Hands collect gear in a puzzle against the sky in the sunset, representing academia-industry partnership.
| 7 min read
With the shrinking federal funding landscape, academics look to embrace industry collaborations. How does one build impactful partnerships?

editorial

Touch with virtual reality. The point of contact of the human hand with the projection on a blue background.

Smart Biology on a Budget: Why Researchers Should Leverage AI to Rethink Experimental Design

Photo shows a microfluidic chip used in organ-on-a-chip experiments.

FDA Announces Plan to Phase Out Animal Testing. Will That Work?

In this illustration, scientists are looking for microbes in the surrounding while a women sits in the center with a protective wellness shield around her.

The Circular Chase of Microbe Hunters

Yin and yang symbols made of stones and lines in the sand.

The Yin and Yang of Cancer 

An illustration shows two boxing gloves, one red and one blue, giving a fist bump against a yellow background.

The Evolution of Microbe Teachers and AI Cheaters

A microscopy image of stem cells

An Ode to Stem Cells

A big tree in a forest

The Immeasurable Impact of a Scientist

An illustration of scientists in white lab coats celebrating on an unfolding reel of different TS digest issues.

TS Digest Turns One

Rainbow colored DNA strand

Back to the Basics to Break Boundaries

Trending

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

A brown dog stares at a spoon of peanut butter in front of its face with wide eyes.

Why Do Dogs Love Peanut Butter?

A depiction of gut microbes in different colors inside the intestines.

Criticism of Autism-Gut Microbiome Research Sparks Pushback

A sequence map, rendered as different colored bars arranged in vertical columns.

Exploring the Vast Potential of Oxford Nanopore Sequencing for Clinical Research

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Logo

Multimedia

Stacks of cell culture dishes, plates, and flasks with pink cell culture medium on a white background.

Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

Merck
Stacks of cell culture dishes, plates, and flasks with pink cell culture medium on a white background.

Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

MilliporeSigma purple logo
December digest cover image of a wooden sculpture comprised of multiple wooden neurons that form a seahorse.
December 2025, Issue 1

Wooden Neurons: An Artistic Vision of the Brain

A neurobiologist, who loves the morphology of cells, turns these shapes into works of art made from wood.

View this Issue
Stacks of cell culture dishes, plates, and flasks with pink cell culture medium on a white background.

Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

Merck
Stacks of cell culture dishes, plates, and flasks with pink cell culture medium on a white background.

Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

MilliporeSigma purple logo
Abstract wireframe sphere with colorful dots and connecting lines representing the complex cellular and molecular interactions within the tumor microenvironment.

Exploring the Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment 

Cellecta logo
An image of a DNA sequencing spectrum with a radial blur filter applied.

A Comprehensive Guide to Next-Generation Sequencing

Integra Logo

Products

brandtech logo

BRANDTECH® Scientific Announces Strategic Partnership with Copia Scientific to Strengthen Sales and Service of the BRAND® Liquid Handling Station (LHS) 

Top Innovations 2026 Contest Image

Enter Our 2026 Top Innovations Contest

Biotium Logo

Biotium Expands Tyramide Signal Amplification Portfolio with Brighter and More Stable Dyes for Enhanced Spatial Imaging

Labvantage Logo

LabVantage Solutions Awarded $22.3 Million U.S Customs and Border Protection Contract to Deliver Next-Generation Forensic LIMS