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Developing Grad Students’ Scientific Literacy Skills (INSIDE HIGHER ED)

March 20, 2020

Mentors can use a number of pedagogical techniques, and recent developments in the realm of scientific publication have provided new opportunities, writes David A. Sanders.

 

It is axiomatic that students need to learn to read and write. At first, one might assume that this task is accomplished early in their education. But, in fact, learning to read and write is a continuing, lifelong process.

That is nowhere better demonstrated than in the training of a scientist. Their required reading and writing skills differ from those...

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Historical comparison of gender inequality in scientific careers across countries and disciplines (PNAS)

March 20, 2020

There is extensive, yet fragmented, evidence of gender differ- ences in academia suggesting that women are underrepresented in most scientific disciplines and publish fewer articles through- out a career, and their work acquires fewer citations. Here, we offer a comprehensive picture of longitudinal gender differences in performance through a bibliometric analysis of academic publish- ing careers by reconstructing the complete publication history of over 1.5 million gender-identified authors whose publishing career ended between 1955 and 2010, covering 83 countries and 13 dis- ciplines....

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Lecturer in Introductory Biology @ University of Rhode Island

March 17, 2020
Job Title Lecturer in Introductory Biology
Job Description Summary, Duties and Responsibilities, Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications

APPLICATION DEADLINE: The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by March 20, 2020. Second consideration may be given to applications received by April 3, 2020. Applications received subsequent to second consideration date (April 3, 2020)...

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Executive Specialist, Office Of The Provost @ Johns Hopkins University

March 16, 2020

Executive Specialist 

General Summary/Purpose:
The Office of the Provost is the most senior academic administration office at Johns Hopkins University, headed by Provost Sunil Kumar, the Chief Academic Officer.  The Provost’s office advances the academic mission of the university by identifying and facilitating initiatives across academic divisions, coordinating and strengthening university policies and procedures, and supporting research, education and the student experience across the entire university.

This position...

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Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Autoimmunity @ Rubis Therapeutics

March 16, 2020

Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Autoimmunity
HIRING MANAGER Salam Shaaban
DEPARTMENT Autoimmunity
LOCATION Cambridge

Rubius Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is generating red blood cells and engineering them into an entirely new class of allogeneic, off-the-shelf cellular medicines. Our Red Cell Therapeutics™ can potentially be used to replace missing enzymes for patients living with rare enzyme deficiencies, kill tumors in cancer and regulate the immune system for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. We expect to begin...

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Being a caregiver while caring for a PhD (Nature)

March 13, 2020
In summer 2008, a year after I started my PhD programme, my wife Samantha was admitted to hospital with a severe chest infection. Sam had cystic fibrosis, and the infection wreaked havoc on her lungs. After a protracted hospitalization, she could not breathe unaided. Furnished with a canister of oxygen and breathing apparatus (a mainstay from then on), along with a substantial amount of antibiotics and other medications, she left hospital, and we carried on with our lives as best as we could. Sam went back to her job teaching a school class of 9–10-year-olds, and I continued pursuing my PhD... Read more about Being a caregiver while caring for a PhD (Nature)