by Jessica Polka | May 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Biomedical research is a huge enterprise now; it attracts riff-raff who never would have survived as scientists in the 1960s and 1970s. There is no doubt that highly capable scientists currently participate in the grant-review process. Likewise, unfortunately,...
by Gary McDowell | May 8, 2015 | FOR meetings
Beryl Benderley has written a short blog post in Science Careers about our upcoming meetings, please watch this space and we will keep you updated as they progress! You can also find information on the individual meetings at their links from our home page: May 21st in...
by Gary McDowell | May 3, 2015 | Postdoc population size, STEM shortage myth
See Too Many Postdocs, Too Little Funding, an article discussing the postdoc situation from “Boston University Today”.
by Gary McDowell | May 1, 2015 | Surveys & Forums
As we continue to call for more data collection, and transparency in its dissemination, we also want to present opportunities to contribute to that data collection. Please see below a message from Melanie Sinche at Harvard University which include this link to fill...
by Jessica Polka | Apr 29, 2015 | FOR meetings
A reminder that our next FOR meeting will be this Thursday (April 30th) at 6pm at Tufts Medical in downtown Boston. The exact room is Jaharas 508, at 150 Harrison Avenue. Below is the agenda. Of note, we will be looking for volunteers to help with various FOR related...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 23, 2015 | Events & Networking
One of the desired outcomes from the Future of Research report was increased connectivity amongst early career researchers and we want to share more information about upcoming events and opportunities to connect. The Young Embryologist’s Network is an organization in...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 15, 2015 | Ideas for change, Postdoc population size, STEM shortage myth
Jessica Polka, Kristin Krukenberg and Gary McDowell have an article in today’s edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell, “A call for transparency in tracking student and postdoc career outcomes”. The article calls on the scientific community to...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 13, 2015 | Postdoc benefits
An article in a student newspaper at the University of Maryland, describing changes to postdoc benefits at UMD College Park, and a faculty letter in opposition to changes, led to a blog post in Science Careers that caused something of a sensation on social media...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 13, 2015 | Ideas for change, NIH, Surveys & Forums
The NIH is looking for comments on “policies and strategies to improve the impact and sustainability” of biomedical research. You can read about the background in the NIH “Rock Talk” blogpost by NIGMS Director Jon Lorsch, “Give Input on...
by Gary McDowell | Apr 12, 2015 | International scientific reforms
Since 2002, early career researchers in Germany have been striving to make changes and the Max Planck Society, which administers 82 research institutions, has decided to treat junior scientists as employees. You can read about it in the University World News article...
