Beginners Guide to Science Publishing
It’s been several weeks since you hit the “submit” button, and the manuscript-tracking page has remained permanently open in your web browser. At least once a day you refresh the page, but there is no new status update. Scientific researchers know how to start the publication process and know the end goal, but for many the path from submission to publication is a mystery. This path can be a winding one, sometimes your manuscript moves forward and sometimes it moves back.
Read more…Advancing Cancer Care
Predicting how cancer patients will respond to treatments has been a major challenge in the field of oncology, but a new preclinical laboratory model may help to more accurately predict treatment outcomes. This new model not only has the potential to create more personalized and more effective treatment plans for patients, but could also improve and accelerate drug screening and development. Advancements began when scientists discovered that tumor cells taken from a patient and grown under the right conditions can grow, divide, and unite to create a three-dimensional miniature tumor in a dish, a cancer organoid.
Read more…Lab Work During Covid and My First Panic Attack
Do you think lab work is just carrying on as usual during COVID? I’m here to tell you it’s not. COVID adds obstacles that make research much more challenging. Here’s my experience: Before COVID, I could go to my lab’s supply closet and find all the consumables I needed. Now, gathering supplies for an experiment is like a treasure hunt. If it’s not in the stock room then I check shelves in the lab, then shared drawers and cabinets, I look on or in my lab mates’ benches, and, finally, reach out to other labs.
Read more…Science Meets Journalism
Understanding the complex mechanisms that make us human is a driving force behind much scientific research, but getting at the root of what makes us human is not a purely scientific pursuit. San Francisco Chronicle science and health writer Erin Allday, who spoke at UCSF on Jan. 26, uses journalism to not only explain science but also to better understand people. Much like a scientist, Allday starts with questions she wants to answer, works meticulously to gather data, and then presents her results.
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