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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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The key ingredients for a successful science outreach event

February 12, 2020
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Have you ever taken part in a science outreach event? Three years ago, I heard the expression “science outreach” for…

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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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Eric T. Hall to receive MBoC Paper of the Year award

October 17, 2019
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Eric T. Hall was named by the Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) Editorial Board as recipient of the 28th…

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