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While there is a growing awareness of the necessity for increasing science communication skills for graduate students and postdocs, there…
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Nobel laureate and former ASCB president Randy W. Schekman was the keynote speaker in March for the Kansas City University…
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I came packing water bears. There were crowds of bright-eyed families gathered outside the doors of the DC convention…
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I remember the first time I saw a movie of chromosomes aligned at metaphase in a dividing cell. I was…
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Suddenly preprints are the hot new way for biologists to share their research. Preprint servers allow researchers to…
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A critical decision for a young scientist is choosing a mentor. Often when new students begin graduate school, they have…
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Last December, Sheila Patek, a Duke University biologist who studies the mechanics of movement in, among other organisms, the Panamanian…
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The name may evoke images of “The Island of Dr. Moreau” or of countless comic book superheroes who are human-animal…
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An Elephantnose might sound like a stage prop from circus freak shows of a bygone era, but this very real…
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