Happy to learn that my paper highlighting ways to support international grad students is now included in @ASMicrobiology DEI Collection. Link to paper below:
https://t.co/IxHcSL7X44
Pine martens caught on camera playing on children's swingset in Ardnamurchan, Scotland. The owner of the video, Les Humphreys, tells us this is a nightly occurence in his garden.
Credit: Les Humphreys, Ardnamurchan Wildlife Watch Facebook Group
#pinemarten#wildlifephotography
An NIH advisory group announced today that they're recommending the agency boost its minimum #postdoc salary to $70,000, up from the current $56,484. Many postdocs feel "underpaid and overworked," a co-chair said.
My latest for @ScienceInsider:
https://t.co/NHga0cMAvT
How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences.
https://t.co/Z6za22rMgg
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Dr. Lisa Walsh is a USDA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Dr. Walsh's research focuses on student motivations, barriers, and resources that can improve the recruitment and retention of diverse next-generation agricultural scientists.
We are honored to introduce Cohort 1 of Mixture Modeling for Discipline-Based Education Researchers (MM4DBER), a training grant sponsored by NSF. 🥳
@ProfRussoTait @SpoutsofFacts@BioEdBrie @t_slominski @PaleoPirlo @GColoyanFleming @JacobWainmanCER
Companion papers 'Characterising the landscape of plant science #careers in the United States' by Sidoti et al. and Walsh et al. @SpoutsofFacts
Part I- Government and private sector perspectives:
📖https://t.co/HsLjPhWU2y
Part II- Academic perspectives:
📖https://t.co/8QwjPGo9z0
A labor of love :) MDes Inclusive Design. Final paper submitted @OCAD
🍄Enjoy a couple of random blurbs from it. Full paper here: https://t.co/fRPxiOAOv2
Big thank you to my amazing and kind advisors @YorkPsyc and @juttatrevira#UrbanWildlife#ecocentrism#Opossums
No pew pew.
We blame cartoons for this misinformation, but we need you to know that porcupines can't shoot their quills. Apologies if this alters your worldview.
We found a continued misalignment between the training students receive the skills needed for the workforce outside of Academia.
Industry jobs are stable/growing while Academia is stagnant at best. We need to be proactive in closing the gap between Academia and other sectors!