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Sarah Ruediger joins the Black Hole team!
The neuroscientist is gearing up to cover topics from open, team-based science to putting EDI to work in the field.
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Caveat emptor: preprint servers in biomedical science
While the advantages of preprint servers are numerous, researchers need to be very clear about the fact that these findings have not been formally assessed by the scientific community.
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The purpose of branding in science
Branding is the exercise of summarizing an organization’s culture to attract a particular type of employee, collaborator or funder.
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On lockdown and no international travel – I’ve been grounded and learned some lessons
There is an opportunity to learn from dramatic changes in behaviour that have been imposed on us.
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Survivorship bias in science: is individual resilience the most important quality of a good scientist?
Many scientists are leaving academe, but why they leave and who remains will have substantial implications for how we train future scientists.
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Introducing the Leading Life Sciences Podcast
This new series will discuss/debate leading life science topics with featured guests.
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Research culture in biomedical science needs to change
A new Wellcome Trust sponsored survey will hopefully bring about some positive change in the field.
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The value of “1 on 1s”
These meetings are an opportunity to connect with each other and humanize our professional interactions.
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Lab challenge! Same protocol, different hands
We need to encourage the writing of more specific protocols and lobby researchers to publish them on open websites.
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You are not a failure for wanting to leave academia
Universities employ a very small fraction of all career scientists and serve mainly as a stepping stone to the next career phase rather than a final destination.
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Moving labs – so many variables, so little time
Starting early and being ruthless about time management are just a few pieces of advice I wish I had been given at the start of this process.
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Taking parental leave in biotech
A sustainable culture is built on living one’s values, and demonstration of that inevitably comes from the top.
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Let’s start improving research lab websites
Among other things, these websites should be sharing the lab’s protocols and disclosing the career progression of its researchers.
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The ‘Founder’s Dilemma’: to be rich, or king?
Most founders in STEM are not interested in being rich – they want to achieve a paradigm change in their field.
