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.

0
Comments

0
Likes

20
Views

DIY Infographics: 3 Tips and 3 FREE Resources

Aimee Edgeworth

Infographics deliver data with IMPACT, learn how to make your information stand out.

1
Comments

0
Likes

471
Views

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.

0
Comments

0
Likes

126
Views

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 …

0
Comments

0
Likes

80
Views

"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 …

0
Comments

0
Likes

247
Views

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

3
Comments

0
Likes

2055
Views

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 …

0
Comments

0
Likes

548
Views

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 …

0
Comments

0
Likes

50
Views

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 …

0
Comments

0
Likes

42
Views

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 …

0
Comments

0
Likes

38
Views