Lab Culture
ASCB To Announce First Kaluza Prize Winner.
The most tweeted peer-reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2012, and the trends associated with their social media success, have been identified by Stefanie Haustein at the University of Montreal's School of Library and Information Science.
Two exceptional research images captured at Indiana University’s Light Microscopy Imaging Center are among the 15 finalists in the international GE Healthcare Life Sciences 2013 Cell Imaging Competition. The IU center won the competition last year with an image of a dividing mammalian cell and could do so again if enough votes from scientists and the public are cast online by the Dec. 20 competition deadline.
We first discussed the impact of social media on the sciences in April, 2011. Then, 100 percent of lab managers admitted to never having used flickr and over 80 percent hadn’t opened a Facebook account. Revisiting the topic in September 2012, we said that getting a grip on social media remained a challenge. “Untamed and unpredictable, it rolls like a cyber tsunami, sweeping and reordering the communication landscape.” This month we return to the topic again and, wow, what a difference 15 months can make.
Despite working in more routine and less autonomous jobs, having fewer close friends at work, and feeling less supported by their coworkers, blacks report significantly more positive emotions in the workplace than whites, according to a new study in the December issue of Social Psychology Quarterly.
Organizational politics involves trades, exchanges of favors, relationships, reprisals, obstructionism and coalition-building. This sometimes goes beyond the normal process of getting the job done and the normal interchanges with peers and colleagues.
Have you ever found yourself wrapped up in the fear of looking stupid in front of others?
