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Question of the month- PhD internships

Posted by , on 28 September 2015

There is an increased awareness that only a small fraction of PhD students will ultimately secure a tenure-track position in academia. This has led to a discussion on whether graduate ...

PLM10: the Physics of Living Matter is coming of age

Posted by , on 27 September 2015

This week, Cambridge (UK) hosted the 10th Symposium on the Physics of Living Matter (PLM10) (http://www.plm-symposium.org/). For those of us who were at PLM1, it is surprising to see that ...

Editorial- Human development: a Special Issue

Posted by , on 22 September 2015

This editorial first appeared in Development.   In September 2014, Development organised a four-day workshop titled ‘From Stem Cells to Human Development’. In planning this meeting, we sought to fill ...

Mole's Comedia I. Inferno. Canto 1–19.

Posted by , on 16 September 2015

This Sticky Wicket article first featured in Journal of Cell Science. Read other articles and cartoons of Mole & Friends here.     Text translated from the Italian. I think. With ...

The (developmental) biologist's reading list

Posted by , on 11 September 2015

When starting a PhD or a postdoc you are often given a list (or pile) of papers to read- the essentials to get an overview of the history and recent ...

Mole- So now you have your own lab! Part V- The plan

Posted by , on 2 September 2015

This cartoon was first published in the Journal of Cell Science. Read other articles and cartoons of Mole & Friends here.     Part I- ‘The imposter’ Part II- ‘The teaching monster’ ...

The case of philanthropy: bringing scientists and philanthropic donors together, for good

Posted by , on 28 August 2015

This editorial by Olivia Flatto was first published in Disease Models & Mechanisms.   Wealth is not new. Neither is charity. But the idea of using private wealth imaginatively, constructively, and systematically ...

Question of the month- peer review

Posted by , on 27 August 2015

This week the BioMedCentral blog put together a quiz to test how good you are at assessing the best course of action when faced with tricky peer review scenarios. These scenarios make for a ...

On progressing your career and communicating your science- Advice from the SDB meeting

Posted by , on 17 August 2015

Last month I attended the SDB annual meeting in Utah, an excellent conference that featured great scientific talks and additional educative sessions covering outreach, inclusiveness and more. I tweeted extensively from ...

The importance of indifference in scientific research

Posted by , on 3 August 2015

This essay by Martin Schwartz was originally published in the Journal of Cell Science.   Current issues regarding scientific ethics have focused for the most part on regulations governing research and ...

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