Mr Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a neuroscientist, said he would step down effective Aug 31. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PALO ALTO - The president of Stanford University, one of the most prestigious US schools, announced plans on Wednesday to resign his post after an independent review ordered by its board of trustees found flaws in his research as a neuroscientist.
Saying that the review found areas where he should have “done better” and that he accepted those conclusions, Mr Tessier-Lavigne wrote that he was resigning because he expected ongoing discussions about his work that could “lead to debate about my ability to lead the University into the new academic year”.
The review, published on Wednesday, cleared Mr Tessier-Lavigne of the most serious accusations levelled at him - of engaging in scientific fraud. Those allegations were in connection with Alzheimer’s disease research carried out when Mr Tessier-Lavigne was the executive vice-president of research drug discovery at the US biotechnology company Genentech Inc.
As a result of the review, Mr Tessier-Lavigne said he was going to retract three papers and correct another two.
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