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Eleven reasons why you should bring your whole lab to Cell Bio Virtual 2020

August 20, 2020

Whenever ASCB asks, one of the things members always say they love about membership is the chance to attend the…

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How scientific trainees can navigate the hurdles imposed by COVID-19: An interview with Sharon Milgram from NIH’s OITE

July 6, 2020
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We reached out to Sharon Milgram, the Director of the Office of Intramural Training & Education at the National Institutes…

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We can choose to be better; can scientists afford not to?

June 26, 2020
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A few months ago, I joined a remote session of a diversity, equity, and inclusion book club for scientists, where…

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Why I come out to my biology classrooms

June 24, 2020
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During my first couple of years of graduate school, I never mentioned my LGBTQ+ identity around other academics. It was…

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Accepting the ‘new normal’ as a trainee

May 11, 2020
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In my last post discussing social distancing as a trainee (link), I had been at home for one week and…

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Four essential elements that improve graduate training

April 17, 2020
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Graduate school can be a stressful time for many reasons. Some of these reasons may include pressures to have experiments…

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How COVID-19 impacts undergraduate housing

March 31, 2020
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“To the members of the MIT community: When I wrote last week, we understood that our approach to campus life…

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Managing social distancing as a scientist in training

March 21, 2020
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Ed. Note: Scott Wilkinson is the current co-chair of the ASCB Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS). Social distancing. By…

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M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti honored with 2019 EMBO Gold Awards

November 6, 2019
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Earlier this year, the 2019 EMBO Gold Medals were awarded to two systems biologists, M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti.…

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Lab bullying: talking is still the only solution

October 25, 2019
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If you are passionate about science, you deserve the opportunity to work in academia. Do you think that abusive supervisors…

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