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Four Highly Effective Science Teaching Tips

June 16, 2015

It’s a high-class listicle appearing in a serious place. Leading off the June 15th issue of the journal, Molecular Biology…

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A Lament of the Times

June 12, 2015
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Not long ago I was working in a TC hood When a tale was told of funding good A time…

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Rock Talker Leaving NIH for New USDA Research Effort, Walter Koroshetz named Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

June 11, 2015

Sally Rockey, who was NIH’s Delphic Oracle with her inside viewpoint “Rock Talk” blog, is leaving the NIH Office of…

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The State of Science in the UK after the Dust of the Election Has Settled

June 5, 2015
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On May 7, 2015, voters in the United Kingdom (UK) went to the polls for the 2015 General Election. The…

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ASCB Grad Students Get the Vote

June 2, 2015

For the first time, ASCB graduate student members will be allowed to vote in future Society elections. In a unanimous…

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Factors to Consider When Choosing a Lab for PhD Training

May 29, 2015
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A life-long career in scientific research depends a lot on your PhD training as the primary “developmental” phase followed by…

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World’s Longest PhD—102-Year-Old Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport Defends Thesis 77 Years after Nazis Blocked Her Oral Exam

May 28, 2015

Righting a historical wrong, Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport will be awarded an earned doctorate June 9 by the Medical Faculty of Hamburg…

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Standing in Congress—‘America COMPETES’ Funding Bill Walks the Line in a Divided House

May 27, 2015

Miles’ Law states that where you stand depends on where you sit. Coined by Rufus F. Miles, Jr., an assistant…

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Our People—Four ASCBers Get Upper Case HHMI Award with Lower Case Title

May 26, 2015

The title is “investigator” with a lower case “i” but it comes with a very upper case award from the…

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Michigan: The Latest Meeting Addressing the Biomedical Research Crisis

May 22, 2015
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I have written before about the crisis in biomedical research that has been increasingly discussed since the publication of “Rescuing…

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