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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Reflecting on My First Experience with Research
Genomicron – Here’s a post directed towards the undergraduate students out there contemplating a career in molecular biology or some related field. They key is getting some experience in a lab doing original science research, which is a must if you are going to go on to do a career in such work.

Then there are three blog posts from around the interwebs, dealing more with Big Picture things.

Defining the Journalism vs. Blogging Debate, with a Science Reporting angle
A Blog Around the Clock
“You know I have been following the ‘death of newspapers’ debate, as well as ‘bloggers vs. journalists’ debate, and ‘do we need science reporters’ debate for a long time now. What I have found, [...] is that different people use different definitions for the same set of words and phrases.” From this, Bora writes an outstanding essay talking about what is actually going on in all of these discussions.

Bioethical Transparency
Science Progress – Subtitled “Public Participation and Responsible Uses of Human Biotechnologies,” here’s an essay that says the American public still needs a seat at the table, in deciding what is ethical and what is not, now that Embryonic Stem Cell Research is fundable again.

Speaking in Nature
Speaking of Research – Comments on an essay in Nature on how scientists need to get more involved in advocating animal research, in a time when animal rights extremists appear to be dominating the discussion in certain parts of the US (and the UK).

And also check out the 44th episode of the genetics and medicine blog carnival, The Gene Genie.