Open Access Explained!

I had to write a policy brief for an interview and this was the topic I chose. I saw this video after-the-fact but it explains the problem very well I think...

http://youtu.be/L5rVH1KGBCY

White House Unveils Long-Awaited Public Access Policy - ScienceInsider

White House Unveils Long-Awaited Public Access Policy - ScienceInsider

Molecular link between metabolism and breast cancer

"It has been known, primarily through population based studies, that there is a strong link between obesity and cancer. But the mechanism behind this link has been uncertain."

Chemistry Society Looks to Shake Up Training

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_01_25/caredit.a1300006

• Graduate school training is too narrow to prepare trainees for the wide array of careers that graduates pursue.

• Too many trainees are supported by research grants instead of training grants, with the result that graduate students and postdocs are too often valued mainly as a labor source rather than for their future scientific potential.

• Postdocs aren't paid well enough or given benefits proportionate to their value and training.

Single-cell sequencing

Genome-Wide Detection of Single-Nucleotide and Copy-Number Variations of a Single Human Cell

grad students are very grad student-y

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_09_28/caredit.a1200108

2 American Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/science/2-american-scientists-win-nobel-prize-in-chemistry.html?_r=0