New Gaston school will specialize in training workers

Gaston County Schools will be preparing future welders, biotechnology scientists and engineers when Stuart W. Cramer High opens in two years.Students in the career and technical education program will be able to choose from seven pathways.They include:- Business management- Health sciences…

Pre-Bac to Senior Scientists

At the National Institutes of Health Office of Extramural Research’s Extramural Nexus blog, Director Sally Rockey discusses the agency’s “wide variety of funding mechanisms which span the full gamut of the biomedical research career .” From the pre-bac T34 Institutional Training Grant mechanism to the K05 Senior Scientist Awards, NIH’s career development awards support investigators at nearly …

CAREERS: Pre-Bac to Senior Scientists

At the National Institutes of Health Office of Extramural Research’s Extramural Nexus blog, Director Sally Rockey discusses the agency’s “wide variety of funding mechanisms which span the full gamut of the biomedical research career .” From the pre-bac T34 Institutional Training Grant mechanism to the K05 Senior Scientist Awards, NIH’s career development awards support investigators at nearly …

American Society of Hematology to honor Harvey Lodish and Mary Horowitz for excellence in mentoring

( American Society of Hematology ) The American Society of Hematology will honor Harvey F. Lodish, Ph.D., and Mary M. Horowitz, M.D., M.S., with the ASH Mentor Award in recognition of the significant impact they have made in the training and career development of many physicians and scientists in the field of hematology. The prominent hematologists will receive their awards during the 52nd ASH …

Scientists need a shorter path to research freedom

Francis Collins explains why the NIH is launching a bid to help some doctoral students dramatically reduce the time required to start an independent career.