A summary of the press conference by Dr. Sasai on Apr 16

TJO @TJO_datasci

Live: Q&As after I leave would be summarized based on the other's tweets #STAPgate

木根渕 猛 Takeshi Kinebuchi @takeshi_kine

Let's forget STAP(time-waster) at all !#STAPgate

木根渕 猛 Takeshi Kinebuchi @takeshi_kine

Sasai Today: Most done in Wakayama’s Lab; A senior conductor in revision for Nature;Hopeful STAP phenomenon as working hypothesis #STAPgate

木根渕 猛 Takeshi Kinebuchi @takeshi_kine

Sasai Today: despair; disappointment; come-down; bitter pill; bummer; damp; dismay: “Hopeful STAP phenomenon as hypothesis” #STAPgate

TJO @TJO_datasci

Summary 1: Sasai, CDB & even RIKEN still "believe" in STAP (cnt'd) or its possibility. They still want to invent budge to it #STAPgate

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Summary 2: But at the same time they agree "Nature papers were immature and falsified" and retraction of those #STAPgate

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Summary 3: So they want to cut off Dr. Obokata from the team (and RIKEN) and to continue STAP research #STAPgate

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Summary 4: Sasai's attitude was less faithful. He never diretcly answered to questions. Even he tried to run out the clock. #STAPgate

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Summary 5: His comments sounded sometimes much weird. As live tweeted, not a few experts pointed out them. #STAPgate

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Summary 6: e.g. He said "live cell-imaging recorded continuously STAPcs' imgs and nobody could falsify them, so it should be true #STAPgate

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Summary 7: e.g. He said "we think Oct4-GFP expression itself as STAP phenomenon with ruling out possibility of auto fluorescence" #STAPgate

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Summary 8: e.g. He said "In Japan PhD thesis is not regarded as published matter so reusing imgs from ones is permitted" #STAPgate

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Summary 9: Of course, some of them never make sense. First, somebody can falsify live cell imaging with replacing cells before exp #STAPgate

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Summary 10: As @ProfessorKenLee reported Oct4 can express alone as dying process of cells, not merely meaning remarkable phenomena #STAPgate

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Summary 11: Even in Japan, PhD thesis is published matter. Furthermore, that's not the point (cnt'd) #STAPgate

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Summary 12: The point is that reused images in Nature papers were stated as given from entirely different exp in her PhD thesis. #STAPgate

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Summary 13: Throughout the press conf, Sasai had always tried to shift blame to the others. It looks much unfaithful. #STAPgate

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Summary 14: He claimed he joined after all exp were done and only contributed to revision of the manuscripts, but... (cnt'd) #STAPgate

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Summary 15: e.g. Nature article paper clearly states his roles were writing manuscript, conducting exps and designing research. #STAPgate

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Summary 16: He said all exps were done in Teru's lab so Teru should be blamed for all of dispute about constructed STAP(s)cs #STAPgate

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Summary 18: Finally, in this press conf he showed NO NEW SCIENTIFIC FACTS or clear evidence of STAP. #STAPgate

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Summary 19: At any rate, press confs by all players of STAP were done. #STAPgate

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Summary 20: (I forgot it) Sasai didn't agree to have constructed STAP(s)cs and the chimeric mice inspected by third-party. #STAPgate