Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
“Nobody has to read this crap!” Ed Yong began his talk at a recent American Society of Human Genetics symposium, The Art and Science of Science… Read More »Becoming a Science Storyteller: Tips on Communication
Last December, a group of 15 medical students gathered in the lobby of the Sheikh Zayed Tower in The Johns Hopkins Hospital. That evening, the glass-enclosed… Read More »School of Medicine’s Student-Led Group Brings Joy Through Music
Part 3 in a series of posts called “Lessons Learned in Graduate School.” Read Part 1 | Part 2. If you find yourself unenthused at… Read More »Lessons Learned in Graduate School: Be Good to Your Data
As the American Society of Human Genetics concluded its 65th annual meeting in Baltimore, the air around the Johns Hopkins McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine… Read More »Highlights from the 2015 American Society of Human Genetics Conference
Attending scientific conferences is one of my favorite things about being a graduate student. I get the opportunity to hear what is hot in the… Read More »Preparing for Conferences: Inside the 2015 ASHG Annual Meeting
What makes someone a leader? Is it an individual who makes the important decisions in a group setting? Or is it someone who is able… Read More »Johns Hopkins Postdocs Receive Crash Course in Leadership
Academia is a popular career choice for Ph.D. students. While our graduate studies at Johns Hopkins will prepare us to tackle the research side of… Read More »Summer Teaching Institute Helps Students Prepare for Academia
Dancing with the Hopkins Stars took to the stage on May 26 in a night of incredible energy, fun, glamour and success for United Way,… Read More »Dancing with the Hopkins Stars Raises $52,000 for United Way
Peruse through a few articles from major journals and you’d likely come across a new buzzword: CRISPR/Cas9. Short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated… Read More »Johns Hopkins Tackles Genome Editing with CRISPR/Cas9 Symposium
Imagine halls filled with chatter about obscure proteins that could one day be used to identify cancers, idiosyncratic assays to measure single RNA molecules in… Read More »Postdoc Retreat Features Johns Hopkins Research, Professional Development