CONTENTS
September 2007
We asked, our readers answered. In July, we invited you to tell us your thoughts about tenure: A vital component of academic freedom, or a license to be lazy? We present your ideas on how to improve the way academia evaluates
scientists – and whether you think tenure should disappear altogether. |
RELATED: What will tenure look like in 2012? What some of our readers did, or have to do (if still on tenure-track), to earn tenure. |
In the 26 years since AIDS made its first appearance in the pages of the MMWR, millions of people continue to die from the disease every year. We
present five approaches that researchers say could help people live with HIV/AIDS, not die from it. |
RELATED: A piggyback attack: Using the common cold to deliver an HIV vaccine The best offense? CCR5 inhibitors, moving toward market, suggest it may be a good defense Stem cells and gene therapy: Researchers take a second look at using stem cells to treat HIV Solving the viral spike: Can structural biology find a chink in HIV’s armor? Reconstructing early HIV: The search for immunogens delves into the virus’ past |
 How the lysophospholipid got its receptor In the 1990s, JEROLD CHUN and his colleagues discovered answers to questions that had stumped lipidologists for years, including the importance of lysophospholipids, one of which is now the subject of a clinical trial as a drug against multiple sclerosis. |
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 The Scientist salary report 2007 How does your salary stack up against your colleagues’? Which fields and regions are paying best for life scientists? Plus, explanations for
why male scientists still generally earn more than female scientists, and tips to help you negotiate a better salary. |
RELATED: Salary by job title and years of experience Median salaries by area of specialization |
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EDITORIAL Tenure: What is it good for? Our readers seem divided, or at least concerned, over this academic institution’s future. COLUMNS Me first! The system of scientific authorship is in crisis. Two new rules could help make things right. Out of Africa A once-obscure virus spreads its wings, sickening hundreds. How did this happen? OPINION Can YouTube save the planet? Pooling videos will provide instant evidence of global environmental
problems. NOTEBOOK The agenda; CSI: My cat; Meat in vitro?; Sequencing the survivors; Shark Rx; Txting 4 fsh FOUNDATIONS The first combinatorial library, circa 1984 PROFILES Scientist to watch: Henrik Kaessmann: Grand-scale genetics An Expression of Interest Alan Hinnebusch has worked doggedly through the years to figure out
how yeast genes are regulated. Bio Business: A Receptive Leader Some executives would have left a company after being demoted. Graham Allaway didn't do that at the HIV therapeutics company Panacos, and it's better because of it. THE LITERATURE Hot papers: The shape of pathogenic proteins Hot Paper in immunology: Reviving T-cells during viral infection Hot paper in epigenetics: Passing on fertility disruptors Hot paper in taxonomy: New eukaryotic classification emphasizing protists LAB TOOLS Bad Vibrations How to keep the effects of environmental bounce out of your data How It Works Vibration isolation tables. CAREERS From Grad School to Grade School So you want to be a science teacher? Here’s how to get started. |