Adventures from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mar 11, 2016 | posted by dustingreen | A Day in the Life |
The most recent survey from the Council of Graduate Schools found enrollment for international graduate students still on the rise. Data from fall 2015 show an international enrollment of 85,000 students. Of that cohort, 80 percent were from either China or India, with Europe coming in next, supplying 10 percent of applications. Overwhelmingly, these international(...)
Feb 8, 2016 | posted by dustingreen | Did You See This? |
During the final month of 2015, Congress passed a $1.1 trillion federal spending bill that would keep the government fiscally solvent into September 2016. Along with large tax breaks, new cyber security programs and ending a ban on oil exports, new appropriations were made for the world’s largest research agency, the National Institutes of Health (NIH).(...)
Jan 4, 2016 | posted by dustingreen | Did You See This? |
It was a long-held belief that, after graduate school, newly conferred doctors would seek out postdoctoral openings in labs where they could focus on furthering their studies, eventually transitioning to a faculty appointment. Though designed to be a temporary position, postdocs came to represent one of the largest and most productive components of the biomedical(...)
Dec 11, 2015 | posted by dustingreen | A Day in the Life |
Although it is pivotal for a successful academic career, instructing young grad students and postdocs in grant writing is an often missing training component. Fortunately, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers devices via its Individual National Research Service Awards (NRSA), or F grant, by which graduate students and postdocs can apply for their own(...)
Nov 11, 2015 | posted by dustingreen | A Day in the Life |
“Starting in a new lab has always been difficult for me.” As a new Johns Hopkins graduate student, James Meixiong, or Jimmy to his friends, describes the challenge in finding the right laboratory fit. “There are a lot of things to navigate in a new lab environment,” he says. “However, it can be an exciting(...)
Oct 12, 2015 | posted by dustingreen | Honor Roll |
Liang Han is undergoing a transition. As a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Xinzhong Dong, she is preparing for a major career move to become an independent investigator. That transition is aided by the fact that Han is the recipient of a National Institute of Health (NIH) Pathway to Independence Award, known to many(...)