Elisabeth Bik

Elisabeth Bik is the one name here outside entertainment, and honestly she is the one I admire most. A Dutch microbiologist trained at Utrecht, born in 1966, she has flagged over four thousand suspected cases of image manipulation in scientific papers using nothing but a sharp eye and relentless persistence. The 2021 John Maddox Prize was well earned. Calling out fraud inside the supposedly sacred world of science takes real nerve, and she does it patiently, one paper at a time. I have always preferred quiet crusaders to loud celebrities, and Bik is exactly the kind of steadfast guardian who earns my respect.

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Name (English)

Elisabeth Bik

Name (Japanese)

エリザベス・ビク

Reading

えりざべす・びく

Born

1966

Origin

Netherlands

Occupation

microbiologist / scientific integrity consultant / blogger / molecular biologist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Horse

University

Utrecht University

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Microbiome Pioneer Award
• 2021 John Maddox Prize
• 2021 Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism

• Xhttps://x.com/MicrobiomDigest
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth%20Bik
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B6%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42775804

Tags

• microbiologist
• scientific integrity consultant
• blogger

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.