Why grant application peer review needs you – and vice versa
To be sure we fund important research questions, high-quality research and well-designed studies we need to ask for the opinions of people who best understand that research area. It is a long, difficult and sometimes imperfect process but it is the only way to ensure we allocate finite funds to the very best projects.
Peer review at the Medical Research Council
Sometimes the office has to approach as many as 15 people to receive only three or four reviews.
The Medical Research Council (MRC) peer review process relies on receiving a sufficient number of reviewer comments. The office approaches the best, most relevant expert...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - May 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Eleanor Riley Tags: Medicine Publishing peer review Source Type: blogs
More to science: working as a Technical Specialist
What is your scientific background?
I started on the medicine path as an undergraduate at Georgetown University. During my senior year, I wasn’t completely convinced I wanted to pursue medicine and was also interested in gaining more experience in the basic sciences. I therefore enrolled in a Master of Science program in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
I loved my time at Hopkins and wanted to further my research skills, so I pursued a doctorate in Biomedical Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Einstein’s PhD program appealed to me as an umbrella pro...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - May 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dana Berry Tags: Biology Health Medicine #moretoscience careers early career researchers Science > Careers Source Type: blogs
Scientific software ideas wanted – 10 tips to impress the catalyst grant panel
Whether it’s complying with funder mandates, collaborating with colleagues abroad, or trying to discover the right articles, the list of problems facing researchers is ever-growing.
Fortunately, there are an increasing number of software tools and technologies to solve these problems, allowing researchers to spend more of their time on what they really care about—their research! Many of these tools have sprung from the minds of frustrated academics who identify the need for a solution to a problem, then go ahead and build it themselves.
To support researchers to develop these ideas, Digital Science offers Catalyst Gran...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - May 10, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Laura Wheeler Tags: Publishing Digital Science Source Type: blogs
April blogs digest: a DNA quiz, the microbiome, freebirthing, is dancing good for the brain? And more
How much do you know about DNA?
National DNA Day is celebrated on 25 April, to recognize the anniversary of the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953. The goal of this special day is to offer students, teachers, and the public an opportunity to learn about the latest advances in genomic research, and how those advances might impact all of our lives. Take our quiz to see how much you know!
Microbiome and the modern environment
Journal of Physiological Anthropology published a series looking at the effects of the modern environment on the microbiome, askin...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - May 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sophie Marchant Tags: Biology Health Medicine blogs digest Source Type: blogs
More to science: working as the Chair of Nursing and Midwifery
How did you get interested in science?
I was always asking “why?” I wanted to know the answer to every puzzle or dilemma that presented itself. However, in my school years I was put off physics and chemistry by the amount of rote learning that was expected, and the seemingly futile repetition of experiments that we already knew the answers to.
Biology was more interesting, as it involved learning about the workings of the human body, which I enjoyed. But mathematics was my great love, and my early career plan was to study mathematics in university, and then to teach. However, in my last year in school I realized that I...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - May 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dana Berry Tags: Health Medicine #moretoscience careers early career researchers Science > Careers Source Type: blogs
