Safer Labs for Thea and Sheri: You Need a Lab Safety Reality Check
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Eakins-Coward (left) and Sangji (right) A recent explosion at the University of Hawaii science lab resulted in a 29-year-old visiting postdoctoral fellow losing her arm. Thea Eakins-Coward was working with …
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Pending Budget Plan Spells Big Trouble for Higher Education
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
The GOP tax plan means big changes for Higher Education with graduate students and faculty feeling the crunch.
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Rock Talk: PubMed Gets Interactive
Rebecca Helton, MA
Today NIH’s National Library of Medicine (NLM) is bringing a new way of sharing and exchanging research information, fully integrated with the PubMed website, to a wider audience. For …
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You're Marching for Science? Great. Do These Things First.
BethAnn McLaughlin, PhD
The science sky is falling and it's not going to wait for you to go to a Scientists March. Do these things now to stop the gutting of NIH and …
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A Fussy, Stubborn and Unreasonable Woman: The Contributions of Frances Kelsey to Safety and Science
The Edge for Scholars
Frances Oldham Kelsey. This name may not ring a bell, but it should. She died on August 7 at the age of 101. But how does Dr. Kelsey affect you? Dr. Kelsey …
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Medical Woo and the Hidden Toxins that Are (Not) Killing You
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Today, the Fighty Squirrel was flipping around Facebook while in the lunch line, when a post from a friend about ‘HIDDEN TOXINS LURKING YOUR FOOD’ came across my screen. We …
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SkypeAScientist - Hey, That Means YOU!
Josh Fessel, MD, PhD
SkypeAScientist is the easiest and most impactful science outreach opportunity you don't yet know about
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Rock Talk: New Reforms to Federal Grant Policies
Rebecca Helton, MA
In February last year I blogged about the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s request for comments on proposed federal grant policy reforms. These policies, contained in multiple documents …
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IScientist: A Conference for Revolution
Teresa Swanson, PhD
The brilliant organizers of IScientist have created a space for revolution.
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Detouring Around the IRB: New Regulations from HHS
The Edge for Scholars
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed revisions this week to modernize regulations protecting the safety of research participants. One of the most important results of the proposed changes …
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