS funds, or 
report, manuscript, or abstract involving PHS supported research in 
which Respondent is involved, a certification to ORI that the data 
provided by Respondent are based on actual experiments or are otherwise 
legitimately derived and that the data, procedures, and methodology are 
accurately reported in the application, report, manuscript, or 
abstract;
    (3) if no supervisory plan is provided to ORI, to provide 
certification to ORI on annual basis that she has not engaged in, 
applied for, or had her name included on any application, proposal, or 
other request for PHS funds without prior notification to ORI;
    (4) to exclude herself voluntarily from serving in any advisory 
capacity to PHS including, but not limited to, service on any PHS 
advisory committee, board, and/or peer review committee, or as a 
consultant for a period of three (3) years; and
    (5) to the correction or retraction of:

 Cell 167(6):1571-1585, 2016
 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(19):E2447-
E2456, 2015

Wanda K. Jones,
Interim Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. 2018-03766 Filed 2-22-18; 8:45 am]
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                                               Human Research Protections (SACHRP)                     Tuesday, March 13, meeting will                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               will hold a meeting that will be open to                adjourn at approximately 5:00 p.m.                       Colleen T. Skau, Ph.D., National
                                               the public. Information about SACHRP                       The Wednesday, March 14, meeting                   Institutes of Health: Based on
                                               and the full meeting agenda will be                     will begin at 8:30 a.m. The SOH will                  Respondent’s admission, an assessment
                                               posted on the SACHRP website at:                        present and discuss recommendations                   conducted by NIH, and analysis
                                               http://www.dhhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-                        on the European Union’s General Data                  conducted by ORI in its oversight
                                               committee/meetings/index.html.                          Protection Regulation and its impact on               review, ORI found that Dr. Colleen T.
                                               DATES: The meeting will be held on                      U.S. human subjects research.                         Skau, former postdoctoral fellow in the
                                               Tuesday, March 13, 2018, from 8:30                      Modifications to the previous day’s                   Cell Biology and Physiology Center,
                                               a.m. until 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday,                    work will be discussed and finalized.                 NHLBI, NIH, engaged in research
                                               March 14, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until                    The meeting will adjourn at                           misconduct in research supported by
                                               4:00 p.m.                                               approximately 4:00 p.m.                               NHLBI, NIH.
                                               ADDRESSES: Fishers Lane Conference
                                                                                                          Time for public comment sessions                      ORI found that Respondent engaged
                                               Center, Terrace Level, 5635 Fishers                     will be allotted both days. On-site                   in research misconduct by intentionally,
                                               Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                        registration is required for participation            knowingly, or recklessly reporting
                                                                                                       in the live public comment session.                   falsified and/or fabricated data and/or
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
                                                                                                       Note that public comment must be                      falsifying and/or fabricating data in the
                                               Gorey, J.D., Executive Director,
                                                                                                       relevant to issues currently being                    following two (2) papers:
                                               SACHRP; U.S. Department of Health
                                                                                                       addressed by the SACHRP. Individuals                  • Cell 167(6):1571–1585, 2016
                                               and Human Services, 1101 Wootton
                                                                                                       submitting written statements as public                  (hereafter referred to as ‘‘Paper 1’’)
                                               Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville,
                                                                                                       comment should email or fax their                     • Proceedings of the National Academy
                                               Maryland 20852; telephone: 240–453–
                                                                                                       comments to SACHRP at SACHRP@                            of Sciences 112(19):E2447–E2456,
                                               8141; fax: 240–453–6909; email address:
                                                                                                       hhs.gov at least five business days prior                2015 (hereafter referred to as ‘‘Paper
                                               SACHRP@hhs.gov.
                                                                                                       to the meeting.                                          2’’)
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the                       Public attendance at the meeting is
                                               authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222                limited to space available. Individuals                  ORI found that Respondent engaged
                                               of the Public Health Service Act, as                    who plan to attend and need special                   in research misconduct by intentional,
                                               amended, SACHRP was established to                      assistance, such as sign language                     knowing, or reckless falsification and/or
                                               provide expert advice and                               interpretation or other reasonable                    fabrication of the research record by
                                               recommendations to the Secretary of                     accommodations, should notify the                     selectively reporting by inappropriate
                                               Health and Human Services (HHS),                        designated SACHRP point of contact at                 inclusion/omission or alteration of data
                                               through the Assistant Secretary for                     the address/phone number listed above                 points in ten (10) figures and falsely
                                               Health, on issues and topics pertaining                 at least one week prior to the meeting.               reporting the statistical significance
                                               to or associated with the protection of                                                                       based on falsified data in ten (10) figures
                                                                                                         Dated: February 16, 2018.
                                               human research subjects.                                                                                      across the two (2) papers and
                                                  The Subpart A Subcommittee (SAS)                     Julia G. Gorey,                                       supplementary material. Specifically,
                                               was established by SACHRP in October                    Executive Director, Secretary’s Advisory              ORI found that:
                                               2006 and is charged with developing                     Committee on Human Research Protections.
                                                                                                                                                                • In Paper 1, Respondent falsified
                                               recommendations for consideration by                    [FR Doc. 2018–03768 Filed 2–22–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                             and/or fabricated the research record in:
                                               SACHRP regarding the application of                     BILLING CODE 4150–36–P
                                                                                                                                                             —Figure 3B, by selectively omitting/
                                               subpart A of 45 CFR part 46 in the
                                                                                                                                                                including data points in the Rescue
                                               current research environment.
                                                  The Subcommittee on Harmonization                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                 condition
                                               (SOH) was established by SACHRP at its                  HUMAN SERVICES                                        —Figure 5B, by reporting a significant
                                               July 2009 meeting and charged with                                                                               difference between conditions by
                                               identifying and prioritizing areas in                   Office of the Secretary                                  performing statistical calculations
                                               which regulations and/or guidelines for                                                                          based on fabricated primary data
                                                                                                       Findings of Research Misconduct                       —Figure 5C (bottom), by selectively
                                               human subjects research adopted by
                                               various agencies or offices within HHS                  AGENCY:   Office of the Secretary, HHS.                  omitting images and conditions from
                                               would benefit from harmonization,                                                                                the analysis
                                                                                                       ACTION:   Notice.
                                               consistency, clarity, simplification and/                                                                     —Figure 6I (bottom left), by reporting
                                               or coordination.                                        SUMMARY:   Findings of research                          data from the same data set as Figure
                                                  The SACHRP meeting will open to the                  misconduct have been made on the part                    6B (top)
                                               public at 8:30 a.m., on Tuesday, March                  of Colleen T. Skau, Ph.D., former                     —Figure S5B, by reporting statistical
                                               13, 2018, followed by opening remarks                   postdoctoral fellow in the Cell Biology                  significance despite performing a T
                                               from Dr. Jerry Menikoff, Director of the                and Physiology Center, National Heart,                   test calculation that returned an
                                               Office for Human Research Protections                   Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI),                       insignificant p-value
                                               and Dr. Stephen Rosenfeld, SACHRP                       National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr.              —Figure 7F, by reporting that error bars
                                               Chair.                                                  Skau engaged in research misconduct in                   represented standard deviation, when
                                                  The SAS and SOH subcommittees                        research supported by NHLBI, NIH. The                    they actually represented standard
                                               will present their recommendations                      administrative actions, including three                  error of the mean (SEM.)
                                               regarding the description of ‘‘key                      (3) years of supervision, were                        —Figure S4D, by performing different
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                                               information,’’ as required by the revised               implemented beginning on January 25,                     normalizing calculations in the
                                               Common Rule’s § 46.116(a)(5)(i). This                   2018, and are detailed below.                            Rescue condition than performed in
                                               will be followed by a discussion of SOH                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                         other conditions and by omitting
                                               recommendations on the research use of                  Wanda K. Jones, Ph.D., Interim Director,                 three data points from the Rescue
                                               repositories and registries under various               Office of Research Integrity, 1101                       conditions calculated average
                                               consent models, under both the current                  Wootton Parkway, Suite 750, Rockville,                   • In Paper 2, Respondent falsified
                                               and the revised Common Rule. The                        MD 20852, (240) 453–8200.                             and/or fabricated the research record in:


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                                               —Figure 1E, by selectively omitting data                —Figure 6D, by reporting ten (10) cells               experiments in seven (7) figures across
                                                 points from the analysis                                 per condition when only eight (8)                  the two (2) papers and supplementary
                                               —Figure 2A, by selectively omitting                        Control were recorded                              materials. Specifically:
                                                 data points from the analysis                         —Figure 7D, by reporting four (4) mice                  • In Paper 1, Respondent falsified
                                               —Figure 2C (left and right), by changing                   for each of two (2) independent clones             and/or fabricated the record in:
                                                 selected raw measurements by                             (8 total) for each condition when only             —Figure 5B (top right), by reporting
                                                 multiplying with a fixed value to                        four (4) Vector+GFP, four (4) WT, and                results of 8 and 12 um pore migration,
                                                 make the data consistent with data                       two (2) B16 conditions were                          which did not originate from
                                                 collected in other experiments                           examined                                             experimental observations
                                               —Figure 5B, by selectively including                    —Figure S2E (top), by reporting to have               —Figure 5B (bottom left), by reporting
                                                 and omitting data points from the                        measured two hundred fifty (250)                     results for the Rescue condition,
                                                 analysis                                                 Focal Adhesions per condition, when                  which did not originate from
                                               —Figure 5C, by selectively including                       only fifty-six (56) measurements were                experimental observations
                                                 and omitting data points from the                        recorded for the Leading Edge                      —Figure 5B (left), by using selected
                                                 analysis                                                 Adhesions (LEA) analysis                             regions from the same original image
                                               —Figure 7A (right), by reporting that                   —Figure S2E (3rd row left and 4th row                   to represent both the control (top) and
                                                 error bars represented standard                          left), by reporting twenty-five (25)                 rescue conditions (bottom)
                                                 deviation, when they actually                            cells per condition when only ten (10)             —Figure 5C (bottom), by reporting data
                                                 represented standard error of the                        cells were recorded                                  derived from 2.5um channels as
                                                 mean (SEM.)                                           —Figure S4C, by reporting ten (10) cells                originating from 3.5um channels
                                                                                                          per condition when only five (5) cells             —Figure 6B (top), by reporting results
                                                 ORI found that Respondent engaged                                                                             for the ‘‘Glass’’ condition (all
                                                                                                          were recorded
                                               in research misconduct by intentionally,                                                                        treatments) and rescue treatment
                                                                                                       —Figure S5B, by reporting ten (10) cells
                                               knowingly, or recklessly falsely                                                                                (both conditions) that did not
                                                                                                          per condition when only seven (7)
                                               claiming in the methods and results to                                                                          originate from experimental
                                                                                                          and six (6) cells were recorded for
                                               have performed validation of deletion/                                                                          observations
                                                                                                          Control and KD respectively
                                               re-expression of FMNR2 levels in                        —Figure S6E, by reporting twenty-five                 —Figure 6B (bottom), by reporting
                                               genetically modified B16 cell lines                        (25) cells per condition when only                   results for the 8um pore condition
                                               when that genetic modification was not                     twenty-four (24), eighteen (18), and                 that did not originate from
                                               validated for data reported in Figures 7                   sixteen (16) cells were recorded for                 experimental observations
                                               and 7S of Paper 1.                                         Control (48hr), KD (24hr), and KD                  —Figure 6E, by reporting results for the
                                                 ORI found that Respondent engaged                        (48hr) respectively                                  ATRi and ATMi treatments (Control
                                               in research misconduct by intentionally,                                                                        and KD conditions) and DMSO
                                               knowingly, or recklessly falsely                           • In Paper 2, Respondent falsified
                                                                                                       and/or fabricated the reported data in:                 control (Rescue condition) that did
                                               reporting a larger number of data points                                                                        not originate from experimental
                                               than actually were collected in fourteen                —Figure 1E (top), by reporting six (6)
                                                                                                                                                               observations and reporting results as
                                               (14) figures across the two (2) papers                     cells per condition when only three
                                                                                                                                                               originating from DMSO (Control and
                                               and supplementary materials.                               (3) were recorded in Tropomyosin
                                                                                                                                                               KD conditions) controls that had
                                               Specifically:                                              (Tpm) analysis
                                                                                                                                                               originated from a different treatment
                                                                                                       —Figure 2C (middle and right), by                     —Figure 6G, by reporting results for the
                                                 • In Paper 1, Respondent falsified                       reporting twenty (20) cells per
                                               and/or fabricated the reported data in:                                                                         ‘‘No Drug’’ conditions that did not
                                                                                                          condition when only sixteen (16),                    originate from experimental
                                               —Figure 2B (top), by reporting ten (10)                    sixteen (16), and five (5) cells were                observations
                                                 cells per condition when nine (9)                        recorded for Control, KD, and Rescue               —Figure 6I, by reporting results in all
                                                 Knock Down (KD) and eight (8)                            respectively                                         conditions that originated in part from
                                                 Rescue were included in the analysis                  —Figure 3A (right), by reporting the                    the same experimental dataset
                                               —Figure 2B (middle), by reporting ten                      data from one of four analyses in the                reported in Figure 6B (top)
                                                 (10) cells per condition when eight (8)                  KD condition as the average of five                —Figure S4D, by reporting results that
                                                 Rescue were included in the analysis                  —Figure 3C (right), by reporting                        did not originate from experimental
                                               —Figure 3B (top), by reporting twenty-                     examination of ten (10) stress fibers                observations for the KD condition
                                                 five (25) cells per condition when                       per condition when only three (3),                 —Figure S6C (right), by shifting selected
                                                 nineteen (19) Control, nineteen (19)                     four (4), and seven (7) cells were                   data points in the KD condition from
                                                 KD, and fourteen (14) Rescue were                        recorded for Control, KD, and Rescue                 their original time points to different
                                                 included in the analysis                                 respectively                                         time points
                                               —Figure 3B (bottom), by reporting                       —Figure 5B, overstating the number of                 —Figure S7A, by using bands to
                                                 twenty-five (25) cells per condition                     adhesions examined                                   represent FMN2 expression in six
                                                 when twenty-four (24) Control and                     —Figure 5C, overstating the number of                   separate conditions, which originated
                                                 twenty-three (23) Rescue were                            cells examined in all conditions                     from different molecular weight
                                                 included in the analysis                              —Figure 7D (right), by reporting                        regions in three lanes on the original
                                               —Figure 5A, by reporting to have                           examination of ten (10) cells per                    Western blot, and by representing
                                                 examined fifty (50) cells per                            condition when only five (5), four (4),              absence of FMN2 expression in two
                                                 condition, when only twenty-three                        and five (5) cells were recorded for                 conditions (CRISPR1 and CRISPR2)
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                                                 (23), twenty-three (23), and twelve                      Control, KD, and Rescue respectively                 by reporting absence of bands in lanes
                                                 (12) for the 2mg/mL conditions                           ORI found that Respondent engaged                    in which no protein had been loaded
                                                 (Control, KD, and Rescue,                             in research misconduct by intentionally,              —Figure S7F (rightmost), by selecting
                                                 respectively) and twenty-five (25),                   knowingly, or recklessly fabricating                    single data points from different
                                                 twenty (20), and nine (9) for the 3mg/                results and/or falsely labelling                        treatments and reporting them as
                                                 mL conditions (Control, KD, and                       experimental results that arose from                    means and standard deviations for all
                                                 Rescue, respectively) were recorded                   alternate experimental conditions/                      of the treatments


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                                                 • In Paper 2, Respondent falsified                    • Proceedings of the National Academy                   Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
                                               and/or fabricated the record in:                          of Sciences 112(19):E2447–E2456,                      Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
                                                                                                         2015                                                applications.
                                               —Figure 2A (top), by reporting results                                                                          Place: Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase
                                                for the Rescue condition that did not                  Wanda K. Jones,                                       Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW,
                                                originate from experimental                            Interim Director, Office of Research Integrity.       Washington, DC 20015.
                                                observations                                                                                                   Contact Person: Mark Caprara, Ph.D.,
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–03766 Filed 2–22–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                             Scientific Review Officer, Center for
                                               —Figure 3C (right), by reporting results                BILLING CODE 4150–31–P                                Scientific Review, National Institutes of
                                                for the Rescue condition that did not                                                                        Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5156,
                                                originate from experimental                                                                                  MSC 7844, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–
                                                observations                                           DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              1042, capraramg@mail.nih.gov.
                                                                                                       HUMAN SERVICES                                          Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
                                                 Dr. Skau entered into a Voluntary                                                                           Review Special Emphasis Panel; Topics in
                                               Settlement Agreement and voluntarily                    National Institutes of Health                         Bacterial Pathogenesis.
                                               agreed, beginning on January 25, 2018:                                                                          Date: March 19, 2018.
                                                                                                       Center for Scientific Review; Notice of                 Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
                                                 (1) To have her research supervised                                                                           Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
                                                                                                       Closed Meetings
                                               for a period of three (3) years;                                                                              applications.
                                               Respondent agreed to ensure that prior                    Pursuant to section 10(d) of the                      Place: Residence Inn Bethesda, 7335
                                               to the submission of an application for                 Federal Advisory Committee Act, as                    Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.
                                               PHS support for a research project on                   amended, notice is hereby given of the                  Contact Person: Richard G Kostriken,
                                               which Respondent’s participation is                     following meetings.                                   Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
                                               proposed and prior to Respondent’s                        The meetings will be closed to the                  Scientific Review, National Institutes of
                                                                                                       public in accordance with the                         Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3192,
                                               participation in any capacity on PHS-                                                                         MSC 7808, Bethesda, MD 20892, 240–519–
                                               supported research, the institution                     provisions set forth in sections                      7808, kostrikr@csr.nih.gov.
                                               employing her must submit a plan for                    552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
                                                                                                                                                               Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
                                               supervision of Respondent’s duties to                   as amended. The grant applications and                Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small
                                               ORI for approval; the plan for                          the discussions could disclose                        Business Hematology.
                                               supervision must be designed to ensure                  confidential trade secrets or commercial                Date: March 19–20, 2018.
                                               the scientific integrity of Respondent’s                property such as patentable material,                   Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
                                               research contribution; Respondent                       and personal information concerning                     Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
                                               agreed that she will not participate in                 individuals associated with the grant                 applications.
                                               any PHS-supported research until a plan                 applications, the disclosure of which                   Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
                                                                                                       would constitute a clearly unwarranted                Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
                                               for supervision is submitted and                                                                              (Virtual Meeting).
                                               approved by ORI; Respondent agreed to                   invasion of personal privacy.                           Contact Person: Bukhtiar H. Shah, DVM,
                                               maintain responsibility for compliance                    Name of Committee: Center for Scientific            Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
                                               with the agreed upon plan for                           Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small                  Scientific Review, National Institutes of
                                               supervision.                                            Business: Cancer Drug Development and                 Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4120,
                                                                                                       Therapeutics.                                         MSC 7802, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–806–
                                                 (2) that for a period of three (3) years,
                                                                                                         Date: March 19–20, 2018.                            7314, shahb@csr.nih.gov.
                                               any institution employing her must                        Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.                        (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
                                               submit in conjunction with each                           Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine;
                                               application for PHS funds, or report,                   applications.                                         93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333,
                                               manuscript, or abstract involving PHS                     Place: Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase            93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,
                                               supported research in which                             Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW,                      93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National
                                               Respondent is involved, a certification                 Washington, DC 20015.                                 Institutes of Health, HHS)
                                               to ORI that the data provided by                          Contact Person: Lilia Topol, Ph.D.,
                                               Respondent are based on actual                          Scientific Review Officer, Center for
                                                                                                       Scientific Review, National Institutes of               Dated: February 16, 2018.
                                               experiments or are otherwise                            Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6192,              Sylvia L. Neal,
                                               legitimately derived and that the data,                 MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892 301–451–                 Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
                                               procedures, and methodology are                         0131, ltopol@mail.nih.gov.                            Committee Policy.
                                               accurately reported in the application,                   Name of Committee: Center for Scientific            [FR Doc. 2018–03702 Filed 2–22–18; 8:45 am]
                                               report, manuscript, or abstract;                        Review Special Emphasis Panel; Disease                BILLING CODE 4140–01–P
                                                 (3) if no supervisory plan is provided                Prevention and Management, Risk Reduction
                                               to ORI, to provide certification to ORI                 and Health Behavior Change.
                                                                                                         Date: March 19–20, 2018.
                                               on annual basis that she has not engaged                                                                      DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                         Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
                                               in, applied for, or had her name                          Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                HUMAN SERVICES
                                               included on any application, proposal,                  applications.
                                               or other request for PHS funds without                    Place: Westin Grand, 2350 M Street NW,              National Institutes of Health
                                               prior notification to ORI;                              Washington, DC 20037.
                                                                                                         Contact Person: Michael John McQuestion,            Center for Scientific Review; Notice of
                                                 (4) to exclude herself voluntarily from                                                                     Meeting
                                                                                                       Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
                                               serving in any advisory capacity to PHS                 Scientific Review, National Institutes of
                                               including, but not limited to, service on                                                                       Pursuant to section 10(a) of the
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                                                                                                       Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3114,
                                               any PHS advisory committee, board,                      Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–480–1276,                     Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
                                               and/or peer review committee, or as a                   mike.mcquestion@nih.gov.                              amended, notice is hereby given of a
                                               consultant for a period of three (3) years;               Name of Committee: Center for Scientific            meeting of the Center for Scientific
                                               and                                                     Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR17–316:             Review Advisory Council.
                                                                                                       Biomedical Technology Research Resource                 The meeting will be open to the
                                                 (5) to the correction or retraction of:
                                                                                                       (P41).                                                public, with attendance limited to space
                                               • Cell 167(6):1571–1585, 2016                             Date: March 19, 2018.                               available. Individuals who plan to


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ContactWanda K. Jones, Ph.D., Interim Director, Office of Research Integrity, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453-8200.
FR Citation83 FR 8091 

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