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What Is Scientific Excellence and What Is the Role of Celebrating It?
We often equate scientific excellence with products (i.e. papers that report scientific discoveries), which are often attributed to a single individual. We struggle to define scientific excellence as encompassing equally important contributions such as the processes by which these papers were generated or the scientists, within and outside a lab, with whom co-creation of those papers has occurred.
Member Spotlight: Mariaceleste Aragona, PhD
Engaging in stimulating scientific discussions with scientists from various fields and learning new things every day motivates me. I find it very rewarding when other researchers build on my experiments or conclusions.
Applications Open for ISSCR Lawrence Goldstein Science Policy Fellowship
The ISSCR is accepting applications through 25 October 2024 for the next class of Lawrence Goldstein Science Policy Fellows. The three-year program offers fellows advocacy and public policy training, the opportunity to participate in ISSCR advocacy events, engagement with leaders in the field, and an ex officio seat on ISSCR’s Public Policy Committee.
Reading Your Biological Age in Your Blood or Saliva? It’s Not as Simple as That
How old are you, really? Your chronological age is the number of years you have been alive. Your biological age is how old your cells are which scientists believe may better assess one’s age-related health and disease risk. A recent study by Konrad Hochedlinger, Rebecca Gorelov and colleagues from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, aims to shed light on this question, asking how the presence of stem cells within a given tissue or organ impacts its epigenetic clock.
Expanding Internationality, Embracing Inclusivity, and Empowering Early Career Scientists
I am still reflecting on the incredible experience at the ISSCR 2024 Annual Meeting in Hamburg, Germany last month listening to groundbreaking science at the talks, posters and in informal chats. Connecting with members of our community provided me with tremendous insight and inspiration. This highly successful annual meeting was created through the vision of Malin Parmar and Agnete Kirkeby in partnership with the members of the 2024 Program Committee, and under the leadership of Amander Clark. This hallmark annual event, along with the scientific programming the ISSCR offers throughout the year, would not be possible without the incredibly talented group of ISSCR staff members who support our program organizers. Their contributions every day to our Society cannot be overstated.
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