A gift of medical books from an unlikely source spurred Chrystal Starbird’s scientific career. She talks about what motivates her research on cell surface receptors and the obstacles she has faced as a Black woman in academia.

Academic mentors are not necessarily natural managers. Their graduate students often bear the brunt of this shortcoming.

The world was rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, but researchers rose to all manner of challenges.

As the hiring season gets underway, academic listings are still way down from last year, but there are signs of the job market picking back up.

Early career researchers face unique challenges when a senior collaborator becomes embroiled in allegations of scientific malpractice.

The closure of visa offices, travel and immigration restrictions, and general anxiety create barriers for the international graduate students and postdocs who play a huge role in research in the United States.

Training young scientists to review submitted manuscripts should be an academic exercise, not a facet of professional scientific publishing.

According to a new study, active participation in lab discussions from more senior lab members is positively linked to grad students’ abilities.

For many, it’s not a question of when senior academics should leave their posts, it’s about how to distribute scarce resources such as grants and faculty positions more fairly.

Plus, more scientists nowadays spend their entire careers in supporting roles, rather than leading their own research programs.

More than 2,000 individuals favor the bargaining unit—the first at a private university in the US.

Technology and family constraints are making the “ghostdoc” more popular, but the setup is not without costs, researchers say.

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

Postdocs nationwide were set to have an increased minimum salary or become eligible for overtime pay until a court injunction halted new Department of Labor regulations.

Agencies and institutions strive to better prepare graduate students and postdocs for futures in academia and beyond.

Scientists share their 2016 resolutions across Twitter.

This year’s survey highlights dramatic regional, sector, and gender variations.

What I’ve learned doing science in three different countries 

Retiring as a professor, and even shutting down your own lab, doesn’t necessarily mean quitting research.