FFS: Faculty Dispairty, Violence and Starvation
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
I’ve decided to reup my efforts at bringing some important news you might have overlooked this week in a feature known as Forefront Friday Stories (FFS). This week’s …
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Labor Unions for students, postdocs and research track faculty
Ann, PhD, MS
While I deeply understand the desire for job security for postdoctoral fellows and non-tenure track faculty, I do not feel that unions are the way to go. The best job …
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“Modifying the Current Flow from Negative to Positive (Data!)”
Britney Lizama, B.S.
Scientists are experts at asking questions, analyzing, and critiquing. We are also taught that while there are rules and facts in biology, exceptions to rules exist – in fact, we expect …
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Desk Guide for Scientists: Working with Media
The Edge for Scholars
Have you fumbled in front of a camera or wished you could answer a question differently after a reporter’s already filed the story? Haven’t yet, but think you …
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I'm the Problem: My Generation's Addiction to Bibliometrics
The Edge for Scholars
Publication-based measures of scientific impact provide little of value to the research community. Despite assertions that bibliometrics can improve the evaluation of scientists and their establishments, we lack a qualitative …
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The Five Stages of Grief: Saying Goodbye to the Old Biosketch
Rebecca Helton, MA
Confused about the NIH’s new biosketch format? Wondering how to present your work in the best light? Download slides from a presentation by Dr. Katherine Hartmann, Associate Dean for …
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Do You Have Mysterious Dragons in Your Research?
The Edge for Scholars
If my experience reading some of the world’s best (and worst) literature has taught me anything, it is that all of the best stories have dragons in them. O.…
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Marathon Running, Marathon Research: Dawn Newcomb
Rebecca Helton, MA
For Dawn Newcomb, PhD, writing a grant is like running a marathon. As a veteran of six marathons since she moved to Nashville in 2007, she should know. “You have to …
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Personal or Family Photographs in Professional Presentations
The Edge for Scholars
I think that inclusion of personal or family photographs in professional presentations like grand rounds talks or research seminars points the needle away from goodness. Such presentations provide an opportunity …
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What Would You Do If You Could Do Anything? Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele
Rebecca Helton, MA
“As scientists, we can be like kids playing in a sandbox,” says Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, Division Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. “We’re building things, trying to understand how things …
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