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Centennial In The Rearview Mirror

As of March 17, 2017 we will have Gathered our COM together 104 times, shared in the knowledge and experience of 26 Mug Club’rs, and published 94 regular issues of […]

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March 21, 2017 TheCOM Leave a comment

Should I stay or should I go?

Reflections of a New PI by Christian Danve M. Castroverde “Should I stay or should I go?” belts The Clash in their classic punk rock hit from 1982. Although this […]

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December 3, 2019 Danve Castroverde Leave a comment

Science is Communication – How The Story’s Told

By Bethany Huot You may have heard the saying that how well you understand something is evidenced by how well you can explain or teach it to someone else. There […]

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January 15, 2018 Bethany Huot Leave a comment

Temperature, aspirin & bio-chemical warfare in the battle for global food security

by Bethany Huot Why study plant disease? In short, to feed people. There are millions of people in the world who suffer from malnutrition (1). Having access to sufficient, safe […]

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November 27, 2017 Bethany Huot Leave a comment

Reflections on the Academic Job Market

I became familiar with Erin Sparks on Twitter (@ErinSparksPhD) , and finally got to meet her this summer at the 2017 ICAR conference. Riding the bus back together from the […]

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September 8, 2017 Erin Sparks 7 Comments

Do it anyway!

I asked Tiffany Lucas to write this post after hearing her insights during the “Science Careers Outside of Academia” career panel hosted at the Danforth Center during ICAR2017. While all […]

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August 21, 2017 Tiffany Lucas Leave a comment

Science is Communication – A Time to R.O.A.R.

By Bethany Huot This year at The Pub Club we have been focusing on one of the most important aspects of doing science – Communication! While we may view conducting […]

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July 20, 2017 Bethany Huot Leave a comment

Conference Prep Series: Storify your Science

By Bethany Huot This year at The Pub Club we have been focusing on one of the most important aspects of doing science – Communication. This post will introduce you […]

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July 5, 2017 Bethany Huot Leave a comment

#SciTricks

By Bethany Huot While at ICAR 2017, Adam Seroka and I were talking with Jacqueline Monaghan, who is an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University. She shared that, as a new […]

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June 27, 2017 Bethany Huot Leave a comment

An Inside Scoop on Interviewing to be an Assistant Professor

by Kyaw Aung Who knew job interviews would be so brutal fun? If you are a graduate student or post doc, you might dream of becoming a professor at a […]

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June 13, 2017 K. Joe Aung Leave a comment

Conference Prep Series: Tweetiquette

by Bethany Huot Reminder: This post series is an expansion of the post I wrote for ASPB’s Plant Science today blog in preparation for the Plant Biology 2016 meeting (Click […]

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June 6, 2017 Bethany Huot Leave a comment

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The Trifecta: STEM, 3D Learning, and ART
22 December 2017 - Tricia Shelton
The Trifecta: STEM, 3D Learning, and ART

Equal opportunity, preparation for college and career, innovations to improve people’s lives, and a competitive US position in a global economy—- these are the needs that are driving a rethink of the approach to education.  Leading the transformation of education are initiatives like STEM and a vision for a new approach to teaching and learning […] [...]

A Changing Focus in Education
11 December 2017 - Tricia Shelton
A Changing Focus in Education

We are changemakers. We are learners. We are educators. A changing focus in education American education is in the midst of a major transformation, driven in large part, by a technology-focused global economy. Societal shifts like the Industrial Revolution had great impacts on education in the past. We can now ask ourselves, how is the […] [...]

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Chooses BenchFly
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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Chooses BenchFly

We’re very excited to announce our new partnership with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) to help bring two new video-based services to scientists. For more information, see the original release below. To learn more about how you can participate in Product Pioneers or Rising Stars of Science, please contact us at: info@benchfly.com. [...]

New Trend Alert: Using Video to Introduce Data
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New Trend Alert: Using Video to Introduce Data

Here at BenchFly, we’re always looking for new ways to use video to improve scientific research. During a recent conference in Europe, the value of using video to simply introduce a research topic hit home with me. An exciting part of being a researcher of any level is the opportunity to travel to research conferences […] [...]

The ART of Video Funded by the Gates Foundation
22 August 2014 - Alan Marnett
The ART of Video Funded by the Gates Foundation

When we started BenchFly five years ago, in 2009, our mission was to make research a better career for current and future generations of scientists. Today we continue to work toward this goal using video as the primary means to educate scientists in companies, in universities and now in high schools! In the fall of 2013, we were incredibly […] [...]

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