As a person with many roles and responsibilities, I have to think a lot about how to balance those roles. I’m a father of three, a scientist and science communicator, and I strive to be a volunteer and contribute to my community. This past year, I spent some time thinking about ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger Chinmaya Sadangi, a postdoc at the University of Toronto. The Addictive Brain was founded in early 2018 with the goal of communicating science to non-scientists. Chinmaya Sadangi, a postdoc at the University of Toronto, created The ...
This guest post was contributed by Johnny Kung, Director of New Initiatives for the Personal Genetics Education Project (pgEd). Advances in genetic technologies and other biomedical innovations promise an improved understanding of how our bodies work, new treatments for ...
This guest post was contributed by Nathan Sanders of ComSciCon, the Communicating Science Conference series for graduate students. I believe that communication is the single most important skill that scientists need to succeed in their work. While it's not always recognized and ...
In this post of the Careers in Science Communication blog series, you’ll hear from Susan Keown, a staff writer at the non-profit Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
This post was contributed by guest blogger Jack Leeming Editor of Naturejobs, part of Nature magazine. Humans are built to enjoy, remember, and listen to narratives — take advantage of that in your work The part of my job I most enjoy is building and telling interesting stories ...
This series was written for selfish reasons: I wanted to learn about careers in science communication. When I started my Science Communication Internship with Addgene, I didn’t know a lot about scicomm, but had enjoyed writing a few Addgene guest blog pieces. Throughout my ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger Sarah Schmidt, a Marie Curie Fellow at The Sainsbury Laboratory. Are you a science student or early career researcher looking to break into science communication? Everybody goes about this in their own way. The career paths into science ...
