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Future of Research Boston 2015: Can data collection about the scientific enterprise help advocate for change?

November 6, 2015
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On October 22-24th 2015, the 2nd Boston Future of Research Symposium was held at Boston University. A meeting organized entirely…

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Bombed My Defense!

October 30, 2015

Dear Labby, My thesis defense started out fine. It was the usual seminar (with my husband, our five-year-old daughter, my…

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NIH Committee Proposes Training Changes

October 28, 2015

The recommendations of a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Working Group on the biomedical research workforce include changes in…

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Being a Scientist and an Artist in Parallel

October 23, 2015
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Artistic scientist and scientific artist A BSc in Biotechnology, MSc in Bioinformatics, PhD in cancer Biology, postdoc… you get the…

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Yixian Zheng and The Elusive Spindle Matrix

October 21, 2015

Yixian Zheng isn’t afraid to challenge assumptions in biology. She studies how cells divide and wants to know what is…

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ASCB COMPASS Outreach Grant Spotlight: Art in STEM Research

October 16, 2015
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The ASCB Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS) has proudly hosted 4 cycles of Outreach grants. These grants support projects…

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Federal Freeze III—Will They or Won’t They?

October 15, 2015

Long ago—September 29th to be precise—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KS) announced that Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH)…

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Torsten Wiesel Wins Golden Goose for Research That Started by Monitoring Cat Behavior

October 14, 2015

While the Nobel Prizes are known for honoring exemplary science, and the Ig Nobels are given for science that seems…

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The Other Side of the Tracks—Tips for Transitioning from PhD Student to Postdoc

October 9, 2015
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*This is the final part of a series on transitioning from PhD student to postdoctoral fellow. Here you can find…

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Sallie “Penny” Chisholm: Tiny Cell with Global Impact

October 8, 2015
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Talking with ASCB 2015 Keynote Speakers: Biology on Global, Microscopic, and Political Scales An ASCB Interview in Two Parts Part…

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