Search Results: SF declaration 2012

Minorities Affairs Committee Poster Awards

…Place: Lilian Kabeche, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Second Place: Veronica Segarra, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Third Place: Damaris Lorenzo, Duke University/HHMI 2012 Undergraduates 1st Place:…

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Act III: Ways for Cell Biologists to Think About Retirement

Early- and mid-career cell biologists may rarely think about retirement, as their minds and hearts are usually filled with the latest cool discovery, the next grant deadline, or perhaps the…

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Peer mentoring: colleagues as a resource for your career development

…Several years ago we developed peer mentoring groups at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to complement vertical mentoring and to address some of these challenges and risks.2 Though…

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Creating Cell Biology Courses That Are Inclusive for People
Who Are Intersex and/or Have Queer Genders

The number of people whose gender does not match the sex they were assigned at birth is growing. Yet this increasing prevalence does not translate into higher integration of these…

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The key ingredients for a successful science outreach event

Have you ever taken part in a science outreach event? Three years ago, I heard the expression “science outreach” for the first time. A friend of mine asked me to…

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A fast-moving revolution: from Stonewall toward a more diverse scientific workforce

June 2019 is a special year for the LGBTQ+ community. The Stonewall riots started the fight for gay rights in the United States. It can be seen as a collective…

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Laptops or No Laptops in Class? It’s Complicated

Dear Education Committee, I’m considering a no-laptop policy in my class because I notice that students get distracted when they have their computers open. Is this a good idea? What…

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ASCB Task Force Spots Three Opportunities for the Next Stem Cell Revolution

…of a high-level ASCB strategic retreat in the spring of 2012 to identify key areas of cell science ripe for expansion. Besides Fuchs, Desai, and Goldstein, task force members included…

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Yogurt Shows the Way for a Revolution in Genome Editing

…Charpentier published their observation that CRISPR is an RNA-guided DNA-cutter that could be used for genome editing in June 2012. Zhang published a more precise and efficient CRISPR editing system…

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Managing a Lab

…article from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology link “Lab Management 101” (Sept 2012) – an interesting article from GenomeWeb with a broader approach to the topic link…

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