The Scientist University

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Enter our second annual writing contest. The winners’ stories will be published on The Scientist’s website! 

Our second annual writing contest provides life scientists with a platform to try their hands at science journalism, tell their science stories, develop their communication skills, and publish their work.

Explore proteomics concepts, approaches, and data analysis.

Culture media contain various components that promote and support bacterial growth and differentiation.

Gene knockdown using RNAi enables gene function studies, with applications from pest control to biotherapeutics.

Almost every scientific presentation uses a slide deck, but little time is spent learning how to make or improve them. 

Posters need to incorporate scientific communication and graphic design principles to reach their full potential.

Synthetic biologists modify naturally occurring amino acid sequences to engineer proteins and enzymes for specific applications.

Enhancing protein diversity and guiding cellular functions, alternative splicing is a key dimension of genetic regulation.

Effective scientific figures incorporate artistic principles, using color, layout, and other visual elements to help clarify the message.

Molecular farming is a promising technique that enables the production of biopharmaceuticals and other high value compounds in plants.

Small details—including alignment, layout arrangement, legibility, and visual consistency—are important when designing and creating scientific figures. 

Gene Ontology is an expanding knowledgebase that provides scientists with universal definitions to describe the functions of genes and their products. 

Planning and designing figures—organizing, arranging, and visualizing data—is an important skill for scientists.

Scientists use multiomics to explore the biological continuum from gene to phenotype, identifying complex molecular mechanisms and pathways.

Flies, worms, and fish with rapid development and characterized genetics help scientists uncover fundamental and universal biological processes, and shape cutting-edge research across disciplines.

A scientist’s day-to-day routine in the laboratory provides many opportunities for developing their scientific communication skills.

Luciferase refers to a group of bioluminescence producing enzymes that enable researchers to study gene expression and regulation.

Scientists construct synthetic genomes using computational and genetic engineering strategies to better understand complex biological systems.