It’s called an “elevator pitch” or “speech,” but it could also be referred to as the “water cooler speech,” the…
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Read MoreThe American Society for Cell Biology’s (ASCB) new Public Engagement Grants, supported by Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons…
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