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Law and the release of scientific data

Global climate change and other fast-developing scientific fields can take a cue from a prolonged process that eventually led to a workable compromise regarding the release of new data by human genome researchers.

Science Politics | Source: Washington University in St. Louis | Views: 179 | Comments: 0
Gender gap persists at highest levels of math and science testing

A study that examined 30 years of standardized test data from the very highest-scoring seventh graders has found that performance differences between boys and girls have narrowed considerably, but boys still outnumber girls by more than about 3-to-1 at extremely high levels of math ability and scientific reasoning.

Science Politics | Source: Duke University | Views: 317 | Comments: 0
Scientists need to be more proactive, effective at public communication

Scientists are a valuable and trusted source of information, researchers say in a recent report, but too often do an inadequate job of bringing that information to those who need it in a factual, non-technical, credible and neutral format.

Science Politics | Source: Oregon State University | Views: 373 | Comments: 0
To publish or not to publish? That is the question

For more than 50 years medical research has been vetted through the peer-review process overseen by medical journal editors who assign reviewers to determine whether work merits publication. A study published in PLoS One investigates reviewers' recommendations and their influence on journal editors who are the ultimate arbiters of whether the research is published or not.

Science Politics | Source: Indiana University School of Medicine | Views: 461 | Comments: 0
From the Writers
The Genomic Repairman is currently a Ph.D. student who escaped from the deep south, and studies DNA damage and repair through biochemical and genetic approaches. He intends to use pine away about his scientific interests and rant about the things (and there are lots of them) that annoy him.
Source: Genomic Repairman | Views: 121 | Comments: 4
Last by Brian Krueger, PhD on Jul 29, 2010, 6:20am
The Genomic Repairman is currently a Ph.D. student who escaped from the deep south, and studies DNA damage and repair through biochemical and genetic approaches. He intends to use pine away about his scientific interests and rant about the things (and there are lots of them) that annoy him.
How I chose my lab

An old repost of some thoughts for graduate students to consider when choosing a lab

Source: Genomic Repairman | Views: 83 | Comments: 0
I'm an Undergraduate Physics student from Imperial College London, about to start the Masters year of my degree. I mostly write about physics research papers that I find interesting in the hope that other people will find them interesting too.
Why do we need the LHCb?

This is the first in a series of posts in which I'll be writing around the subject of my Masters project. This post is about the LHCb - the motivations and science behind the experiment, and what scientists hope to discover there.

Source: Kelly Oakes | Views: 109 | Comments: 1
Last by Genomic Repairman on Jul 29, 2010, 5:27pm
The Genomic Repairman is currently a Ph.D. student who escaped from the deep south, and studies DNA damage and repair through biochemical and genetic approaches. He intends to use pine away about his scientific interests and rant about the things (and there are lots of them) that annoy him.
The 11th Commandment

An Ode to Lab Managers

Source: Genomic Repairman | Views: 65 | Comments: 2
Last by Genomic Repairman on Jul 29, 2010, 3:33pm
I'm an Undergraduate Physics student from Imperial College London, about to start the Masters year of my degree. I mostly write about physics research papers that I find interesting in the hope that other people will find them interesting too.
A brief introduction to me

Well, it would be rude not to...

Source: Kelly Oakes | Views: 136 | Comments: 2
Last by Genomic Repairman on Jul 29, 2010, 10:36am
Dr Becca is a [number redacted]-year neuroscience post-doc in New York City. She needs a tenure track job ASAP. Do you maybe have one for her? When she started to blog, she predicted that her journey would "likely begin as a comedy of errors, but almost certainly end as a heartwarming tale of human triumph." It is safe to say we're still on the comedy of errors part.
Source: Dr Becca, Ph.D. | Views: 139 | Comments: 3
Last by mg_tsc on Jul 29, 2010, 4:46pm
The Genomic Repairman is currently a Ph.D. student who escaped from the deep south, and studies DNA damage and repair through biochemical and genetic approaches. He intends to use pine away about his scientific interests and rant about the things (and there are lots of them) that annoy him.
Source: Genomic Repairman | Views: 33 | Comments: 2
Last by Genomic Repairman on Jul 29, 2010, 10:37am
The Genomic Repairman is currently a Ph.D. student who escaped from the deep south, and studies DNA damage and repair through biochemical and genetic approaches. He intends to use pine away about his scientific interests and rant about the things (and there are lots of them) that annoy him.
The Genomic Repairman gets a thank you note.

A repost of a Blogger post I put up, kind of annoying and kind of heart warming.

Source: Genomic Repairman | Views: 86 | Comments: 2
Last by Genomic Repairman on Jul 28, 2010, 9:27pm
Hi! I'm Geeka. I've been a scientist for, I don't know, it seems like forever, I guess since I started college, so, like 15 years? Anyhow, this is where I'm going to give my take on a bunch of stuff. I'm usually a little bit out there (that is, I don't see the obvious at the outset), which means that you are probably going to have to deal with reading such topics as: Interpersonal relationship training for scientists, my lab pet peeves, how to get along in business when you just came straight out of academia, trying to deal with having a life and being a scientist, really odd topics for a paper, random stuff I found on the internet that made me shoot coffee out of my nose, you know, (ab)normal Geeka. Why the title? Because at the very heart of me, I'm a virologist, and while I don't necessarily do that now, it's how I view the scientific world.
How Not To Travel With Your PI

I got to do a lot of traveling as a grad student. I've documented this elsewhere, but I like this story (and since my wrist is in pain, and there's a new audience), I thought I'd post it again. I've made some slight changes to protect the guilty.

Source: Geeka | Views: 228 | Comments: 9
Last by Geeka on Jul 29, 2010, 9:14pm
Often we step out the front door of our cozy little world and find ourselves in places or situations we perhaps did not intend. Such is where I find myself as a young postdoc doing basic research in biomedical sciences, trying to figure out where I'm at, where I'm going, and how to get there.
Monkeywrenches

Sabotaged plans don't have to have unhappy endings. And they shouldn't stop us from establishing goals for the future, either.

Source: Biochem Belle | Views: 199 | Comments: 2
Last by Brian Krueger, PhD on Jul 29, 2010, 11:40am


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Research | Source: Purdue University | Views: 535 | Comments: 0
Deluge of scientific data needs to be curated for long-term use

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Research | Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Views: 622 | Comments: 0
Scientists map changes in science and beyond

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Research | Source: Public Library of Science | Views: 673 | Comments: 0
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Science Politics | Source: Washington Post | Views: 4 | Comments: 0
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Catholic Church grant to aid Bristol stem cell research

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Science Politics | Source: BBC | Views: 10 | Comments: 0
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Science Politics | Source: LA Times | Views: 110 | Comments: 0
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Misc | Source: Discovery Channel | Views: 835 | Comments: 0
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Science Politics | Source: Reuters | Views: 602 | Comments: 0
Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser

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Science Politics | Source: NYT | Views: 563 | Comments: 0
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