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Learning through failure, evaluated by results

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Learning through failure, evaluated by results

Uncertainty is ever-present in research because we want to learn about what is not yet known. However, it is hard to embrace uncertainty when evaluations expect a constant output of results. Here, Jung Uk Kang explains how this dichotomy affects ECRs and how it can limit creativity in science.

23 Jul 2026 • 4 min read

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The Science of Invisible Women

The Science of Invisible Women

Lab bench too high? Lab jacket doesn’t fit? These common issues experienced by women in science may not come as a surprise after reading Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. Here, we discuss our thoughts on this book and how scientific research has been built around the “Reference Man”.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Community Ambassador Book Club

10 Dec 2020 • 5 min read

Hurdles and advances to making science gender-neutral

Hurdles and advances to making science gender-neutral

Does science have a gender? What can we do to keep on improving women representation in STEM? Find answers to these and other fundamental questions regarding gender equity in this post.

GSA Communications & Outreach Subcommittee

26 Nov 2020 • 7 min read

Running successful virtual workshops in Africa

Running successful virtual workshops in Africa

We have all had to grapple with a new virtual academic reality, but some countries have had even more challenges during this transition. Read on to find out about challenges and solutions for organizing virtual workshops in Tanzania.

ECRs of Tanzania collective

19 Nov 2020 • 5 min read

Distance Learning, STEM Education, and Equity

Distance Learning, STEM Education, and Equity

Can we engage students in STEM subjects under distance learning conditions? How do we maintain high quality education for everyone in this context? See the key points on this topic through the eyes of a STEM educator.

Kristen Vogt Veggeberg

5 Nov 2020 • 4 min read

Work-Life balance: A perspective from Early Career Researchers

Work-Life balance: A perspective from Early Career Researchers

How do you feel about your work-life balance? Have you normalized overworking? In this post we share the opinions and suggestions from several early career researchers that can help you be more aware of your time management and set boundaries.

Feyza Nur Arslan, Michael Barlett

29 Oct 2020 • 6 min read

Beyond the tenure track: there is more than one way to succeed

Beyond the tenure track: there is more than one way to succeed

Have you considered a non-tenured position in academia? Come discover how much potential this non-traditional career path holds, and what are the advantages that it offers to nowadays scientists.

22 Oct 2020 • 5 min read

How to cope with graduate school when life gets complicated

How to cope with graduate school when life gets complicated

Life can get difficult sometimes, and it can be specially hard when you must spend most of your time studying or working in the lab. Find out how to not lose track of your own well-being during those years of training.

Joel Encarnacion-Rosado

15 Oct 2020 • 5 min read

Navigating fake news as a scientist

Navigating fake news as a scientist

Fake news has become of global concern, and we as scientists have an important role to play, delivering the right information in the right way. Discover some useful tips to deal with it.

GSA Communications & Outreach Subcommittee

8 Oct 2020 • 6 min read

Early Career Researchers, take charge and develop your career

Early Career Researchers, take charge and develop your career

You are not alone in feeling overwhelmed when trying to plan out your career development. Discover some tips and tricks to best overcome this feeling and take charge!

28 Sep 2020 • 6 min read

An ECR’s guide to peer review

An ECR’s guide to peer review

As an early career researcher, how do you get invited to review manuscripts?

Patricia Resa-Infante, Ewoud Compeer

11 Sep 2020 • 5 min read

How to get started in science communication

How to get started in science communication

Science communication refers to sharing and raising awareness about scientific discoveries to a broad audience. Although many scientists engage broad audiences, not all scientists feel this is an important aspect

Jacob L. Steenwyk, Michelle Jonika

21 Aug 2020 • 4 min read

How I learned to approach my research with love in the midst of a pandemic

How I learned to approach my research with love in the midst of a pandemic

It was in mid-March that I last held a pipette in my hands. I miss hearing it squeak as I turn the knob and the satisfactory click as I

Shravanti Suresh

6 Aug 2020 • 4 min read

Building a Culture of Remote Science

Building a Culture of Remote Science

Daniel Müller-Komorowska

24 Jul 2020 • 4 min read

Boarding the academic career train at any age

Boarding the academic career train at any age

Carolina Makowski

4 Jun 2020 • 5 min read

Making science more inclusive for trans scientists

Making science more inclusive for trans scientists

18 May 2020 • 4 min read

An international student’s guide to grad school

An international student’s guide to grad school

Janani Hariharan

13 May 2020 • 8 min read

Intersectionality: what it means

Intersectionality: what it means

Consider two female scientists, a heterosexual black woman and an LGBTQ white woman. Both scientists fall under the "woman" umbrella identity, but will have faced entirely different forms

Sarah Hainer, Ashley Albright

7 May 2020 • 5 min read

Here's how COVID-19 is affecting my first year in graduate school

Here's how COVID-19 is affecting my first year in graduate school

The rapidly and constantly evolving COVID-19 situation has dramatically affected career plans for both early-career faculty [https://www.chronicle.com/article/Covid-19-Crisis-Widens-Divide/248276] and

27 Apr 2020 • 5 min read

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