A summary of the press conference by Dr. Sasai on Apr 16
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理研の笹井芳樹副センター長の記者会見まで、あと1時間。徐々に緊張感が高まってきた、気がします。 http://t.co/OfNrBDOm40
2014-04-16 14:09:59笹井氏の会見場で配布された資料を、記者たちが素早く理解しようと、一生懸命、読んでいます。 http://t.co/7iySsIjB0s
2014-04-16 14:57:50Above is a short movie as Dr. Sasai entered the room
The other live streaming available: UST1 http://t.co/czuFRQWYFC UST2 http://t.co/XiUHCKSDwH #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:07:23Live: Dr. Sasai said the Nature papers have some stages. 1st step was in Vacanti Lab and Wakayama Lab #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:08:16Live: Dr. Sasai "the papers have 4 stages and I joined only the 4th stage, after 1st rejection of the 1st draft by Dr. Obokata" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:09:17Live: Dr. Sasai "my primary role in the papers is just a revising of the original drafts, editing manuscript and figures" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:10:03Live: Dr. Sasai "Dr. Takeichi asked him to support Dr. Obokata for revising her manuscript because of his experience about Nature" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:11:30Sasai declared his role was editing. Conflict with Author Contribution section in the paper.
2014-04-16 15:12:11Live: Dr. Sasai "At that time Teru was to move to Yamanashi Univ so much busy so I supported the team for the revision" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:12:51Live: (Dr. Sasai's statement is important. Director Takeichi's role revealed) #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:13:46Vacanti strongly asked to Sasai to join to the co-author.
2014-04-16 15:13:57Live: Dr. Sasai "I thought I was just an adviser for editing but as Dr. Vacanti strongly asked me so I joined as a coauthor" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:14:49Live: Dr. Sasai "when I joined the team my primary role was already only for editing, not for any data or images" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:15:35"I had no chance to see raw data or lab notebook." #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:15:43Live: Dr. Sasai "Dr. Obokata was already a PI and not my pupil, so I didn't dare to let her to bring her note or show me raw data" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:16:27Live: at any rate, he denies his responsibility on the frauds because he just joined at the final stage of the research #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:17:32Live: But the Nature papers state Dr. Sasai contribute to writing manuscripts, experiments, and designing. Conflict with COI #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:18:30Live: Dr. Sasai "Why Dr. Obokata was hired for PI is responsible for Dr. Takeichi, but I'm also a member of committee so I answer" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:19:37Live: Dr. Sasai "She was chosen on the basis of a lot of reference letters from powerful researchers, as a usual process" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:20:53Live: "But we had concerns about her less experience so we decided to hire her as a unit leader, for a small size lab" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:22:11Live: "We think we have to retract in order to bring the papers back to zero and to require world-wide reproducing attempts" #STAPgate
2014-04-16 15:23:55