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  1. Podcast: A Malawian Professor's Path to Biotech Research

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    Blog Post
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    May 24, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...for lab equipment that will help accelerate his research. Listen to learn more about Dr. Kwapata’s current...agriculture 5:47-9:35 : Kingdom's biotechnology research at Michigan State University 9:36-10:29 : Kingdom's...the difficulties surrouding and need for biotech research in Malawi 11:41-14:53 : Kingdom's current projects... How Seeding Labs is helping advance Kingdom's research 28:08-END : Kingdom's Thoughts on his time in ...about Addgene Plasmid Donations for Rare Disease Research Resources on Addgene.org Become a part of the...
  2. Thoughts on the Future of Research 2015 Boston Symposium

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 25, 2015, 4 p.m.
    ... academic researchers themselves(44% of postdocs in the life sciences name faculty-research as their preferred...and the Early Career Researchers in Publishing panel, focused on showing researchers that they can take ... recently attended and sponsored the Future of Research (FOR) Boston Symposium 2015. I personally participated...incredibly important to the stability of the biological research enterprise going forward, in this post I’ll point...from the symposium. The goal of the Future of Research Symposium On the FOR website, the FOR Boston 2015...determine what data is required for the academic research community to develop a plan to make postdoctoral...outcomes, and increase diversity in the academic research environment. The “how many?” question lies at ...
  3. Future of Research Conference - Remarkable Opening Session

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 7, 2014, 3 p.m.
    ...Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws” by Bruce Alberts, Marc W. Kirschner, Shirley ...attended the amazing, postdoc-driven Future of Research Conference at Boston University last week.  This... and a long list of supporters from all of the research centers in Boston.  I was relieved because it ...scientists.  At the same time, he pointed out, academic research has some big problems resulting from past practices...values, we are shifting away from PI driven basic research, there is resistance to change, public support...talked about his own unique way of funding basic research at NEB and got some applause when he talked about...to pay postdocs more.  What will the future of research be? The second day of the conference included ...
  4. Supporting Rare Disease Research with the 2020 BeHEARD Awards

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 8, 2020, 2 p.m.
    ...and Accelerate Research Discoveries) Challenge provides grants for rare disease research. This year is ...rare disease research. Congratulations to the winners! Below, we highlight their research and how they... founded with the mission to support and drive research into CCDS. The brain and muscles have a high metabolic...-36 release,” says Dr. Mark Mellett, a senior researcher at University Hospital Zurich. IL-36 cytokines...intracellular signaling,” says Hébert. Previous research has shown that GNB1 mutations lead to increased...biosensors that would allow us to address many of our research questions,” Hébert says. In the spirit of plasmid...
  5. Genetically-encoded Sparse Cell Labeling - A SPARC of Innovation

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    Blog Post
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    May 21, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Rodríguez et al., 2011).  Genetics of SPARC Figure 1: SPARC and SPARC2 use the GAL4-UAS system along with...expression of using the SPARC system. The effector is placed downstream of the rest of the SPARC components and...Isaacman-Beck et al., 2019. Applications for SPARC SPARC technology is versatile and can be applied across...no completely genetic tools that would allow researchers to label just a fraction of a single genetically-defined...Predictive Activity through Recombinase Competition (SPARC), a genetic tool that allows for the labeling of...reliably label any post-mitotic cells in Drosophila. SPARC was developed by Thomas Clandinin’s lab, and incorporates...These sites are target sequences of PhiC31. In the SPARC system, attP sites are located on either side of...
  6. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers

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    Blog Post
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    Jan. 9, 2020, 1:45 p.m.
    ...an improved search algorithm which was trained on key factors from past PubMed user searches, such as clicks...article. Now, search results display a bar graph of the number of papers with your search term published...over time. Creating an alert for a search term helps automate your search for new papers. An alert lets you...relevant to your search terms. Key features Semantic Scholar has several ways to focus your search results. A...year is displayed with your search results and can be used to filter your search to a specific window of ...Meta is not a traditional search engine. Instead, you create your own research feed by entering keywords...suggested related researchers, journals, and concepts to help you expand your search. Results in your ...
  7. Behind the scenes: Addgene’s new search engine and more

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 12, 2019, 2:22 p.m.
    ...prefer to use search, our updated search engine is now more powerful, intuitive, and searches across all ...s new search  Like millions of other websites, we built our new search engine atop Elasticsearch, a powerful...powerful open-source search engine that can scale to search millions of web resources and handle millions...customize the search engine, and a scoping mechanism that allows category-specific, narrow searches. We defined...example, a search scoped to plasmids shows filters for expression and vector type, while a search scoped ... a given resource, and designed the search engine to weight search results differently according to where... our website, including the recent homepage and search tool updates. Now, let’s take a look at the least...
  8. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Social Media for Scientists

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 11, 2018, 12:46 p.m.
    ...advantage. It wasn’t until I wrote a blog post about a research paper that explored how scientists connect on ...started, but now I’m using social media to help my research and my career. Here are three examples of how ...especially like the pointers on how to use LinkedIn to research potential future employers and to arrange informational...shows quick ways social media can fit into a researcher’s work day. It’s also important to remember that...schedule. Has social media helped you advance your research or career? Share your story in the comments below...
  9. Enabling high school research at the Journal of Emerging Investigators

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 5, 2018, 12:01 p.m.
    ...school students to publish peer-reviewed scientific research. You’ll meet some of the folks behind the journal...and Outro - Interview with high school student researchers Arooba Ahmed, Jiachen Lee, and Jillian Parker...
  10. With an Eye Towards the Future, We Look Back at the March for Science

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 24, 2017, 1:54 p.m.
    ...Hays, a researcher at the University of California Berkeley. It’s been half a year since the march for science...seems to break everyday. Many researchers and supporters of science marched to advocate for scientist participation...Below I present perspectives on the March for Science from researchers all over North America. I hope that...cuts to important research funding.  So when I saw that there was going to be a march in support of science...and to tell the stories behind our research.  That's why I marched for science in D.C. "Scientists shouldn't...participate in one of the satellite Marches for Science (my local march was in Nashville, TN, USA). I had...122.0652°W – Steph Hays When I marched for science in May, I marched to advocate for the process we use...
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