Shaping the Future of Research: a perspective from junior scientists [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/4yc]

Gary S. McDowell; Kearney T. W. Gunsalus; Drew C. MacKellar; Sarah A. Mazzilli; Vaibhav P. Pai; Patricia R. Goodwin; Erica M. Walsh; Avi Robinson-Mosher; Thomas A. Bowman; James Kraemer; Marcella L. Erb; Eldi Schoenfeld; Leila Shokri; Jonathan D. Jackson; Ayesha Islam; Matthew D. Mattozzi; Kristin A. Krukenberg; Jessica K. Polka

doi:10.12688/f1000research.5878.2

F1000Research (Jan 2015)

Shaping the Future of Research: a perspective from junior scientists [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/4yc]

Gary S. McDowell,
Kearney T. W. Gunsalus,
Drew C. MacKellar,
Sarah A. Mazzilli,
Vaibhav P. Pai,
Patricia R. Goodwin,
Erica M. Walsh,
Avi Robinson-Mosher,
Thomas A. Bowman,
James Kraemer,
Marcella L. Erb,
Eldi Schoenfeld,
Leila Shokri,
Jonathan D. Jackson,
Ayesha Islam,
Matthew D. Mattozzi,
Kristin A. Krukenberg,
Jessica K. Polka

Affiliations

Gary S. McDowell: Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
Kearney T. W. Gunsalus: Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
Drew C. MacKellar: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Sarah A. Mazzilli: Department of Computational Biomedicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
Vaibhav P. Pai: Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
Patricia R. Goodwin: Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA
Erica M. Walsh: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Avi Robinson-Mosher: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Thomas A. Bowman: Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
James Kraemer: Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
Marcella L. Erb: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
Eldi Schoenfeld: Synthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
Leila Shokri: Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Jonathan D. Jackson: Department of Neuroscience, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA
Ayesha Islam: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
Matthew D. Mattozzi: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Kristin A. Krukenberg: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Jessica K. Polka: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.5878.2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3

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The landscape of scientific research and funding is in flux as a result of tight budgets, evolving models of both publishing and evaluation, and questions about training and workforce stability. As future leaders, junior scientists are uniquely poised to shape the culture and practice of science in response to these challenges. A group of postdocs in the Boston area who are invested in improving the scientific endeavor, planned a symposium held on October 2nd and 3rd, 2014, as a way to join the discussion about the future of US biomedical research. Here we present a report of the proceedings of participant-driven workshops and the organizers’ synthesis of the outcomes.

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ISSN: 2046-1402 (Online)
Publisher: F1000 Research Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science
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