Ecology and evolution
Articles 1 - 20 of 38
2006
Graduate journal: How to get a PhD
Mhairi Dupré
14 December 2006
Evaluating PhD progress both highlights accomplishments and suggests daunting challenges ahead.
Special Report: Bio Bonanza
Gene Russo
29 November 2006
Is interest in biofuels in the United States a just fad or a growing trend that will yield numerous jobs and research opportunities? Gene Russo separates the wheat from the chaff.
Bricks & Mortar: A step between bench and bedside
Hannah Hoag
15 November 2006
NIH institute establishes translational-research centre for environmental sciences.
Graduate journal: Done deal
Andreas Andersson
15 November 2006
With my dissertation defence finally done, I can get on with my life.
Movers: Georgina Mace, director, Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London, UK
Virginia Gewin
8 November 2006
Georgina Mace addresses conservation efforts as head of a population-biology centre.
Graduate journal: The path to a PhD
Mhairi Dupré
8 November 2006
How I fell in love with plants on the way to a PhD.
Graduate journal: The joys of communication
Katja Bargum
1 November 2006
Communicating science has its perks.
Region: Northern exposure
Paul Smaglik
25 October 2006
An alliance of universities in the north of England hopes to transform Britain's former industrial heartland into a centre of scientific excellence. Paul Smaglik reports.
Graduate journal: Computer cold turkey
Katja Bargum
18 October 2006
Technology can liberate or enslave graduate students.
Graduate journal: Lab life or love life?
Mhairi Dupré
11 October 2006
Sometimes dedication in the lab leaves little time for personal relationships.
Special Report: A jumping off point
Ricki Lewis
4 October 2006
The recent flood of genome sequences has given evolutionary genetics a boost. Ricki Lewis takes a sharp look at a varied field.
Graduate journal: D-day
Andreas Andersson
4 October 2006
After years of preparation, dissertation day looms large.
Graduate journal: Farewell to the hive
Katja Bargum
20 September 2006
Graduate journal: Tables turned
Mhairi Dupré
13 September 2006
Facing the reality of being a graduate-student supervisor.
Graduate journal: Scheduling my defence
Andreas Andersson
6 September 2006
Scheduling a thesis defence can be harder than writing the thesis.
Graduate journal: Lost and found
Katja Bargum
19 July 2006
Sorting through the clutter to retain the big ideas.
Graduate journal: Bowled over (but not out)
Mhairi Dupre
12 July 2006
Cricket games teach science lesson.
Graduate journal: Stumbling at the finish line
Andreas Andersson
5 July 2006
Distractions multiply as thesis work intensifies.
Movers: Gary Borisy, director and chief executive, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Virginia Gewin
28 June 2006
Gary Borisy takes the helm at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
Movers: Paul Gilna, executive director, Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (CAMERA) project, San Diego, California
Virginia Gewin
21 June 2006
Paul Gilna moves on to tackle ocean microbes.
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