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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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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. Interested in getting involved with IMMpress? Apply for a position using the form below! If you are interested in a writing position, please submit a writing sample of 300 words or less. If you do not have a writing sample, write a creative biography on your favourite athlete, musician, or actor/actress. Previous writing and/or design experience is beneficial but not required! Writing sample (300 words or less). Issue 1 2016 – Front Cover.

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Alumni Interview – Ann McPherson | IMMpress Magazine

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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. Middot; Featured Article. Alumni Interview – Ann McPherson. June 15, 2015. Dr Ann McPherson, PhD ’13, Dr. Tania Watts Laboratory. We caught up with recent Immunology PhD graduate, Ann McPherson, to discuss her career moves after graduation and her advice for those about to embark on their own post-PhD plans. There are no traditional career paths anymore; you need to learn how to recognize the right opportunities and seize them. Unfortunately, t...

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CRISPR in the Red Queen’s Court: The Evolutionary Arms Race with Phage and Other Adventures in Wonderland | IMMpress Magazine

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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. Middot; Featured Article. CRISPR in the Red Queen’s Court: The Evolutionary Arms Race with Phage and Other Adventures in Wonderland. June 15, 2015. The CRISPR/Cas system (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated sequences) is an adaptive immune system found in archaea (extremophiles) and bacteria. Briefly, acquired CRISPR-driven immunity is based on integration of short nucleotide sequences, called spacers...

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Student Life | IMMpress Magazine

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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. Middot; Student Life. Sciencefreude: New German Words for the Academic Condition. January 15, 2016. The German language has the uncanny ability to form elaborate new words by simply compounding several words into one. Often the new word personifies a formerly inexpressible feeling or event. read more…. Middot; Student Life. January 15, 2016. The 12 Years of Grad School. January 15, 2016. January 15, 2016. September 27, 2015. September 27, 2015.

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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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Letter | IMMpress Magazine

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A Department of Immunology, graduate student-run initiative. Letter from the Chair – Volume 4, Issue 1. June 13, 2016. We are now starting Volume IV of IMMpress Magazine, and I remain awestruck (best synonym for impressed that I saw fitting) by the high level of design sophistication, remarkable breadth read more…. Letter from the Editors – Volume 4, Issue 1. June 13, 2016. In Memoriam: Dr. Richard Miller. January 15, 2016. Letter from the Chair – Volume 3, Issue 4. January 15, 2016. January 15, 2016.

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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 ...