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Show Me the Money—Funding Opportunities for International Graduate Students and Postdocs

January 31, 2014
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  Photo by Nick AresThe current funding environment is proving to be a very difficult hurdle for many. Although the…

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Life as a Postdoc at the NIH

January 24, 2014
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this blog post are the sole opinions of the author and in no way represent…

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Seven Reasons to Take the MBL Physiology Course

January 21, 2014
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When I took the MBL Physiology course in Woods Hole, MA, in 2008, I couldn’t have anticipated how powerfully it…

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Outreach—Suggestions for “Kids’ Day” in Lab

January 17, 2014
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Kids’ Day in the R. Ohi Lab at Vanderbilt University Photo credit: Sophia GayekWhen you look at elementary school students,…

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Congress Stops Running with Scissors

January 14, 2014

“Mine!” being among the favorite words of five-year-olds, their parents find themselves remonstrating, over and over “You can’t always have…

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Need a break from your science? Try citizen science!

January 10, 2014
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I conducted my first experiment in my parents’ kitchen when I was eight years old. It involved an apple, a…

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Science Highlights from ASCB 2013: Membranes, Nano-magnets, and the Errant Protein Behind a Cerebellar Disorder

January 9, 2014

Modeling membranes, nano-magnets to control cell activity, and a gain-of-function protein behind a severe progressive brainstem disorder were hot topics…

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No Hocus Pocus, Nano-Magnets Control Cell Movement

January 6, 2014

Mathieu Coppey imagines using tiny magnets to move cells within living organisms. Coppey, a researcher at the Institut Curie in…

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Six Uses for Old Posters

January 3, 2014
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With the Annual Meeting behind us, thousands of ASCB posters are now floating around the world. If my colleagues are…

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Professional Media Training at ASCB 2013 Spiced Up My Presentation

January 2, 2014

Aside from Google Hangouts and Skype, it was the first time I’d been on video since my friend caught me…

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