Application submission period: September 3 – October 3, 2017 PRAT is a 3-year competitive fellowship program at NIH for postdocs to pursue research in a lab under an NIH preceptor of the applicant’s choosing. The program emphasizes training in all areas supported by NIGMS, including: bioinformatics, biological chemistry, biophysics, cell biology, computational biology, developmental biology, [...]
Month: July 2017
#PISA2017 Late-Breaking Abstract Deadline
#PISA2017 Late-Breaking Abstract Deadline in less than 1 week! Register Today! http://ow.ly/hxfT30dRW4U http://ow.ly/i/x2MXa
Launching the Next Generation Researchers Initiative to Strengthen the Biomedical Research Enterprise
By Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Institutes of Health In May, I wrote about NIH’s plans to establish a policy to address a biomedical research workforce dangerously out of balance by using a new measure called the Grant Support Index (GSI). Over the past month, we’ve been soliciting feedback on these plans from the [...]
The July issue of the Path to Publish
The July issue of the Path to Publish newsletter is now available online: http://ow.ly/Iju330dLr4J http://ow.ly/i/wURuV
What is an Image Worth?
In Part 2 of Dr. Audra Cox's series "Can You Trust What You Read?", she highlights common problems with the presentation of images and figures including image manipulation, proper image acquisition, and ways to ensure image accuracy. What is an Image Worth?