science conferences

Around 100 people were infected at a scientific meeting hosted by Biogen in Boston in February. Then they went back home, taking the virus with them.

The pandemic has forced scientists everywhere to rethink in-person conferences, but some researchers have already been urging changes.  

Officials had initially linked 97 cases to a single conference held by Biogen in February in Boston, but a new study tracking viral genomes suggests the number may be as high as 20,000.

As scores of academic meetings get upended due to COVID-19, researchers are turning to virtual replacements.

Find out which meetings have been canceled, postponed, or are going ahead as planned.

The Ministry of Education’s new rule says only one federally employed researcher per institution can attend international scholarly meetings, Times Higher Education reports.

The Tel Aviv University researcher is interested in how the macromolecules affect the health and behavior of successive generations of worms.

The animals showed changes in both slow wave and rapid eye movement sleep.

An analysis of more than 400 human genomes from residents of 13 African countries presented at this week’s annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics greatly expands our species’ cataloged genetic diversity.

Very little science from meetings reaches a meaningfully large audience.

Many organizations work to confront sexual harassment at conferences.

The European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) faces criticism after public allegations emerge that its president engaged in sexual harassment and bullying.

Individual researchers and science societies are finding solutions so colleagues around the globe can attend conferences, from remote presentations to relocating conferences.

Researchers want to avoid a situation from last week in which a professor, banned from his university for substantiated sexual misconduct claims, showed up at the Society for American Archaeology conference.

Event organizers are taking criticism for choosing to exclude men from giving talks.

From canceled conferences to delayed publications, fallout of the shutdown spread beyond US borders, prompting concerns about long-term damage to international collaboration.

As the second full week of lapsed funding comes to a close, some 800,000 federal employees are stuck at home, including some biologists.

The latest rejections of visa requests have scientists up in arms.

Activists are protesting imbalanced conferences, editorial boards, and other professional activities by refusing to join.