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Lab culture: Part 2. Shaping Lab Culture
We’ve established that the culture of the lab you work in is going to have a major impact on your life. Having taken the fantastic advice from our previous article,…
A Collective Noun for Science #SciFoo 2017
A valley in the sands of time, Beyond a place, a paradigm; A confluence, a new frontier, Where science breaks the bonds of fear. Across the ancient steppes of…
Cultural Perception and Bias
The International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP) is a triennial meeting that looks to “understand the severe under-representation of women in physics and develop strategies to increase their participation…
So, What’s Next…#PhDChat
I feel like I am on the precipice of a life altering event…I am considering leaving the lab bench for good. Yet, I am staring out at that precipice from…
Lab culture: Part 1. What is lab culture?
“What’s the difference between a Lab and E.coli … E. coli has culture.” Lab culture is surprisingly hard to describe, in part because it is so varied. Lab culture is…
Report from ReConEvent 2017 #ReCon_17
Now in its 5th year, we held our most recent conference in Edinburgh on June 30th. For some background, see this earlier guest blog on Digital Science. This year’s event…
5 Things That Facilitate Academic Collaboration
Lists seem increasingly to be the current vernacular of the internet. So, as I considered how I might share a few things I have learned about how to facilitate academic…
Stop Rebranding Engineering and Start Rethinking Education Policy #INWED17
Today, Friday 23rd June, is International Women in Engineering Day. Up-and-down the country engineers are centre stage in classrooms, laboratories and lecture theatres inspiring tens of thousands of school girls. And they are inspired…
Why Opening Up Access To Research Findings In The Global South Will Accelerate International Development
COMDIS-HSD supported HERD NGO workshops forjournalists in Nepal, focused on sensitizing them to urban healthcare issues. Dr Nilam Ashra-McGrath works for COMDIS-HSD, which is a consortium…