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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The Student Blog Take the Strange and Make it Familiar: Advice on Science Writing
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Early Career Research Community How science is communicated impacts how science is received: Early career researchers share their take on the future of #scicomm
In the fifth cycle of the ECR Travel Awards, early career researchers wrote in with their thoughts on how methods of science…
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Early Career Research Community Can Graduate Students Be Entrepreneurs?
One of the most challenging aspects of graduate school is exploring opportunities that go beyond the traditional academic science path. To understand…
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Early Career Research Community Visiting Your Collaborator’s Lab: Making the Most of Your Time.
Collaborations are an important topic in science because they allow us to produce far-reaching science while still being experts in our small…
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The Student Blog Pursuing a Ph.D. as a Parent: How to Survive
Just like every morning, I get ready and pack lunches quietly as to not wake anyone. As I’m pulling my 10-month-old son…
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Early Career Research Community Publishing hiccup solutions for early career researchers
Got your PhD recently? Then you should be publishing your findings ASAP if you haven’t already. There are of course some natural…
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The Student Blog The second round of PLOS ECR Travel Awards are now open
PLOS is pleased to announce a second opportunity for early career researchers (ECRs) to apply for the ECR Travel Awards Program. Applicants…
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Early Career Research Community Neurotechnology: A Look Back at President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative
Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries, and new ideas, probably in that order. – Sydney Brenner In 2012, my former…
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The Student Blog Developments in the Polio Vaccine Field: Using cold adaptation to produce safe inactivated vaccine candidates
Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a debilitating childhood disease caused by poliovirus. It has been eliminated from most parts of the world thanks…
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Early Career Research Community The Definitions They Are a-Changin’: Lamarck, Inheritance, and Genomes
A snappy t-shirt can say a lot about a person, such as your sense of humour or style (or lack thereof). It…
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The Student Blog Agar Art: Creating Artwork With Microbial Paint
The second annual Agar Art contest, sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology, fused science and design by encouraging entrants to “paint…
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The Student Blog Funding by Crisis: Understanding the Zika Virus Funding Debate
In February 2016, President Obama petitioned Congress for the $1.9 billion dollars the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says are…