RIKEN Investigator Now under Investigation

April 28, 2014

(Science) – In a bizarre twist to an already very convoluted story, the chair of an investigating committee that found RIKEN stem cell scientist Haruko Obokata guilty of research misconduct is himself now under investigation for alleged research misconduct. He has submitted a correction for problematic images appearing in one of his 2007 papers to the journal involved. He also resigned from the investigating committee.