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The National Academies’ Research Associateship Programs

November 6, 2014

The National Academies’ Research Associateship Programs administer postdoctoral (within five years of the doctorate) and senior (normally five years or…

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Science Stars Sparkle In Special MBoC “Quant Bio” Issue

November 5, 2014

Cell biology is expanding, fusing with physics, coalescing with computational modeling, and bonding with bioinformatics. Yesterday Molecular Biology of the…

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Why You Shouldn’t be Scared of Your Thesis Defense

October 31, 2014
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Time in graduate school can seem like it stretches on forever: all those never-ending classes, exams, long experiments, time courses,…

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Serving in the Korean Military, Kaluza Winner Eunyong Park Had Time to Change His Mind

October 30, 2014

Two long years in the South Korean military gave Eunyong Park time to change his mind and his career direction…

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Our People: David Burgess and Renato Aguilera Named as PIs in Sweeping NIH Workforce Diversity Initiative

October 29, 2014
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Two longtime ASCB members and longtime advocates for bringing underrepresented minorities into bioscience have been named as PIs in grants…

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For NIH Postdoctoral Fellows, Choosing a Career is All in the Details

October 24, 2014
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As a postdoctoral fellow at the NIH, in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), I have been strongly…

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The GFP That Blinked Sent W.E. Moerner On a Path from Physics to Cell Biology and on to a Nobel in Chemistry

October 23, 2014

Winners of a Nobel Prize typically get a private call from a member of the selection committee shortly before the…

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From Campus DJ to Kaluza Prize Winner, Josie Clowney Connects to Science

October 22, 2014

Kaluza winner Josie Clowney says she owes her scientific career, in part, to a Thai elephant orchestra. To be clear,…

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Keep an Eye on the Clock: Time Limits on Grant Eligibility

October 17, 2014
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The average age for an academic researcher to receive his or her first NIH R grant is 42. Like many…

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Laugh in the Face of Deadlines! Write That Research Paper with a Smile on Your Face!

October 15, 2014

Your latest western blot may be worth a thousand words but you will need to write1,000 words to go along…

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