Elizabeth Goodwin resigned from the University of Wisconsin on March 1, 2006, according to the The Wisconsin State Journal (6/1/06).

What happened to the students?

The university offered them group counseling and they went to one session. But the damage was done both psychologically and professionally. Because of the research misconduct, not one of them could look forward to assuring a new mentor that their work was believable. Each student met with their committee. According to Ly, "Unfortunately, except for one student, we were all told that we could not continue the work we started in Dr. Goodwin's lab and that the best thing to do is start over with a new adviser. It was not our decision to start over."

The ramifications for the students of Goodwin's misconduct are clear. As Ly notes, "During my committee meeting I was told to seriously think about a career working as a lab manager and basically forget about getting a PhD. I don't know how my fellows students felt, but I found the advice from my committee to be especially unhelpful. Having felt that I had no support from any faculty from the Genetics department, no support from my committee members and no support from the worm community, I decided to leave the PhD program with a Masters in Science degree. I strongly felt that if I stayed to pursue my PhD in Madison, I would have an uphill battle trying to get a fresh start."

“I have had to throw all that away,” Ly told Science. “I did not accomplish my professional potential. It is very disappointing.”

Padilla, dispirited and skeptical, left science research entirely. After leaving Wisconsin, he was quoted as saying, “It is sad. I love science. But now I have reservations about the way things are done.”

Ms. Allen stayed in science, but had to transfer to another institution. She muses that she lost two years of her life.