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HHMI Bulletin
Feb 2011 |
President's Letter Postdoctoral scientists have played an essential role in advancing discovery research in the life sciences for more than a century.   |
Chemistry World
August 31, 2015 |
The postdoc problem: too many, or the wrong kind? Are concerns about postdoc proliferation valid? Maybe we just need to make their training more diverse, suggests Keith Micoli |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011 |
Time to Teach for Postdocs Teaching experience is vital for postdocs. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011
Kendall Powell |
The Next Generation The postdoctoral fellowship for biologists is a high-pressure series of challenges to join the best lab after graduate school, execute and publish stellar science, and then secure a full-time position afterward. |
HHMI Bulletin
Spring 2013
Erin Peterson |
I Am a Scientist Science benefits from diversity, says David Asai, senior director of HHMI's precollege and undergraduate science education programs. "Finding solutions to hard scientific problems often depends on the diversity of the problem solvers." |
HHMI Bulletin
Fall 2012
Robert Tjian |
President's Letter: Stabilizing Forces Recognizing the role of research professionals in today's laboratory organizations is important not only to the individuals who contribute their services but also to the research enterprise as a whole. |
Chemistry World
December 17, 2014 |
US National Academies urges postdoctoral reforms The US National Academies is urging significant changes to improve the country's postdoctoral training system. A panel concluded that postdoctoral researchers should spend more time on training and mentoring, and less time performing research in the lab. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
Amy Maxmen |
Shirley Tilghman: The Future of Science Ultimately, we want to create a biomedical enterprise that produces the best science and brings out the best in the people engaged in it. Today the training path has become too long. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2010 |
National Awards to Foster Science Education In May, HHMI announced $79 million of new grants to help universities strengthen undergraduate and precollege science education nationwide. |
Chemistry World
January 23, 2013
Paula Stephan |
Too many scientists? It may be hard to believe, but once there was a time when scientists (young and old), policy wonks and those in government worried about a shortage of trained individuals to conduct research. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 5, 2011 |
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress Society pays a high price for randomization of research support -- a fact that, sadly, is not recognized by the public, the media, or politicians. |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2002
Kevin Davies |
Hughes Offers a Helping Hand Under the assured leadership of Nobel Laureate Tom Cech, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is increasingly applying its considerable resources to foster imaginative, interdisciplinary biomedical research and education. |
Chemistry World
October 2006
Katherine Sanderson |
Careers: Climbing the Academic Ladder The UK National Research Staff Association hopes to smooth the academic path for postdocs. |
HHMI Bulletin
Fall 2012
Madeline Drexler |
The Indispensables Every research lab has behind-the-scenes specialists without whom modern science could not get done. Here are the stories of five indispensable lab team members, among many acknowledged by grateful HHMI investigators. |
Science News
February 28, 2009
David Spergel |
Nation Needs Recovery Plan For Science Faculty Jobs Even if the economy were to recover over the next one to two years, the academic job market for the next few years is likely to be bleak. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012 |
President's Letter: Critical Thinking Though our efforts to improve the training of STEM teachers and students are modest in the big picture, we hope the work becomes an amplifying mechanism. And with new initiatives coming out of our science education group, we plan to have an even bigger influence on STEM education in this country. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011 |
New International Competition for Early Career Scientists The biomedical competition is aimed at helping up to 35 early career scientists establish independent research programs. Scientists trained in the United States who are now running a lab in any eligible country may apply. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Robert Tjian |
President's Letter Announces Plant Science Funding "Plant scientists have tremendous potential to help us understand -- and possibly find solutions to -- some of the most pressing concerns that face society." |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
Cathy Shufro |
Richard Losick: Extolling the Teacher-Scientist Universities should encourage creative teaching, says Losick, just as they reward outstanding research. |
Chemistry World
June 2, 2015
Angeli Mehta |
Postdocs struggle with poor job security and stress in Europe Growing numbers of students securing doctorates and taking postdoc positions is causing 'considerable dissatisfaction and stress' across Europe, as many end up spending years on temporary contracts. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2011 |
HHMI Offers International Student Research Fellowships New fellowship supports 48 international graduate students. |
Chemistry World
January 2009 |
Column: Undercover academic As a postdoc in Canada I wanted a job that I didn't fully understand. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010 |
HHMI Investigator Sean Carroll Named Vice President for Science Education HHMI announced in April that Sean Carroll, an award-winning scientist, author, and educator, will become the Institute's vice president for science education. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2006
Prachi Patel-Predd |
What's Up, Postdoc? Roughly 28% of all electrical and computer engineering Ph.D.s follow the academic career path, according to a 2003 survey. Here's how to climb the academic ladder. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2011
Sarah C.P. Williams. |
Carolyn Bertozzi: Changed Expectations Chemists trained in biology were once a rarity -- now they're becoming the norm. |
HHMI Bulletin
Feb 2012 |
President's Letter: Fundamentals for Uncertain Times The challenges in the scientific community are numerous. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011 |
HHMI Announces $60 Million Competition for Colleges Challenging colleges and universities to think creatively about how they teach science, HHMI has invited 215 undergraduate-focused institutions across the country to apply for a total of $60 million in science education grants. |
HHMI Bulletin
Feb 2012
Jim Keeley |
International Early Career Awards Provide Connections and Funding Twenty-eight scientists from 12 countries receive inaugural award. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Vicki Chandler: Plants Contribute Basic Biological Lessons to Science" Vicki Chandler's research on how plants regulate their genes may ultimately inform studies of human diseases. She's leading the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's partnership with HHMI to support more of this kind of fundamental plant science. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Robert Tjian |
President's Letter: Journal: Scientists at the Heart Journal aims to publish the highest-quality research across the full spectrum of the life sciences. |
Chemistry World
July 5, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Too many chiefs, not enough indians? Researchers in the United Kingdom are calling for recognition and support for those who prefer to stay 'at the bench' rather than heading up an academic research group. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Going Green: New Program Provides Vital Support for Plant Scientists HHMI and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced in September a new research program that will provide critical support to some of the nation's most innovative plant scientists. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012 |
Institute Launches New Investigator Competition These appointments will enable the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to strengthen its community of researchers and bring innovative approaches to the study of biological problems. |
Chemistry World
February 6, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
US funder mulls new emeritus award The US National Institutes of Health is exploring a new grant mechanism for emeritus faculty that would let senior investigators exit their NIH research grant supported role. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011 |
New HHMI Gilliam Fellows Selected This year, Howard Hughes Medical Institute doubled the number of the Gilliam fellowships available after realizing that they had more top applicants than they could fund. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
Robert Tjian |
President's Letter: Learn, Show, and Tell Today, with total investments of more than $1 billion, programs in science education have become an integral part of our mission and culture. |
Chemistry World
May 2, 2014
Jennifer Newton |
Zoe Schnepp: Green collaboration Zoe Schnepp is a lecturer in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Her group develops simple routes to functional materials. In particular, they use biomass to synthesize materials for applications, such as catalysis and water filtration. |
