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Bailing out life science
The latest plan for the US economic stimulus package calls for boost for NIH and other agencies
By Bob Grant
Tackling human resources in Africa
How one institute leverages overseas talent to develop its research strategy
By Odile Oukem-Boyer, Appolinaire Djikeng, Giulia Cappelli, and Pierre Fouda
Out of the frying pan
After trial-by-fire training during the feverish early days of HIV research, Amanda Fisher has kept up the pace in the hot fields of epigenetics and nuclear reprogramming
By Karen Hopkin
What's your research worth?
Some British grant applicants will have to demonstrate the economic or social impact of their research
By Elie Dolgin
The mentorship market
New organizations want to help you succeed in biotech - for free
By Bob Grant
Pfizer cuts 800 scientists
The company has begun the process of eliminating 5 to 8 % of its global research staff
By Andrea Gawrylewski
Focus on phosphorylation
The first systematic survey of post-translational protein phosphorylations in a single organ
By Elie Dolgin
Sequencing the extinct
Scientists sequence Tasmanian tiger mtDNA and pave the way for others to harvest ancient DNA from moldering museum specimens
By Bob Grant
MRI homes in on structure
A revamp of an old technique offers scientists 3D views of a virus that measures just 18 nanometers across
By Tia Ghose
No funding for hybrid cloning
Top UK investigators approved to conduct the research still have no grants to move forward
By Elie Dolgin
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Got questions about our Best Places to Work in Industry survey, and why you should respond? We've got the answers
By The Scientist Staff
FDA stinks at policing conflicts
Just when you thought nobody could be worse than the National Institutes of Health at managing financial conflicts of interest among agency investigators...
By Bob Grant
How killer cells remember
Adaptive immune cells aren't the only players in the immune system with long term memory for antigens
By Andrea Gawrylewski
The between team
The FDA's Chief Scientist Frank Torti to take over as acting director; Kington to stay on as NIH head for now
By Bob Grant
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A wriggly debate
Elie Dolgin[15th January 2009]
RNA viruses sneak into host DNA
Edyta Zielinska[15th January 2009]
Bailing out life science
Bob Grant[15th January 2009]
What's your research worth?
Elie Dolgin[15th January 2009]
Pfizer to cut 800 scientists
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Call it a frozen scientific time capsule: In our January issue, we tell the story of data lost for 40 years, left tens of meters below sea level in the frigid waters of Antarctica. A new device can sink deep enough to spy on the experiments, left by benthic ecologist Paul Dayton. Click here for a video depicting the device in action, accompanied by an interview with Dayton.

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