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Delightful overview of ISSCR 2013 by guest blogger Dr. Susan Lim

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments

By Dr. Susan Lim A record 4100 delegates attended the 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), held at the Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston from 12-15 June 2013. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, the Meeting featured 7 Plenary sessions including a Presidential Symposium, 20 concurrent scientific …

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Call for guest ISSCR 2013 bloggers: audience of thousands awaits you

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments

Are you attending the ISSCR 2013 Annual Meeting this week in Boston? Want to get your voice heard about what you think of the meeting or specific talks or the most interesting thing you heard at the bar? You have an invitation to guest blog here on ipscell.com. Send me your ideas or draft posts, …

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Baldness points to big positive power of blogs

March 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment

Baldness can teach us something about blogging? You might be surprised! My mission with this blog is to responsibly use its influence for good for educational outreach to help people learn about stem cells. Can this blog make a difference? Does it have any influence? It seems so. Blogging is a lot more powerful than …

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Go ahead & blog about Dr. Famous’ sexy, but crappy paper, most people say

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment

I recently did a poll (still running here) about a hypothetical stem cell hotshot called Dr. Famous who might have published a recent paper that was sexy, but crappy. This situation sure rang a bell with a lot of people! In fact, a half dozen people contacted me directly (and privately) to talk about it …

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To blog or not to blog about sexy, but crappy paper from Dr. Famous?

February 1, 2021 / By / 6 Comments
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To blog or not to blog? Sometimes that is the question and a tough one. Keep going or shut it down? Let’s say that you are a blogger and scientist. I am one of those people wearing both of those hats. A sexy paper comes out in your field. It’s all over the Internet and …

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Guest blog from inside Vatican Stem Cell Meeting by John Carbona: Day 1

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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The Vatican Stem Cell Meeting 2013 has started. We are fortunate to have a guest blogger, John A. Carbona, CEO of BioLife Cell Bank, who is in attendance and kindly is giving us inside coverage of the meeting. Below is a guest blog from John on Day 1 of the meeting. We even have pictures. …

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Five stem cell legends & a blogger walk into a bar: the increasing influence of social media

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment

Five legends and a blogger walk into a bar together. The bartender asks the first legend “What can I get for you?” The legend orders their drink. The bartender eventually serves up drinks to all five legends and turns to the blogger, “And what can I get for you?” The blogger replies, “Do you have Wi-Fi? …

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How does blogging affect an academic career? In poll most think it is a bit positive

February 1, 2021 / By

I recently did a poll asking folks how they thought blogging would affect an academic’s career and got 50 responses. The results suggest that most respondents thought it was not particularly harmful to one’s career. 18% and 4% thought it mildly and strongly negative, respectively. Far more were enthusiastic as 52% and 6% thought it …

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