Search Results: SF declaration 2012

Omar A. Quintero-Carmona Named Winner of 2021 Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity

…article in the ASCB Newsletter, and contribute an essay in Molecular Biology of the Cell. Quintero joined the faculty at the University of Richmond in 2012. He earned a BS…

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The Challenge and the Power of Diversity — Part I

The Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC) carries on the ASCB mission of fostering diversity: A well-attended graduate and undergrad MAC session at the 2012 Annual Meeting. When I made my decision…

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Can Unions Provide Sustainable Solutions to Postdoc Concerns?

…2004-2014. 3 2012 NIH Biomedical Workforce Report, http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf 4 The Best of Times and the Worst of Times, HHMI Bulletin, http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/may-2011/best-times-and-worst-times 5 Information from UAW Local 5810: http://uaw5810.org/ 6 “The…

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Best Practices in Science Communication

…on how to present yourself to others to make your communication more effective: Kuhnke E. Body Language for Dummies. For Dummies Series. 2012. Wiley. Books by Randy Olson, scientist turned…

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Apply for funds to organize a scientific meeting

…this link and submit your proposal by June 20. Awards can be as much as $1,500. Did you know that ASCB has been supporting Early Career Meetings since 2012, to…

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POTUS makes two science appointments

…Institute of Standards and Technology from 1993 to 1997 and as Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency from 2012 to 2017. In September, the Senate confirmed Prabhakar’s nomination…

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Teaching Science through Research in Middle and High School

There is a consensus that a hands-on approach to teaching science helps students learn better.1,2 But how much do teaching labs reflect what scientists do every day? Many teaching labs…

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Acknowledge, empower, encourage

Talent is universal; opportunity is not. —Nicholas Kristof, New York Times, March 28, 2012 While Nicholas Kristof was discussing talent and opportunity in regards to geographical location and access to…

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W. Sue Shafer, advocate for women and minorities in science

We share the sad news of the death of W. Sue Shafer on December 17, 2020, after the reoccurrence of an aggressive cancer that had been at bay since 2012….

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

…the unfamiliar, the eccentric, and the unconventional. All this, says Clowney, stood her in good stead years later as a graduate student at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

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