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Postdocs Who Publish Hit Papers Are More Likely to Stay and Succeed in Academia

Nathalie Fuentes, a senior scientist at AstraZeneca, is shown completing two of her roles: on the left, she prepares regulatory paperwork for a new drug, while on the right, she documents information from stability testing a new drug.

The Secrets of Securing a Senior Scientist Role in an Industry

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Career Chat: Choosing a Core Career Track

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Career Chat: Directing a New Science Path

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From Lab Coat to Legislation

All Roads Lead to Genome Editing

Machine Learning Seamless Pattern

A Big Data Approach to Life Science

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A Successful Lab Launch

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From Mentee to Mentor: Teaching Undergraduates in the Lab

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Captivated by the Great Expanse of Neurons

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How Do Scientists Decide a Species Has Gone Extinct?

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Green Lab Initiatives Take Root Around the World

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Opinion: In Publishing, Don’t Make the Perfect the Enemy of the Good

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Plant Biologist Jane Silverthorne Dies at 69

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Younger Scientists Are More Innovative, Study Finds

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Opinion: Science Needs Better Fraud Detection—And More Whistleblowers

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Q&A: Why eLife Is Doing Away with Rejections

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Two Allegedly Murdered Scientists Found in Apartment Fire

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Ford Foundation Sunsets Diversity Fellowships

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“Extreme Inequality” Entrenched in Academic Hiring: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Why Are Breast Cancers That Metastasize to the Brain Hard to Treat?

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Why Do Some Women Crave Chocolate Before Their Period?

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How Can the Placenta Help Us Understand Cancer?

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Transform Omics Workflows with Scalable Cell Prep

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Accelerating Cancer Research Through Comprehensive Genomic Analysis

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Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

A long-term study of nearly 800 patients demonstrated a strong safety profile for T cells engineered with viral vectors.

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Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

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Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

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Making Real-Time PCR More Straightforward

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