Seoul, South Korea— Monday morning begins, with my hands cupped around an Americano. I watch students pour into the upscale computer room…
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Early Career Research Community The South Korean Elite: Teaching and Learning at Seoul Science High SchoolRead more
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The Student Blog Take the Strange and Make it Familiar: Advice on Science WritingRead more
Traditionally, scientists have been reluctant towards, if not prejudiced against, popular science journalism. The situation has only begun to change recently with…
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Early Career Research Community Living in the age of emotions and a time of denial: A new year, a new beginning.Read more
With 2017 behind us, it feels appropriate to ponder on a phenomenon that has become increasingly present and problematic for early career…
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Early Career Research Community Editors’ Best Books for ECRsRead more
As grad students and researchers, we all have several books or at least one book in particular that has inspired us and stayed…
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Early Career Research Community #GradStudentTax: What it is and how it could impact you — Updated 12/21/17Read more
Update 12/21/17: Protests from graduate schools and their students had their intended effect, as the final version of this tax bill does…
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Early Career Research Community Shortcuts to Scientific SuccessRead more
Researchers can often refer to at least one inspiring person or event that has instigated their academic endeavors. As a marine biologist…
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Early Career Research Community Grief in Graduate School: What You and Your School Can Do to HelpRead more
Recently I was scanning my lab notebook in our biosafety level 3 (BSL3) facility so that it would be electronically backed up…
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Early Career Research Community Open Access Week 2017: It’s time to do something about predatory publishersRead more
Sure, it’s happened to all of us — the invitation to be keynote speaker at a conference you’ve never heard of or…
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Early Career Research Community A simple “nudge” goes a long way: The right to childcare and preschool benefitsRead more
I have previously written about the challenge of combining research and parenthood and the benefits of parental leave from my perspective as…
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Early Career Research Community Alternative Medicine: Why Science Is Being Ignored and What To Do About ItRead more
“Anti-GMO,” “essential oils,” “gluten-free,” “detox cleanses,” “homeopathic” the buzzwords abound, permeating internet blogs and…
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Early Career Research Community The ECR Perspective on Metabolomics: Interview with Dr. Vanessa PhelanRead more
Beyond the realms of genetic material that we living beings have, there is a complex chemistry of life in the form of organic…
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Early Career Research Community Bullied into going national: Early career researchers are taking initiativeRead more
This post was contributed by Corina Logan and Laurent Gatto of Bullied into Bad Science. “It’s a somehow unwritten law at the…