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Women in STEM: Still So Few and Far Between

July 22, 2016
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The environment of women in STEM According to a 2014 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, women make up 47…

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“People in this country have had enough of experts”: How Brexit Could Affect Scientists in the UK

July 12, 2016
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Five years ago, I was in Lille, France, on a two-month sabbatical from my UK PhD program. The sabbatical was…

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Who Me? I’m Not Biased: Embracing Diversity to Improve Creativity

June 6, 2016
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We recognize race and gender in a split second, thanks to a specialized region of the human visual system.1 Neuroscientists…

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Collaborations: Pros and Cons

June 3, 2016
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Collaborations between scientists have become integral to speeding up research progress and making more discoveries in shorter time periods. Bringing…

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Reassessing postdoctoral needs—an NPA Advocacy Committee Survey

February 19, 2016
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NIH and NSF define a postdoc as “an individual who has received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) and is engaged…

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COMPASS Seeks Data, Supports Outreach, Encourages Expression

February 16, 2016

In 2016 the Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS) will be seeking information. For the first time COMPASS, together with…

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From the Autism Spectrum to Australia, ASCB Outreach Grants Fund Innovative Science Outreach Programs

February 11, 2016
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  There were 12 high school students in all, half with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), at a three-day intensive science…

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Increasing Diversity in a Changing Research Landscape: A Special Subgroup at the ASCB Annual Meeting

February 5, 2016
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The last year has seen an increase in the number of meetings, summits, and papers calling for changes in the…

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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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Science Policy in Action: Hack Days, Hack-a-thons, and Hacktivism for biomedical research

September 4, 2015
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When discussing science policy and the state of biomedical research, there’s a worry that ideas of how to make changes…

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