Class Journal Week 6

John Nimmers-Minor's Responses

Biological Databases
Jnimmers
Assignment Table

Week Number	Assignment Page	Individual Journal	Shared Journal
1	Week 1 Assignment Page	N/A	Week 2 Shared Journal
2	Week 2 Assignment Page	Week 2 Individual Journal	Week 2 Shared Journal
3	Week 3 Assignment Page	CMR2/YOR093C Week 3	Week 3 Shared Journal
4	Week 4 Assignment Page	Week 4 Individual Journal	Week 4 Shared Journal
5	Week 5 Assignment Page	CRISPRlnc Week 5	Week 5 Shared Journal
6	Week 6 Assignment Page	Week 6 Individual Journal	Week 6 Shared Journal
7	Week 7 Assignment Page	Week 7 Individual Journal	Week 7 Shared Journal
8	Week 8 Assignment Page	Week 8 Individual Journal	Week 8 Shared Journal
9	Week 9 Assignment Page	Week 9 Individual Journal	Week 9 Shared Journal
10	Week 10 Assignment Page	Week 10 Individual Journal	Week 10 Shared Journal
11	Week 11 Assignment Page	Week 11 Individual Journal	Sulfiknights Team Page
12/13	Week 12/13 Assignment Page	Week 12/13 Individual Journal	Sulfiknights Team Page
14	Week 14 Assignment Page	Week 14 Individual Journal	Week 14 Shared Journal
15	Week 15 Assignment Page	Week 15 Individual Journal	Week 15 Shared Journal

1. Were you aware of this case of research fraud before viewing this video?
   • A. Before watching this video, I had never heard of this case of research fraud.
2. What are your initial reactions to hearing about this case?
   • A. I was honestly disgusted to hear about this case. Knowing that multiple people unnecessarily lost their lives while trusting in a fraudulent promise was heartbreaking and upsetting to hear about, especially since the doctor who created this research scandal went relatively unscathed in terms of punishment (legally). On top of that, he is still able to work as a doctor is some fashion, which is pretty disgusting to think about.
3. What role did data sharing play in uncovering this fraud?
   • A. The sharing of the data on the research experiment allowed for Paul Goldberg and his anonymous tip to uncover the lies that Dr. Potti created pertaining to his Rhodes scholarship. This lie caused for a deeper re-investigation into Potti's research by the labs of Duke University, thus allowing them to find the glaring mistakes/inconsistencies in Potti's research and results.
4. What additional information would you like to know about this case? (We will be visiting it again in subsequent weeks in the course.)
   • A. What was Potti's methodology when it came to this experiment and why was no one working alongside him throughout the course of this experiment in order to verify/disprove this as it happened? Alternatively, if he was working with others in others in this experiment, did they know about his fraud and assist him in covering it up?

• Please feel free to respond or comment on your classmates' reflections.

Jnimmers (talk) 16:36, 6 October 2019 (PDT)

Ivy Macaraeg's Response

1. Were you aware of this case of research fraud before viewing this video?
   • I was not aware of this case before viewing the video.
2. What are your initial reactions to hearing about this case?
   • My initial reaction to hearing about this case was that I was appalled. As a scientist, especially as a medical doctor, I think that it is shameful and wrong to want to use people's illness or disability for personal gain. A doctor is supposed to help others, but Dr. Potti and whoever was involved did the opposite.
3. What role did data sharing play in uncovering this fraud?
   • Data sharing played a crucial role in uncovering this fraud. Without the technology and those who took the time to go through it, this may have never been uncovered.
4. What additional information would you like to know about this case?
   • I would like to know if anyone else was collaborating with Potti, knowing that it was as fraud. Even if he was smart enough to do it on his own, I would like to know how else someone may have helped him.

Imacarae (talk) 18:01, 6 October 2019 (PDT) Imacarae's User Page

Assignment	Shared Entries	Individual Entries
Week 1	Class Journal Week 1	----
Week 2	Class Journal Week 2	Imacarae Week 2
Week 3	Class Journal Week 3	HSF1/YGL073W Week 3
Week 4	Class Journal Week 4	Imacarae Week 4
Week 5	Class Journal Week 5	CancerSEA Week 5
Week 6	Class Journal Week 6	Imacarae Week 6
Week 7	Class Journal Week 7	Imacarae Week 7
Week 8	Class Journal Week 8	Imacarae Week 8
Week 9	Class Journal Week 9	Imacarae Week 9
Week 10	Class Journal Week 10	Imacarae Week 10
Week 11	Sulfiknights	Imacarae Week 11
Week 12/13	Sulfiknights	Sulfiknights DA Week 12/13
----	Sulfiknights	Sulfiknights DA Week 14

Aby Mesfin's Response

Were you aware of this case of research fraud before viewing this video?

While I was aware that such forms of fraud were possible, I had never heard of a case that had such big legal and ethical ramifications.