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Quarterly Summary: Guest Bloggers are Great!
This summer featured our second summer series. Last year’s “So you want to be a…” was followed up this year by “Notches in the STIC” which navigated through the key points of the Science and Technology Innovation Council’s recent report … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge, Canada, CAPS, Council of Canadian Academies, CSaP, CSPC, education, Employment, fellowship, Government, Graduate Student, Marianne Stanford, Nassif Ghoussoub, non-academic jobs, Open Laboratory, PDF, PhD, Piece of Mind, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Recruitment of Policy Leaders, Science, science and society, science communication, Science Technology and Innovation Council, SSHRC, Stem Cell Network, Summary, Training, University
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The 24/7 lab: Motivated scientists or slave-driving supervisors?
At the end of August, an article popped out from Nature News that sent many PhDs and postdocs into a tailspin. After asking 11 labs with a reputation for “working hard” and being allowed to visit just one of them, Heidi … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged 24/7 Lab, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Cambridge, Canada, degrees, education, Employment, Graduate Student, Heidi Ledford, life choices, money, Nature, non-academic jobs, PhD, Policy, Science, Training, University
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Identifying good scientists and keeping them honest
In a February 2011 interview with Lab Times, Cambridge scientist Peter Lawrence1 reflects on his own career and complains that “the heart of research is sick” as he charts the changes in the way in which science is pursued. Briefly, … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged Cambridge, CMAJ, doctors, education, fellowship, funding, Graduate Student, grantsmanship, Journals, Lab Times, life choices, Medical Research Council, Nature, non-academic jobs, PDF, Peer Review, Peter Lawrence, PLoS ONe, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Retraction Watch, royal society, Science, science and society, scientific ombudsman, Training, University
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Quarterly Summary: Expanding our Reach
This quarter, both Beth and Dave have made efforts to bring the Black Hole out of e-space and into the new territory. Firstly, a panel organised by science blogger Maryse de la Giroday at Frogheart.ca will feature Beth at Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial, General, Jobs, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Cambridge, Canada, CAPS, CIHR, degrees, education, faculty of 1000, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Health on the Hill, life choices, Marianne Stanford, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, Stem Cells, Summary, Sustainable Lab, taxes, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Reducing medical (science) waste: Thinking before doing…
I was sitting down with a group of scientists following a football/soccer game the other day and dropped a bomb into the conversation by asking if people thought cancer research got too much money. Nobody, myself included, disputed the obvious … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge, Canada, core facility, degrees, discovery, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge economoy, knowledge translation, money, non-academic jobs, Peer Review, PhD, Post Doc, Science, Science journal, sustainable lab practice, Training, University
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Science and Media Collide… in a good way.
I just had a pair of new students start under my supervision in the lab and I decided to try something new. Along with the standard “who’s who in the lab” and “here are a few good reviews and papers … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science Communication
Tagged Alexey Bersenev, animated science videos, Brett Finlay, Cambridge, Canada, cancer stem cells, Daniel Pink, education, Employment, Erika Check Hayden, George Daley, Government, Graduate Student, Hans Clevers, Leonard ZOn, media, new PhD students, non-academic jobs, PhD, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, science communication, science literacy, science outreach, Sir Ken Robinson, talks.cam.ac.uk, The Lab, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Doctors of Philosophy? I fear not…
Quick Hit: I now write for the Stem Cell Network’s blog and have published two entries for them. The first is on stem cell resources and organizations in the UK, and the second is of broader interest regarding a New … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General
Tagged BC Cancer Agency, biomedical, Cambridge, Canada, degrees, doctors, education, engineer, Graduate Student, life choices, off campus, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, research institute, Science, SickKids, Training, transferrable skills, UBC, University
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Devils of Details: Getting Scientists to Understand How Policy Making Works
Yesterday I attended a panel discussion at Cambridge run by a group called the Centre for Science and Policy. It is part of a series of events designed to engage and unite those at the University who have an interest … Continue reading
Posted in General, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged AAAS, Cambridge, CSaP, Employment, ESRC Fellowship, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, knowledge translation, life choices, media, money, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, postacademic jobs, scholarship, Science, science and society, Science Communcation, science literacy, science policy, SSHRC, Training, transferrable skills, University
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Old Debate, More Participants: What do 80% of PhD holders do for a career?
I received a pamphlet the other day entitled: Careers Support for Life Science Post Docs (thanks to Anne and Lynn for letting me post this!) This got me thinking and building on the momentum from Beth’s Why do PhDs leave … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Financial, General, Jobs
Tagged AAAS, business, Cambridge, Canada, CAPS, Core Competencies, degrees, Employment, funding, Government, Graduate Student, life choices, McGill University, money, National Post Doc Association, non-academic jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, science and society, Second Post Doc, Training, transferrable skills, University, University Affairs, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Toronto, UofT PDA
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