News: NIH's Pathway to Independence Award Aims Younger
Rebecca Helton, MA
Eligibility period for K99/R00 awards shortens from five to four years after PhD. View full article at Science.
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DIY Infographics: 3 Tips and 3 FREE Resources
Aimee Edgeworth
Infographics deliver data with IMPACT, learn how to make your information stand out.
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Point_Mutation Gives a Master Class in Scientists as Wackaloons.
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Our gloriously strange twitter science buddies shared what it takes to make experiments that are feisty work.
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Finding Signals in the Noise: Todd Edwards
Rebecca Helton, MA
Discovering meaning in a massive amount of random-seeming data is nothing new to Todd Edwards, PhD, a genetic epidemiologist. His career has made meaning out of many disparate parts, beginning …
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"Hi, I'm Alex." Pouya's Story and His Mother's Fears
The Edge for Scholars
The higher education system in the United States is in many ways the envy of the world. For this reason, countless individuals from all corners of the globe leave the …
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MARCH MADNESS: Brackets Benefitting STEM Education. Play with Darwin's Balls!
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Academics! Play a March Madness Bracket Now Benefitting Kids STEM Education! #DarwinsBalls
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Profs on Drugs: JAMA Highlights Use of Cognitive Enhancers
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Talk to most people about ‘performance enhancing drugs’ and they conjure up images of elite athletes using drugs to increase muscle mass and oxygen delivery. In academia, performance is measured …
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Making Lemonade: A Retraction Watch Interview
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Retraction. Its a word that for many scientists is synonymous with phrases like ‘failure’, ‘dishonesty’, and ‘career ending’. A recent Retraction Watch features an interview with Pamela Roland, a Professor …
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The Rube Goldberg Experiment of Hiring Underrepresented Minorities and Harassment of Women in STEM Must End
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Rube Goldberg was a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist known for introducing the most complex systems of parts to solve simple problems. Like Zacks Red Bull, Easter egg, Connect Four, locomotive fueled …
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Rock and a Hard Place
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Yesterday Vanderbilt played host to NIH Director Francis Collins who spoke about “Exceptional Opportunities in Biomedical Research”. Collins told a full house and an overflow room that big initiatives like …
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