Community support groups help researchers to write successful grant proposals.Credit: Virojt Changyencham/Getty Chemist David Sanabria-Ríos was no stranger to receiving the cold shoulder from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Several times, he had applied for funding for his research on synthesizing small, new molecules at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico Metropolitan […]
An anti-vaccination protester in New York City. Researchers are aiming to improve public trust in science by discussing uncertainty in their communications.Credit: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty “Twenty seconds, professor, and no long words.” This is what a BBC producer once told Ian Fells, a chemical engineer at Newcastle University, UK, shortly before Fells was due to […]
Rather than being a hindrance, an ADHD diagnosis helped Ana Bastos to excel as a scientist.Credit: Antje Gildmeister Some years ago, an advert caught my eye: “become a bus driver”. I felt tempted. I was in my second postdoctoral programme, juggling several projects, my first supervision duties and teaching — all on top of adjusting […]
Illustration: David Parkins The problem Dear Nature , I’m a neuroscientist in the United States. I have written a lot of academic letters of recommendation, and usually I’m happy to do so. It’s almost implicit that, once you become someone’s mentor, you’ll write them a letter of recommendation. But, occasionally, you work with people that […]
Credit: OlekStock/Getty In 2022, Carolina Quezada was on the hunt for a new piece of equipment. To synthesize the metallic nanoparticles she works with, she needed a dry bath incubator to heat the starting materials. She checked online, but held off on making a purchase because she was worried about the cost. In the end, […]
