Mentorship, financial security and a positive sense of self-worth increase the likelihood that underrepresented minority and female postdocs will pursue a career in academia.

An analysis of author contribution statements in a large number of published papers reveals biases in the career trajectories of scientists.

In transgenesis assays involving diploid model organisms, two clearly distinguishable transformation markers embedded in interweaved, but incompatible Lox site pairs allow the systematic creation of homozygous transgenic lines and minimize the number of wasted animals.

Science hackathons can help academics, particularly those in the early stage of their careers, to build collaborations and write research proposals.

Following a career in science involves long hours and hard work, but as Eve Marder explains in the first of a series of columns, it can also be extremely rewarding.

When a scientist dies too early in their career we miss them as a colleague and as a person and, as Eve Marder explains, we also lose the science they would have done.

Mouse genetic studies reveal that let-7 performs potent tumor suppressive roles, but at the expense of regeneration and tissue homeostasis in the liver, findings with unanticipated therapeutic implications.

A systems-level analysis of the biomedical workforce in the US shows that current strategies to enhance faculty diversity are unlikely to have a significant impact, and that there is a need to increase the number of PhDs from underrepresented minority backgrounds who move on to postdoctoral positions.

Immunoisolation combined with quantitative proteomics identifies 79 proteins enriched in the tubular endoplasmic reticulum and provides useful tool for analyzing this organelle's functions.

A survey of over 300 applicants for faculty positions reveals that there are many paths to securing a job offer.