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NSF Grants

June 25, 2015

The NSF is the major funder for science research that is not biomedical. But, like NIH grant applications, writing an…

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Individual Development Plans (IDPs) Are For Everyone

June 24, 2015

The Individualized Development Plan (or, IDP) has long been used outside of science to help professionals better understand what their…

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Grant-Writing Advice for Faculty at a Small Minority-Serving Institution (MSI)

June 24, 2015

This is the first in a series exploring grant opportunities for a variety of different types of minority-serving institutions (MSIs).…

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PhD: Its Triumphs, Its Tribulations

June 24, 2015
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May is usually marked by the swarm of graduates waving their graduation hats in the air, ready to move on…

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CRISPR and other Mindboggling Techniques of 21st Century Biology

June 23, 2015
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Can’t get enough CRISPR? Nature writer Heidi Ledford’s feature on the possible ethical and legal problems lurking in the transformative…

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Managing a Lab

June 22, 2015

Resources for researchers to help them start and manage a research lab (and the people in it!)

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Education Research: A Light in the Dark

June 22, 2015
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Resources for educators and researchers interested in education research

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Follicle Stem Cells Done in by Neighbors

June 19, 2015

Hairs on your body are constantly growing, dying, and regenerating from the same follicles. This process is driven, in part,…

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11 Tricks for Using OneNote as Your Lab Notebook

June 19, 2015
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Over the past few months, I’ve presented two sessions describing the use of Microsoft OneNote as an electronic lab notebook…

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Our People—Shaw for Bassler’s Quorum Sensing, Hinchcliffe Picked for FRED Mentorship, Scott 'Premium’ for Hayflick, Immigrants’ Prize for Walter

June 17, 2015

Bassler Wins Shaw for Quorum Sensing   Princeton’s Bonnie Bassler, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator and ASCB member,…

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