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Findings of Research Misconduct
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Veterans Health
Administration (VHA), Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), gives notice that
the Department has made findings of
research misconduct against Alba
Chavez-Dozal, Ph.D., a former employee
of the New Mexico VA Health Care
System in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Research Misconduct Officer, Office of
Research Oversight, 10R, Veterans
Health Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632–
7620. This is not a toll free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA),
gives notice under VHA Handbook
1058.02 ‘‘Research Misconduct’’ § 6k,
that the Department has made findings
of research misconduct against Alba
Chavez-Dozal, Ph.D., a former employee
of the New Mexico VA Health Care
System in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Specifically, the Department found
that the Respondent, a post-doctoral
research fellow who formerly held a VA
without compensation appointment,
engaged in research misconduct by
intentionally and/or knowingly:
(1) Recording fabricated data that
described the generation and
characterization of an END3 mutant
yeast strain and presenting that data at
two lab meetings;
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(2) Fabricating the image of a
Southern blot reported in Figure 1A of
a journal article titled ‘‘Functional
Analysis of the Exocyst Subunit Sec15
in Candida albicans’’ published in
Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:1228–39.
(Retraction in: Eukaryot Cell (2015)
14(12):ii);
(3) Falsifying research results by using
the same protein gel to represent two
different experiments: A degradation
assay utilizing the SEC15 mutant in
Figure 6A of the publication Eukaryot
Cell (2015) 14:1228–39 and a
degradation assay utilizing the SEC6
mutant in Figure 9A of a journal article
titled ‘‘The Candida albicans Exocyst
Subunit Sec6 Contributes to Cell Wall
Integrity and is a Determinant of Hyphal
Branching’’ published in Eukaryot Cell
(2015) 14:684–97. (Retraction in:
Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14(12):i);
(4) Falsifying research results reported
in Figures 4A (vacuole characterization),
6 (cell growth) and 9B (lipase secretion)
of the publication Eukaryot Cell (2015)
14:684–97 by using images that
represent different conditions than
those reported;
(5) Falsifying protein localization
results reported in Figures 7, 8 and 9 of
the publication Eukaryot Cell (2015)
14:1228–39 by using microscopy images
that represent different conditions than
those reported; and
(6) Republishing falsified data from
Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:684–97 and
Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:1228–39 in the
review article titled ‘‘The exocyst in
Candida albicans polarized secretion
and filamentation’’ in Curr Genet (2016)
62:343–6. (Retraction in: Curr Genet
(2016) 62:911).
In response to these findings, the
Department has imposed the following
corrective actions:
(1) Prohibition from conducting VA
research for four years.
(2) Publication of VA’s finding of
research misconduct.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or
designee, approved this document and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd, Acting Chief of
Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on June 27,
2018, for publication.
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Dated: July 18, 2018.
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& Management, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Findings of Research Misconduct
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), gives notice that the Department has made
findings of research misconduct against Alba Chavez-Dozal, Ph.D., a
former employee of the New Mexico VA Health Care System in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Research Misconduct Officer, Office of
Research Oversight, 10R, Veterans Health Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202)
632-7620. This is not a toll free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA),
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), gives notice under VHA Handbook
1058.02 ``Research Misconduct'' Sec. 6k, that the Department has made
findings of research misconduct against Alba Chavez-Dozal, Ph.D., a
former employee of the New Mexico VA Health Care System in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Specifically, the Department found that the Respondent, a post-
doctoral research fellow who formerly held a VA without compensation
appointment, engaged in research misconduct by intentionally and/or
knowingly:
(1) Recording fabricated data that described the generation and
characterization of an END3 mutant yeast strain and presenting that
data at two lab meetings;
(2) Fabricating the image of a Southern blot reported in Figure 1A
of a journal article titled ``Functional Analysis of the Exocyst
Subunit Sec15 in Candida albicans'' published in Eukaryot Cell (2015)
14:1228-39. (Retraction in: Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14(12):ii);
(3) Falsifying research results by using the same protein gel to
represent two different experiments: A degradation assay utilizing the
SEC15 mutant in Figure 6A of the publication Eukaryot Cell (2015)
14:1228-39 and a degradation assay utilizing the SEC6 mutant in Figure
9A of a journal article titled ``The Candida albicans Exocyst Subunit
Sec6 Contributes to Cell Wall Integrity and is a Determinant of Hyphal
Branching'' published in Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:684-97. (Retraction
in: Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14(12):i);
(4) Falsifying research results reported in Figures 4A (vacuole
characterization), 6 (cell growth) and 9B (lipase secretion) of the
publication Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:684-97 by using images that
represent different conditions than those reported;
(5) Falsifying protein localization results reported in Figures 7,
8 and 9 of the publication Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:1228-39 by using
microscopy images that represent different conditions than those
reported; and
(6) Republishing falsified data from Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:684-97
and Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:1228-39 in the review article titled ``The
exocyst in Candida albicans polarized secretion and filamentation'' in
Curr Genet (2016) 62:343-6. (Retraction in: Curr Genet (2016) 62:911).
In response to these findings, the Department has imposed the
following corrective actions:
(1) Prohibition from conducting VA research for four years.
(2) Publication of VA's finding of research misconduct.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jacquelyn
Hayes-Byrd, Acting Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on June 27, 2018, for publication.
Dated: July 18, 2018.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Impact Analyst, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of the
Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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