Category Archives: biomedical research
Obstacles in cancer research – funding, evaluation, & complex disease
Yesterday morning, director of the National Cancer Institute, Harold Varmus, addressed the National Press Club on the achievements and challenges of cancer research. Varmus covered quite a few topics, but here are a few highlights that stood out for me: If … Continue reading
Living in the Void: How much is a postdoc worth?
A couple of months ago, I wrote what I intended to be the first post in a series about issues concerning postdoc pay, benefits, protections… We tend to fall into this amorphous, ambiguous state. We’re not students anymore, but we’re … Continue reading
Shock Week
As you’re probably aware (unless you’ve been living under a rock), the Nobel Prize announcements were made last week, with the Prize in Economic Sciences being revealed tomorrow. Of course, it seems we can’t make it through Nobel Week without … Continue reading
Lighting fires
As I was cleaning out my desk recently, I found this: If it sounds a little like a blogger you know, that’s because it is. Well, to be exact it’s adapted from a comment left on my blog quite some time … Continue reading
Viewpoints on Mega-science
Genomic Repairman, it seems, is a fanboy of NCI Director Harold Varmus. Recently the flames of the professional crush were fanned when Varmus commented on the importance of “small science”. In The Cancer Letter, Varmus is paraphrased/quoted, saying: Although “big … Continue reading
