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Careers Speaker Series

Join us on Nov 5 at 10:00 am CT (USA)

In November 2024, the Early Career Working Group began hosting this series on the 1st Thursday every other month at **11 am Pacific/1 pm Central/2 pm Eastern**, continuing from the success of the Corporate Partners WG hosted series that ran in 2023 & 2024.

Register to join us to learn about the broad range of career opportunities that are open to Imaging Scientists outside of the traditional academic pathway.

You only need to register once to receive notifications/reminders for each event in the series.

Find more details on each presenter here!

Next Session:  2026.11.05 @ 10 am CT << Special Time!

Title: Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research Images

Abstract: Science builds upon science. Yet, even peer-reviewed papers may contain problematic images or data. When such issues go uncorrected, researchers can waste time and resources trying to reproduce flawed results. Elisabeth Bik is an image forensics specialist who investigates biomedical publications for image errors and data concerns. In a systematic review of 20,000 papers across 40 journals, she found that about 4% contained inappropriately duplicated images. In this talk, she will present examples of problematic images and other forms of research misconduct. She will also discuss how artificial intelligence can both help detect misconduct and facilitate fabrication, as well as the growing impact of scientific paper mills.

Speaker: Elisabeth Bik
Bio: Elisabeth Bik, PhD, is a Dutch-American microbiologist who has worked for 15 years at Stanford University and 2 years in industry. Since 2019, she has been a science integrity consultant who scans the biomedical literature for images or other data of concern. She has found over 9,000 problematic scientific papers. Her work has resulted in over 1,700 retractions and another 1,200 corrections. For her work on exposing threats to research integrity, she received the 2021 John Maddox Prize, the 2024 Einstein Foundation Award, and a 2025 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bern.

2026 Presenters

2025 Presenters

2024 Presenters

  • February 21 – Bryan Millis, Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center
  • March 20 – Yara Reis, Global BioImaging – BioHUB – EMBL
  • April 17 – Vimal Gangadharan, Head of Growth Marketing & Apps Dev, Biotech/Pharma at ZEISS
  • May 15 – Vania Cao, Imaging Community Program Manager at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
  • September 18 – Nick Dolman, Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • November 7 –David Joy, Senior Scientist, Microscopy & Image Analysis” at Denali Therapeutics

2023 Presenters

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Hosted by the German BioImaging YMIA group in collaboration with the BINA Early Career WG

First Thursday of every month, 1 pm CT (USA)  10:00 am CT (USA)

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