About the author

Dan Rhoads

Dan is a postdoc working at the University of Cyprus in developmental biology. He has a BSc in molecular biology and a PhD pharmacology and biochemistry.

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Why Do We Care Where We Publish
“How can we assess the competence of a scientist? Past performance is, realistically, the only way to judge future performance. Past performance can only be assessed by looking at their publications.”

RO1s in Decline
The hard data on the decline of federal science funding in the National Institutes of Health.

Open Access Day Video
Video of a talk Jonathan Eisen gave about OA.

George Palade 1912-2008
Alex Palazzo memorializes one of the first scientists to peer into the depths of the cell using electron microscopy (EM).

Microscopists of the World Celebrate – The Nobel Prize Awarded for GFP
“This is a well deserved prize. Flip open any biomedical journal and you’ll see why – Green Fluorescent Protein (aka GFP) is probably the most used gene in the world.”

Obama on Animal Welfare and Animal Rights
This may not be what scientists, doctors, veterinarians and others concerned about biomedical advances want to hear, but it’s a position of thoughtfulness and integrity.

Watching Every Cell of the Developing Zebrafish
“How can I respond to a story about zebrafish, development, and new imaging and visualization techniques? Total incoherent nerdgasm is how.”

Sigma-Aldrich in Second Life
Info on the Aldrich Chemistry Island Grand Opening on October 19-25.

On the Hardness of Biology
What makes some fields of study “hard” and other fields “soft”?