Puppets with pipettes and singing researchers make lab work swing
By Jef Akst
The BioBus brings laboratory research to the people
By Erica Westly
The Caspian tiger may not be extinct, after all
By Cheryl Lyn Dybas
Nanoparticles can damage DNA even in cells that are not directly exposed to them, says a new study
By Jef Akst
We want to know about your workplace: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Survey closes soon - respond today
By The Scientist Staff
The comeback of an old idea in immunology prompts a rethink of cancer progression and approaches to treatment
By Mark J. Smyth
Researchers for the first time have tracked the specific genetic mutations that allow bacteria to evolve responses to environmental changes
By Victoria Stern
California's stem cell funding agency giveth and it taketh away
By Jef Akst
Scientists at the top-ranked institutions in this year's survey celebrated their organization's strong focus on collaboration, team building and unique funding opportunities
By Victoria Stern
Mildred Cohn used nuclear magnetic resonance to study the structure and biochemical properties of proteins
By Jef Akst
Developers of the most advanced malaria vaccine candidate to date are shooting for approval in 2012
By Jef Akst
A four-year-old promise to create the second publicly funded competitive granting agency in Africa leaves scientists skeptical
By Katherine Bagley
A new initiative plans to centralize online resources for biomedical researchers
By Bob Grant
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Stem Cell Biology: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York NY 10029 USA

Assistant, Associate and/or Professor Level Faculty
University of Maryland
Baltimore MD 21201 USA

Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
UT Health Science Center
San Antonio TX 78229 USA

Post-doctoral position
House Ear Institute
Los Angeles CA 90057 USA

Associate Scientist, Compound Screening
Phillip Morris Intl.
Neuchatel CHE

Scientist, Bioinformatics
Phillip Morris Intl.
Neuchatel CHE

Molecular Biologists and Biochemists
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis MN 55455 USA

Tenure Track Faculty Position at The Whitehead Institute and Department of Biology, MIT
The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge MA 02142 USA