by Paul Krzyzanowski | Jun 30, 2011
Success in a research career is solely defined by ones ability to churn out great academic papers, right? Don’t be so sure. It’s true that successful research careers can be launched with a Science or Nature paper, but many skills other than purely academic ones are...
by Stem Cell Network | Jun 24, 2011
They wear capes and can fly. In a parody of the classic comic book, stem cells have become today’s superheroes — as portrayed in an engaging short video created by the Ontario Science Centre to promote its current stem cell exhibition. Quirky, but...
by Ben Paylor | Jun 21, 2011
The final day of the 9th annual ISSCR meeting was truly a memorable one, with several excellent talks and touching moments. An incredibly moving presentation by Charles Sabine in the morning stands out, and I fear my description will not do it justice. For many, I...
by Ben Paylor | Jun 18, 2011
Shinya Yamanaka, vice president of the ISSCR, soon-to-be McEwen Centre Award for Innovation recipient, and a leader in the field of iPS cell generation, opened day three of the 2011 ISSCR conference with a presentation titled “Induction of Pluripotency by Defined...
by Ben Paylor | Jun 17, 2011
Although elsewhere in Canada there are some very troubling consequences arising from a group not living up to their potential (I refer to the rioting hooligans and not the Canucks), the realization of potential happening here at the ISSCR couldn’t be more different....
by Ben Paylor | Jun 15, 2011
With the ISSCR fully underway, Toronto is currently playing host to a who’s who of the international stem cell community. Each day I will give a brief glimpse into what is going on, summarizing some of the talks at the conference. Things got started on Tuesday evening...
by Stem Cell Network | Jun 14, 2011
In the scientific world, 50 years can be an eternity. Consider the fruit fly or certain cells – organisms whose lifespan is counted in hours or days. Or, it can be the blink of an eye when compared to the progression of an ice flow, for instance. In the field of stem...
by Ben Paylor | Jun 8, 2011
Science and the way it is distributed are changing. One of the principle forces driving this change is the very media through which you read these words. The Internet. Not only can you find an answer to almost any simple question you post, now there are thousands of...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | May 31, 2011
A young brilliant mathematician seen by his colleagues as agitated, socially withdrawn, emotionally flat and paranoid is approached by a Department of Defense agent who requests his assistance with code breaking. Following acceptance of this job, the young professor...
by David Kent | May 19, 2011
In an article I wrote last month on Nature magazine’s “The Future of the PhD” series, I highlighted a thought from Steven Running (Forest Ecologist extraordinaire) who compared today’s PhD student to those going through the system with him in the 1970s:...
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