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Best Places to Work Academia, 2012
The Scientist | Aug 1, 2012 | 9 min read
On the 10th anniversary of The Scientist’s survey of life science academics, institutions are contending with tighter budgets and larger administrative staffs, while working to sustain and inspire their researchers.
Readers' Survey -- Best Places to Work for Postdocs 2003
The Scientist Staff | Feb 9, 2003 | 3 min read
(Philadelphia, PA - February 2003)The top institutions ranked by postdoc participants in The Scientist's "Best Places to Work for Postdocs" survey share a culture of collaboration and a commitment to teaching. The results are detailed in the article "Postdocs Pick Institutions that Build Community" appearing in February 10, 2003 of The Scientist.To find out what postdocs think about their institutions, The Scientist invited more than 30,000 to participate in our "Best Places to Work For
Best Places to Work Academia, 2011
The Scientist | Jul 1, 2011 | 9 min read
Whether it’s attending a Scottish dance party or asking physics buffs to custom build your tools, researchers at this year’s top institutions are getting creative at work.
How to Create the Best Workplace
The Scientist Staff | Oct 19, 2003 | 7 min read
1. Build collegial relationships Scientists prize collegial relationships: More survey participants rated them as important than they rated any other feature in The Scientist's "Best Places" questionnaire. "The environment here is very collegial and supportive," says Ite A. Laird-Offringa, assistant professor at the University of Southern California. "And interdisciplinary research is stimulated in many ways ... [for example] through the mindset of the faculty, who seek each other out to work
New Initiatives Offer Jobs, Funding to Women Only
Ashley Yeager | Jan 5, 2018 | 5 min read
To correct gender disparities in academic science, the Max Planck Society and the Australian government are taking the uncommonly direct approach of affirmative action.
Overcoming the Challenges of Studying Endangered Animals
Jim Daley | Jul 1, 2018 | 8 min read
From the difficulty of tracking rare populations to the danger of poachers exploiting distribution data, the complications of studying endangered species require creative solutions from researchers.
Sharing Made Easy
Megan Scudellari | Sep 1, 2012 | 7 min read
Biological resource centers are bigger and better than ever before, storing and distributing shared reagents, plasmids, and more.
Survey: More Women Entering Chemistry, But Career Advancement Poses Problems
Franklin Hoke | Aug 16, 1992 | 7 min read
A recent work force survey by the Washington, D.C.-based American Chemical Society (ACS), building on data from a 1990 ACS salary survey, concludes that women in chemistry still face obstacles to advancement, despite an improved professional climate in recent years. Even so, conversations with women chemists working in the public and private sectors Lind many optimistic about their work and futures. But most also point to changes they would like to see in the profession of chemistry to lower the
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How (Not) to Do an Antibody Survey for SARS-CoV-2
Catherine Offord | Apr 28, 2020 | 10+ min read
Preprints from the first round of seroprevalence studies indicate that many more people have been infected with the virus than previously reported. Some of these studies also have serious design flaws.
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NYU Defends Against Backlash Over Potential Hire
Amanda Heidt | Apr 29, 2022 | 8 min read
Hundreds of the school’s faculty, students, and trainees are protesting its consideration of David Sabatini, who left his previous posts after alleged sexual misconduct.

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