By Elizabeth Zale, BA Image: Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images   Among the insights relayed during ComSciCon 2019’s Science Policy Panel, an important take-home message rang clear: What defines a good scientist is changing. It is no longer sufficient to execute precise bench work, reach statistical significance,

By: Caitlin Burgdorf, BS (Current PhD candidate at Weill Cornell) In February of 2019, the annual meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science held in Washington D.C addressed science policy topics and instructed attendees on ways to communicate these issues to influential stakeholders. During one session, Amy and

By: Deepti Mathew                           In a period of merely five years, the field of data science has grown from a niche for specialists to a red-hot job option for freshly minted biomedical PhDs with just a touch of

By Chinaza Egbuta, PhD                               On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, the Graduate Research Organizations for Biotechnology (GRO-Biotech) held its third annual conference at the NYU Langone Health Campus. The event featured a plethora of speakers and

By Annalisa Arcella, PhD                           It has been estimated that by the year 2020 about 1.7 megabytes of new information will be created every second per person. This is faster growth than ever before, and soon the load