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"In the research world, a scientist aims to generate results and publications; in the servicing world, a scientist aims to help the scientist customer achieve results."

The idea is to encourage authorities into lifting Japan from last place among industrialized nations in the employment of women scientists.

"The U.S. approach to intellectual property rights is foreign to many Japanese scientists. But ignoring it could mean jail."

As a person responsible for communicating science faithfully across language and culture, you have to learn to live with uncertainty.

A recent analysis in neuroscience urges caution both in reading the literature and in designing your own experiments.

The new procedures will cover about half of the $1.6 billion worth of competitively reviewed grants funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.

"... before you even embark on your program, you should formulate a working plan and set up a reasonable schedule."

"TERI is a not-for-profit research organization with over 300 professionals working toward achieving its mission of sustainable development."

"... apart from the excellent scientific training, what makes IMCB special is the fact that it brings together talented people from different parts of the world."

"I would never have thought these [moments] would be followed by a trip to the other end of the world (even less by a master's degree and Ph.D.) or that I would spend time chasing solutions to the biomechanical problems associated with baseball."

"In most parts of the world, independent ethical review committees have emerged to protect the interests and welfare of research participants. Generally, these committees are not responsible for reviewing clinical practice. The result is that innovative clinical procedures, which are usually research orientated, often evade such scrutiny and patients are denied the protection it provides."

I finally got the "PI thing" figured out--and have started believing that maybe I'll make it to tenure someday soon.

“Currently, in Singapore, as in the rest of Asia, there is a shortage of well-trained HPLC analysts in TCHM R&D laboratories and TCHM manufacturing industries.”

While there are good reasons for some to stay on to pursue R&D in academia, industry offers equally or even more exciting careers.

Unlike other environmental issues, air pollution crosses national borders. So to address these issues it is crucial for the governments and scientists from neighboring countries to work closely.

"Even though I was initially apprehensive about teaching a large group of teenage students, my passion for education and my desire to teach incited me to take up this challenge."

"Although the field is still relatively small in Australia, the number of job opportunities is increasing."

Setting up successful international collaborations is about leveling the field, especially when working with partners in developing countries.