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Say ‘No’ to the Impact Factor

…the recommendations contained in the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). ASCB is encouraging all researchers to sign, and the support of students and postdocs, the future scientific leaders,…

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Office Hours With the Education Committee – June 2018

…and COMPASS, the Committee for Postdocs and Students within ASCB, shows career paths that biology graduate students choose based on data from the 2012 National Institutes of Health Workforce Data…

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Interview with Arturo Casadevall on Scientific Misconduct

…colleagues Drs. Ferric Fang, Grant Steen, and I recently reported in PNAS that the majority of retractions were due to misconduct, not scientific error (Fang, Steen, et al. 2012). Scientists…

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How Can We Let Them Know?

…the COMPASS Outreach Subcommittee members. Send any suggestions and comments to bruno.darocha-azevedo@utsouthwestern.edu 1National Science Foundation. 2012. Science and Engineering Indicators. Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding. Chapter 7. 2Research!America….

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In memoriam: Tracie Moniece Gibson, inspiring educator who created programs to support undergraduates in science

…ASCB. A wonderful profile by John Fleischman in the July 2012 ASCB Newsletter tells Tracie’s story more completely than I am able to do here.1 Tracie earned a bachelor’s degree…

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Misinformation in the age of COVID-19: What are our responsibilities as scientists?

…on how to respond. Further fostering a sense of futility are the results from the 2012 psychological study by Stephan Lewandowsky,2 which showed that misinformation persists in individuals even when…

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“Publish or Perish” and the Plague of Scientific Misconduct

It is truly alarming to see the sharp increase in retractions in the scientific literature due to misconduct such as outright fraud and data falsification. To put the rising trend…

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What Is ASCB’s Celldance?

…designated as the “entrant.” 7. Be creative and have fun! Past winning videos on YouTube: 2012 Celldance winner 2012 ASCB Celldance Public Outreach Winner 2011 Celldance winner 2010 Celldance winner…

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To Improve Reproducibility, Do-It-Yourself, Daniel Klionsky Tells Researchers

Research guidelines can improve reproducibility in a field by standardizing reagents and protocols says Daniel Klionsky in a new MBoC perspective. Photo by Amy. In 2012, Daniel Klionsky pulled off…

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On Reproducibility and Clocks

…any available information that could improve the quality of the replication attempt.” This project will be conducted with complete transparency. By contrast, in 2012 Amgen researchers published that they had…

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