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The Winners of the $5K, $3K, $1K Kaluza Prizes Are…

October 1, 2014

Eleanor (Josie) Clowney , a postdoc at Rockefeller University who did her graduate work at the University of California, San…

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Outreach Grants Will Promote Basic Science from Galway to San Quentin Prison

September 25, 2014

Inmate-college students at San Quentin Prison will soon have microscopes for their biology lab through an ASCB Outreach Grant, offered by…

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Mother Nature Sets the Tune in Cell Biology, Walter Tells Lasker Awards Ceremony

September 19, 2014

Mother Nature made an unexpected appearance this afternoon at the Lasker Awards luncheon in New York City when Peter Walter…

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Nontraditional Careers: Science Policy

September 16, 2014

A doctorate in biology is preparation to do more than just bench work, said Lyric Jorgenson, a PhD who now…

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The Imperfect Mathematics: Grants + Publications = Academic Jobs = Individual Success + Broken System

September 12, 2014
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If you are a scientist, you know at least a little bit about the current crisis academia is suffering. The…

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Apple Does 3D Cell Culture

September 10, 2014

Andrew Pelling has a new application for the apple, but it is not the latest i-gizmo from Cupertino, CA. Pelling…

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How to Prepare for and Take Advantage of the Upcoming Conference Season

September 5, 2014
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ASCB PhotoAn academic year is over, and a new one has begun. For us in the lab, it may seem…

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Empathy Comes Before Data in Talking Evolution with Doubters, Says NCSE’s Ann Reid

September 4, 2014

In Philadelphia this December, Ann Reid’s mission will be to talk to scientists about talking about the science of evolution…

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How Competitive Should Science Be?

August 29, 2014
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Duncker, Karl (1945). On Problem Solving, Psychological Monographs, 58, American Psychological Association OCLC: 9687931Intense competition in the biomedical sciences has…

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Women In Science: The Untold Downside to Achievement

August 28, 2014
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Throughout my PhD years, I have worked passionately on the issue of “Women in Science.” Becoming the president of the…

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