by Sharon Briggs | Senior Scientist at Helix [dropcap]I[/dropcap] can remember the day I decided I wanted a career in genetics. I was 17 years old sitting...
– Michelle Dookwah – Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Georgia [dropcap]I[/dropcap] always thought I wanted to be a scientist, yet I considered other careers...
– Ashley Taylor – 5th Year PhD Candidate | Department of Chemistry | Louisiana State University [dropcap]S[/dropcap]cience was my first love because my parents also loved...
– Robin McLachlan – Graduate Student | University of Washington | Oceanography | Sediment Dynamics Group <> How did I make my way from mountains to mud? Well,...
– Steve Ramirez – – Principal Investigator | Center for Brain Science| Harvard University – [dropcap]I[/dropcap]‘m often asked how I got into neuroscience, so here’s the...
– Ruth Agbaji – CEO & Founder at TheGradSpark [dropcap]I[/dropcap] grew up in an academic environment. My father was into biochemistry research and my mom was...
by Stories in Science Team <> In case you missed this article, songbird neurobiologist Dr. Erich Jarvis of The Rockefeller University was the recipient of the 2015...
Fanuel Muindi and Juan Carlos Escobar [dropcap]D[/dropcap]o you remember what you wanted to be when you were 12? I sure do! Well, I recently asked...
Anonymous I have been interested in science from a young age when I liked to build intricate contraptions that I called “inventions”. These gadgets made from...
By Valerie K. Haftel Ph.D | Associate Professor of Biology, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA [dropcap]I[/dropcap] was always fascinated by animals, and how they work in nature. I...
Don’t tell me not to ask questions. Because I won’t shut up.
By Ketema Paul, PhD – Associate Professor at UCLA [dropcap]I[/dropcap] have known I wanted to be a scientist since I was a kid. My earliest memory of wanting...
Jessica Rauchut – Research Associate at Penn State Hershey Medical School || At 22, many of us are graduating, starting new jobs, becoming doctors, getting married, or...
Stephanie Fiedler, PhD Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg [dropcap]A[/dropcap]n alarming sound rings through the ice-cold air as a giant crane lifts my heavy boxes. I...
by Fanuel Muindi, PhD DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33622.24644 Abstract [dropcap]R[/dropcap]ecently, a Tanzania based organization called Hope for Children in Adversity started a new project called STEM Girl Project...
I've spent my professional life juggling two careers. First, as a lab neurobiologist, I study rats and cultured neurons, trying to understand how stress damages the brain. Second,...
by Staff [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he data below was acquired from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics. We are showing the average (2000-2014) expenditures for research...
Mission statements come in all shapes and sizes. They are an important aspect of any organization. Science engagement initiatives and organizations need to have clear and concise...
by Jessica Tsai and Fanuel Muindi (originally published by The STEM Advocacy Group) Download PDF || What is your scientific origin story? When did science first captivate...
by Staff [dropcap]E[/dropcap]ducation in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has been identified as a development goal in the global South. STEM oriented economies perform strongly on a...
What is your scientific origin story? When did science first captivate you? Who were the people who truly engaged you in the scientific process and taught...
by Fanuel Muindi There needs to be a big push to integrate statistical math as early as possible during a child’s education. I think that a...
by Jessica Tsai and Fanuel Muindi Originally published in Science The challenges faced by the current biosciences research enterprise have been extensively discussed and reviewed by...
Originally published by the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University The current landscape of graduate training in the biosciences is a topic of much...
by Ngobitak Ndiwane – Margaret E. Mahoney Fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine – [dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite the fact that I knew I wanted to become a...
by Gandhy Pierre-Louis, PhD This year marks the six-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated the island nation of Haiti. The international community pledged financial support...
by Ngobitak Ndiwane – Margaret E. Mahoney Fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine – [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s an African-American woman studying Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)...
Dear Colleagues, “If you had 5 extra hours per week to devote to advocacy for science, how would you use that time?” This is a question...
An expanding collection of resources is helping trainees acquire important knowledge about careers outside academia. The current career landscape for scientists in biomedical research is a...
– by Fanuel Muindi – [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he recruitment and retention of high quality teachers is one of central tenets of many education systems around the world. Some...
The commentary below was originally published in Nature. The non-profit organization TReND is funding a neuroscience training initiative so that Africa’s scientists can join this rapidly...
by Fanuel Muindi [dropcap]W[/dropcap]e need more travel funds for scientists in developing nations. Today’s global scientific community is more connected than any other time in history....
One, get rid of the professors. Two, recruit super enthusiastic university students to teach. Three, allow them to teach whatever they want. Four, make it cheap...
I would advocate for quality mentorship in science. The 2012 Executive Report from President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) reported that even...
by Fanuel Muindi & Moytrayee Guha The preprint below was subsequently published in SciDev In today’s global economy, a workforce trained in science, technology, engineering and...
by Fanuel Muindi & Moytrayee Guha – Originally Published in Nature – [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he severe shortage of trained scientists in Africa (see go.nature.com/gio8pu) has given rise to a variety...
