The test is not over for the biologist Luk van Parijs, who was fired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 05 after entering processing research data. Yesterday, Van Parijs, 40, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston to one count of making a false statement on an application for a federal grant.
Van Parijs worked in the field of RNA interference. MIT has launched an investigation after students and postdocs have raised questions about his research and found that he had fabricated and falsified data in grant applications, submitted manuscripts, and a published document. In 09, the Federal Research Integrity Office also found that he had falsified data in other publications.
The office of the US Attorney in Boston announced yesterday that Van Parijs will be sentenced June 14 and could receive up to 5 years in prison and a fine of $ 250,000. The government alleges that he falsely claimed to have developed a specific transgenic mouse and have achieved certain results of an experiment. According to a plea agreement, the US Attorney will not recommend a fine but Van Parijs has agreed to pay $ 61,117 in restitution MIT.
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