Approaching Christmas and leaving an autumn with the important recurrent weeks of research behind us. Obviously, I am referring to Peer Review…
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Academia Peer review: time to get ECRs involved
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Academia The home of the Nobel: who will blow the whistle on academia?
Sweden has been in the limelight for the past few weeks as the Nobel Prizes were announced and a new cohort of laureates…
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Academia Grad School 101: What to do in year two
Congratulations, it’s your second year of graduate school! If your PhD program is similar to most you likely joined a lab over…
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Academia Making Connections in Cell Biology: Recap of 2015 ASCB Annual Meeting and Interview of Theodore Ho
From December 12 – 16 veteran scientists and early career researchers (ECRs) alike flocked to the San Diego Convention Center to attend…
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Academia Three simple tips to survive grant writing
Like any field, working in research has its ups and downs. Ask any scientist and they will likely identify the opportunity to…
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Academia Celebrating 10 years of Athena SWAN Charter advancing women in science
By Sara Carvalhal Gender inequality in science has been in the news lately, particularly around the fall-out of Sir Tim Hunt’s biased…
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Academia Scientists Behaving Badly (On Social Media)
By Brett Buttliere It is generally undisputed that Twitter and other social information exchange websites are changing the landscape of science and…
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Academia It’s time for universities to rethink what counts as field school
By Liam Zachary Field school season is approaching for anthropology and earth science undergraduate students, and while some students have already enrolled…
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Academia Re-launching the PLOS Student Blog & Introducing Travel Awards!
Hi PLOS readers! My name is Sara Kassabian, and I am a Masters candidate in the Global Health Sciences program at University…
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Academia What can you do with that PhD?: FAQs about non-academic jobs
As the school year winds to a close, another class of students nears graduation and will be asked the inevitable question: “So…