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Physician scientist Jennifer Grandis details the challenges women face in medical research in her new book Harsh Medicine, calling for reform in academic medicine.

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Q&A: Psych and Neuro Journals Primarily Edited by American Men

Push to Address Long-Standing Challenges for Parents in STEMM

NAS Considers Expulsion of Two Scientists for Sexual Harassment

Geneticist Drops Out of New Role After Allegations of Gender Bias

More Resignations at MeTooSTEM

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Scientists Report Stress, Bullying, and Harassment in New Survey

Opinion: Can Prizes Help Women Shatter Science’s Glass Ceiling?

If members don’t explicitly believe gender discrimination exists, they allow implicit stereotypes to sway their decision-making, according to a new analysis of real-world hiring decisions.

Biased Evaluation Committees Promote Fewer Women

Harassment Common for National Institutes of Health Employees

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Mycetoma: The Invisible Disease Beneath India's Soil

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

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Building Translation-Ready Biomarkers with Connected Workflows

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