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Spotlight: COMPASS Outreach Grant recipients

June 2, 2017

The ASCB Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS) is a group of trainees dedicated to promoting the voice and visibility…

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How international scientists can advocate, and how U.S. scientists can support them

April 19, 2017

In the current political climate in the United States, many scientists are looking to become more politically engaged or to…

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Letting the right ones in: obstacles in graduate admissions  

March 29, 2017
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Our previous article discussed admission metrics such as the GRE (Graduate Record Examination), undergraduate GPA (grade point average), previous research…

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Can we anticipate graduate student success if we can't assess it?

March 20, 2017
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How we choose the next generation of scientists is at the root of a sustainable scientific enterprise. The true value…

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Who should be training trainees on reproducibility and ethics?

February 10, 2017
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A recent piece in Nature by Monya Baker, “Reproducibility: Seek out stronger science,” discussed the availability, or lack thereof, of…

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Effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act Update (or Lack Thereof) on the Postdoctoral Population

February 7, 2017

On December 1, 2016, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was meant to be updated by the U.S. Department of…

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E.E. Just Lecturer Tells URM Scientists, “We Need You and We Need Your Ideas”

February 7, 2017
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The ASCB’s E.E. Just Award comes with a medal, a named lecture, and a two-edged message for minority scientists today,…

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Promote Public Awareness of Science with a COMPASS Outreach Grant —Deadline Approaching!

January 20, 2017
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The Outreach Subommittee of the ASCB Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS) is inviting applications for the first Outreach Grant…

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Using U.S. Census data to understand and reform biomedicine

January 13, 2017

In late 2016, Nature published a special issue (Vol 538, Issue , 27 October 2016) on “Young Scientists”, leading with…

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Effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act Implementation (or Lack Thereof) on the Postdoctoral Population

December 2, 2016

FLSA implementation ruling On December 1, 2016, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was meant to be updated by the…

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