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Supporting Ph.D. students in the time of COVID-19
Mentors and advisers must be aware of the unique hardships imposed on graduate students by the pandemic and by the gradual return to campus and labs.
Time for a new model of data disclosure?
Ken Hallenbeck asserts that a flood of scientific papers related to the pandemic provides an opportunity to review core assumptions of the modern publication model.
COVID-19 retractions show that the science is working as it should
Severe scrutiny of two major papers, including one about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine, is part of science's normal process of self-correction, explains Mark R. O’Brian.
In the future, lab mice will live in computer chips, not cages
As COVID-19 shuttered laboratories across the U.S., many researchers were forced to euthanize the animals they study. Lindsay Gray, a rodent surgeon in an animal research lab that faced this dilemma, argues here there is a safer, more effective way.
F(i/u)nding your next hypothesis
Two veteran research scientists share their strategies for developing new ideas.
Coronavirus coverage and the silencing of female expertise
With male voices dominating the pandemic narrative, female scientists are lamenting the loss of diverse perspectives.
In my first real US winter, I got snow; in my second, I got a pandemic
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This week's staff picks
A delicious pudding, a soothing TV series, a delightful earworm and more. Find out what the ASBMB staff has been enjoying lately.
The ASBMB has done a lot to benefit science and our field
Jerry Hart, the ASBMB’s outgoing president, looks back at two years of big changes and advances at the society and in science.
What the Supreme Court's DACA ruling means for undocumented students and the colleges and universities they attend
At least for now, hundreds of thousands of students can stay in school without facing new hardships.
When leaders choose self-interest over science, the consequences are deadly
As a result of the Trump administration’s actions and inaction, Ben Corb writes, the U.S. was late to adopt a testing protocol to help track and slow the spread of COVID-19.
Grant-writing tips for beginners
Bill Sullivan, a study section veteran, shares eight important lessons he’s learned for writing a winning grant application.
After the longest March, science marches on
Structural biologist Emilia Arturo writes about the generosity and accommodations offered by some senior researchers as the COVID-19 outbreak shutters labs around the world.
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