News: NIH to Balance Sex in Cell and Animal Studies
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In 1993, the NIH Revitalization Act required the inclusion of women in NIH-funded clinical research. Today, just over half of NIH-funded clinical-research participants are women. We know much more about the …
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Why Aren't More LGBT+ Scientists Out: Student's Question Sparks Debate
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Neuroscience graduate student David Ottenheimer sparked a hot debate revealing teaching professors have a lot of barriers to overcome.
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Hate Small Talk? These 5 Questions Will Help You Work Any Room
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Do you love going to events, but find yourself stranded during happy hour, tongue-tied and tucked in a corner? Initiating and maintaining conversations while networking is a necessary skill, and …
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The Dirty Truth: Passion Isn't the Only Ingredient for Success
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Although passion is often thought to be a necessary ingredient for success, we all know it’s not the only one. If you’re passionate about handwritten letters, but everyone …
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Community Engagement and the Befuddled Academic
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
When I wrote my first Op/Ed piece as a faculty member, I was scared of out my mind. I read and re-read our faculty handbook, asked everyone I could …
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Summer Research for Undergraduates
Halima Moncrieffe, PhD
Paid options for USA-based undergrads to kickstart a research career.
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A Monday Morning Giggle from The Onion
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
In grad school, a new investigator was pressuring me to come to his lab to study the molecular basis of learning in sea slugs. Sea slugs are dreadful little creatures …
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Get Your Genetics Questions Answered
Rebecca Helton, MA
Dr. Nancy Cox, Director of the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, is participating in Reddit’s Human Genetics AMA week with an “Ask Me Anything” Q&A session. Check it out …
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Awesome stuff at Translational Science 2017
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Translational Science 2017 will happen in Washington, DC, on April 19-21. Why should you care? This meeting includes many sessions specifically geared to early career investigators, such as a mock study …
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Match Day Memories
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Matching to residency is an exciting moment, and today it happens for med students across the US. MDs, tell us your Match Day stories.
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