Brain initiatives galore, smiles aplenty
Vivien Marx reports from the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego and the status of the big brain projects in the EU and US. Read more
Vivien Marx reports from the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego and the status of the big brain projects in the EU and US. Read more
The first official report lists the scientific priorities that will be funded by the NIH as part of the BRAIN Initiative … Read more
Obtaining research funding, particularly from the NIH, is an increasingly daunting task that requires a lot of background information in addition to presenting a stellar proposal. Read more
When we wrote our editorial for the October 2010 issue of Nature Methods, we didn’t know whether human embryonic stem cell research in the US would be effectively shut down by the time the issue was printed. Read more
People have been expressing concern for years about the the continual increase in the age of US scientists receiving funding from the NIH. See for example this post and the links contained therein. Part of the concern is due to the observation, highlighted by a 1993 study, that most scientists do their groundbreaking work early in their careers and these people aren’t being adequately supported by the current system. Read more
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Let’s give statistics the attention it deserves
Let’s give statistics the attention it deserves
Guidelines for algorithms and software in Nature Methods