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Gut Feelings

The gut-brain axis is an historic topic of research that explains the connection between mental and gastrointestinal disorders.

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Personalized Cancer Treatments

Advances in immunotherapy are increasing the quality of life and changing the prognoses for terminal cancer patients.

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Shrinking Contributions

Facts in textbooks are often omit important contributors; therefore, it is imperative to uncover the stories of the often erased women in STEM.

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Tools of the Trade

March 25, 2022

Basic science researchers use a mixture of tools and techniques to test and validate theories about how diseases work and new ways to treat them.

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Let There Be Light

August 19, 2021

Starting to feel the winter blues? You might be experiencing symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

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Science Pride

June 17, 2021

LGBTQIA+ representation in science remains hidden behind walls of bigotry and bias, but these actions can help break those walls.

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Impostor Syndrome

March 09, 2021

I am more than just a pile of rats in a lab coat.

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Lit Searching 102

November 30, 2020

Exploring a new field of literature is easier with a virtual map.

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Lit Searching 101

October 30, 2020

Get to know PubMed, a classic resource with a new interface.

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Learning Entrepreneurship

October 07, 2020

CGS entrepreneurship course offers training from industry experts.

Translational Sciences Clinic

September 28, 2020

Students shadow clinicians to learn about the patients whose diseases they study.

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Science and Sanity in Lockdown

April 29, 2020

Some fun and free suggestions on low-key work you can do to further your professional goals while respecting lockdown procedures.

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Citation Evaluation Robot

March 13, 2020

Scite.ai will not only tell you how many times the paper has been cited but also how many times it has been cited as “supporting” versus “contradicting.”

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