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Microfluidics: Biology’s Liquid Revolution
Laura Tran, PhD | Feb 26, 2024 | 8 min read
Microfluidic systems redefined biology by providing platforms that handle small fluid volumes, catalyzing advancements in cellular and molecular studies.
Funding Briefs
The Scientist Staff | Jun 26, 1988 | 3 min read
A Noble Gesture Toward Plant Biology The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, long active in medical research and agriculture, is taking bids on building a laboratory and recruiting staff for a new division of plant biology. By September of this year, the foundation hopes to have a core of 20 of its own researchers, which will expand to 40 in the next four or five years. The division will fund in-house research as well as supporting labs at other institutions. Plant biologist Richard Dixon arrive
Plant Science Research
Robert Goodman | Nov 22, 1992 | 1 min read
I am grateful for the attention you have given the plant sciences (Scott Veggeberg, The Scientist, Sept. 14, 1992, page 14) and the breadth of opinions reflected in your interviews. I'd like to clarify one important point, however, regarding your summary of the National Research Council report "Plant Biology Research and Training for the 21st Century." Our report does not say that "the majority of the agency's [the United States Department of Agriculture's] research budget goes to land grant u
Plant Science Job Horizon Dimmed By Lack Of Funding
Marcia Clemmitt | Sep 13, 1992 | 10 min read
Researchers are perturbed by the weak support being given to a discipline that they consider vital to planet Earth's survival The job market for agricultural scientists has shown little or no net growth over the past several years. Fortunately, in a sense, the same weak economic climate that's slowed job creation has also slowed the flow of students through the agricultural science departments, say university officials nationwide. Thus, the production of Ph.D.'s today generally matches the num
Fresh asparagus sliced horizontally, revealing inner microchannel structure.
Food for Thought: A Recipe for Regenerating Nerves
Iris Kulbatski, PhD | Oct 23, 2023 | 3 min read
Al dente asparagus stalks may hold the key to successful neural stem cell therapy for repairing injured axons.
Exosomes Make Their Debut in Plant Research
Amanda Keener | Feb 1, 2019 | 10+ min read
A growing branch of research on how plants use exosomes to interact with their environment is opening up a new field of plant biology.
Pharma Looks to Outer Space to Boost Drug R&D
Katarina Zimmer | Dec 1, 2020 | 9 min read
There are benefits of studying certain biological processes under microgravity, but whether those advantages outweigh the costs of getting experiments off Earth remains to be seen.
Funding Briefs
The Scientist Staff | Oct 1, 1989 | 3 min read
New Postdoctoral Fellowship For Minorities To increase the number of black, Hispanic, Native American, and other minority life scientists, NSF will sponsor 10 postdoctoral fellows in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Applicants must have earned their Ph.D.’s between January 1986 and January 1991. As part of this new program, NSF will help place these fellows and will provide up to $3,000 so that qualified candidates can visit prospective mentors or attend professional meet
Life Sciences Salary Survey 2011
Jef Akst and Edyta Zielinska | Dec 1, 2011 | 10+ min read
US salaries are starting to recover after last year’s survey recorded the first-ever drop.

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