A new PhD Comic set science Twitter afire this weekend. The gist of the comic: in exchange for the flexibility of graduate…
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Early Career Research Community 4 Reasons Graduate Students Shouldn’t Have to Work Weekends
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Early Career Research Community Grad School 101: Avoiding the slump in years 3 and 4
Grad students commonly experience a slump during the third and fourth years of study. The carefree times of first year are far…
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Early Career Research Community Grad School 101: 10 Tips for A Great First Year in Grad School
Labor Day has come and gone, pumpkin spice lattes are back at Starbucks, and a new crop of students has just started…
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Early Career Research Community Choose-Your-Own Experiment: Active Learning in Introductory Biology Courses
What should undergraduate students learn in an introductory biology class? Traditionally, these classes seek to give students a broad background in basic…
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Early Career Research Community Social media for ECRs: Serious scientists can (and do!) use Twitter
The role of social media in science has been hotly debated, with the most recent skirmish coming from a Guardian op-ed. Entitled…
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The Student Blog Of Mice and Men: Uncovering Cardiovascular Disease Genetics
February is American Heart Month, a great time to take a closer look at cardiovascular disease (CVD). According to the World Health Organization…
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The Student Blog Should we be “eating everything in moderation”?
On Thursday, people across the United States will be filling their plates with a variety of traditional Thanksgiving dishes: roast turkey, stuffing…