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I always appreciate Bruce Booth from Atlas Venture content. If you are trying to break into the industry or have been in it for a long time and are struggling in this tough job market, take a few minutes to read. My favorite and fitting is #4 4) Embrace Darwinian evolution. In biology, adaptation to environmental changes is critical for survival. New greenfield opportunities that appear, like in the Cambrian explosion, often require rapid adaption and life-form experimentation. These are truisms for life as much as for evolutionary biology. Embrace change in your career, even if painful. Pain in the short term around a career pivot can open up longer term growth, as it did for me transitioning into my career in venture capital. In addition, the concept of personal inertia – the property of not changing one’s current course or state – is a powerful driver of complacency in life. Fight against this inertia, as Darwinian forces typically don’t treat inertia-based careers very well. If you aren’t adapting, you aren’t growing. Develop new skills, enter new fields, improve yourself – and even reboot yourself if you have to: such experiments in adaptation will help you strive to be the “fittest” in rapidly changing career environments.

Highly recommend reading the below. Powerful and true. #NAR P.s. if you have good tools for this let me know!

Sharing a really great blog post on 💡 life advice through biological concepts: become a good pattern recognition receptor over your lifetime, keep your STEMness as long as possible, and embrace the synergy that comes from being "heterodimeric," and more. Check it out!

In these crazy times we live in, it's crucial to see the profound connections between science and real life. This perspective is needed to fuel our passion for education, understanding human relationships, and finding ways to contribute to the community. The idea that science can be a lens for viewing and improving the world is more relevant than ever. Immigrants experiences, living and studying in different parts of the world, enrich our understanding and appreciation of diverse perspectives. We need to integrate scientific principles with life lessons, as the discipline and curiosity cultivated through science are invaluable for personal growth and societal impact. This connection drives the necessary investment in educational initiatives and community engagement, striving to make the world a better place for the next generation. I have been investing in this initiative and highly recommend reading this article on how science can guide us to a better future.

Please #share Here’s one of the #BEST personal statements within the Science field (I’ll post others shortly): 🔰Course in context: Biochemistry (MSc/PhD/D. Phil.) My undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences allowed me to explore the full spectrum of life from bacteria to blue whales, studying life at the microscopic scale and placing it in the context of populations and ecosystems. I am most fascinated by life at the cellular and molecular scale, and my module choices of Bacterial Physiology and Advanced Bacterial and Eukaryotic Cellular Biology reflect this. _ The Bacterial Physiology module introduced me to the immense diversity, functional variability and adaptability of bacteria, emphasising overarching principles of how bacteria sense and respond to changes in their environment while the Advanced Bacterial and Eukaryotic Cellular Biology module showed me the fascinating complexity of life at the cellular level, focusing on the organization and control of cells with a particular focus on imaging. _ For graduate study, I have discovered that I am most interested in microbiology, particularly the intersection between understanding cellular processes and their application to industry. My work with ABC, as well as my experience with literature review through my tutored dissertation and wet lab projects in my course have shown me that I enjoy conducting research. Thus, I would like to undertake a DPhil to gain the skills necessary to complete a complex and novel project of my own. _ Areas I hope to explore include learning about proteins and protein engineering in bacteria and bacterial membranes, as well as Bioimaging which combines my passion for art with the clarity provided by quantitative approaches. As such, I am particularly excited by the prospect of access to the training and facilities at the Micron Advanced Bioimaging Unit. Working on ABC project highlighted how much there is to know about protein expression in bacterial membranes as well as my enthusiasm to learn more about the topic. _ I found the work done by Prof DEF’s lab fascinating, as it is studying transport across bacterial membranes - especially the work with the Type IX secretion system in Bacteroidetes bacteria and the functioning of adhesins in gliding motility. I was first introduced to the idea of directionality at the cellular level through writing my tutored dissertation, where I learned about the origin and maintenance of axiality in the growth and development of plant shapes. I would like to understand this concept in the context of gliding motility, investigating the basis of the direction of adhesin movement across helical tracks, using live cell imaging and fluorescent tagging. PS. Do NOT copy; it is ONLY a BEST guide in developing your own. We have our own stories; get down to being chronological and compelling. I wish you the BEST!

Teaching Molecular Cell Biology at AUC, Teun de Vries, initiated a Flipped Classroom initiative to increase students their confidence and competency in analyzing figures and concepts in Cell Biology. In a Flipped Classroom students are responsible for preparing (learning) and teaching the other students about what they have learned. In this way they have to deepen their knowledge and develop their interpretative skills on figures like micrographs, blots and bar diagrams which are typical for Cell Biology. Do you want to know more? Read on #LiberalArtsAndSciences #UniversityCollege #StudentLife #Sciences #Biomed #Biology #FlippedClassroom

From Classroom to Career: Job Prospects in Biotechnology and Genomics Biotechnology and Genomics are great career choices. There’s lots of excitement there. With new things happening in genetics and biotech, more experts are needed. Companies want folks who know genomics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics. Article: https://rb.gy/gk5gy2 By Richa Singh, Correspondent, #HigherEducationReview R. Srinivasan, President Council, K.S.R. College of Arts and Science. #Biotechnology #bioinformatics #geneticcounseling #selfdiscipline #Diagnostic #IndustrialBiotechnology #ecofriendlybiofuels #genetics

The collaboration aims to advance academic quality and equipping the Cell Biology academic community with the necessary tools and knowledge for success. #education #students #Biology #research #courses #highereducation Cactus Communications

"Young hematologists felt there are big discrepancies and inequalities in mentorship across Europe, especially for those pursuing research careers". In this recent interview with EMJ, Antonio Almeida, EHA Congress President, discusses how initiatives like the YoungEHA Mentorship Mixer and EHA-EMBL/EBI Computational Biology Training are shaping the future of hematology. Discover how EHA's innovative programs are empowering the next generation of hematologists and advancing research in the field: https://hubs.la/Q02FdkS20

Research team uncovers universal code driving the formation of all cell membranes Researchers at the University of Alberta have uncovered what they say has been the missing puzzle piece ever since the genetic code was first cracked. The code is the universal set of rules that allow living organisms to follow genetic instructions found in DNA and RNA to build proteins. In new research, published in BMC Biology, the U of A team describes a unifying code that guides the binding of those proteins with lipids to form membranes the wrapper around all cells and cell components. "Sixty years ago, scientists started to work on how genes encode proteins, but that's not the end of the story," says biochemistry professor Michael Overduin, executive director of the National High Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Centre. "Along with DNA, RNA and proteins, living cells require membranes. Without the membrane, it's like you've got a house with no walls." "We theorized that proteins make all membranes rather than membranes just forming magically by themselves, and that hypothesis turned out to be remarkably useful." 'A conceptual revolution' Overduin says the newly proposed proteolipid code is built from structural insights afforded by new technology and software. The theory describes how membranes are compartmentalized, remodeled and regulated, and provides a basis for understanding fundamental... ...Taking a fresh look at an old problem Overduin admits the proteolipid code turns scientific orthodoxy on its ear and may be hard for some to accept. But he argues that's often how new ideas develop in science, citing several Nobel Prize winners who were originally dismissed for their novel insights. "I think the difficulty with science is that there often is a herd mentality, and if you want to break the mold and come up with a new approach, there's resistance," he says.Overduin notes that the first author of the paper, #Troy #Kervin, was an undergraduate student in his laboratory during the COVID-19 pandemic who is now pursuing a Ph.D. at Oxford University. ---"It is remarkable that an undergraduate student can come up with a new code that turns biology upside down and allows us to make sense of it in a radically new way," Overduin says. "It's a #nice #example of how #fresh #eyes can #take an old #problem that has confounded senior scientists for decades and #crack #it."--- "Our undergrads have tremendous energy and enthusiasm, and they come without the biases that other scientists might have," says Overduin, who employs half a dozen undergraduate student researchers in his lab each summer. Next steps for the research include using the proteolipid code to better understand the specialized membranes of nerve cells, bacteria, viruses and mitochondria, which produce energy for cells. ---"We're still in the early days of this fundamental research in terms of translating it into ways to help people," Overduin says.--- by Gillian Rutherford University of Alberta