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The Expendable PhD | IMMpress Magazine
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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. January 21, 2013. An essay on the modern system of science: The expendable PhD. Research and training go hand in handthere are no incentives to engage in birth control when it is the dominant research model. The needs of the researcher come before the job prospects of the trainee. Paula Stephan. How Economics Shapes Science. Want to continue down the academic path, yet this is the reality of academia in the 21. In 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt...
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Open Access – Improving the Availability of Scientific Literature for All | IMMpress Magazine
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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. Middot; Featured Article. Open Access Improving the Availability of Scientific Literature for All. April 30, 2013. As of January 1, 2013, CIHR-funded researchers will be required to make their peer-reviewed publications accessible at no cost within 12 months of publication at the latest. By signing the letter, the researchers also pledged to:. As of 2011, open access articles represented 17% of all scientific publications (See Box 1). The work ...
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The Ethics of Embryo Editing | IMMpress Magazine
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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. The Ethics of Embryo Editing. June 15, 2015. As the battle for ownership to the intellectual property behind CRISPR/Cas9. Calling for a global moratorium on all human germline modification. Research until a responsible use of the technology, if any, can be identified. But just four weeks after its online release (and two weeks following its print), the first documented research on human embryonic gene modification was published in. Considering ...
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Quorum Sensing: A Post-Antibiotic World | IMMpress Magazine
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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. Quorum Sensing: A Post-Antibiotic World. June 15, 2015. Enterobacteria, and countless other bacterial species have followed suit. Once touted as miracle medicines for diseases formerly believed to be a death sentence, the antibiotics we have come to know and abuse are quickly becoming obsolete and jeopardizing global public health in their wake, forcing scientists to search for alternative therapies. The production of light- would be simultaneo...
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Post-Ebola Syndrome Offers Insight into Viral Evolution | IMMpress Magazine
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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Post-Ebola Syndrome Offers Insight into Viral Evolution. June 15, 2015. Digitally-coloured SEM of Ebola particles budding from the cell surface. Image Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 2014. Virus was released in Australia in 1950 to control a bunny boom. The virus was tracked and researchers noted that virulence decreased in subsequent years. Moreover, the majority of tran...Chole...