WHITPAIN — It’s going to take diversity to whip the health care challenges of today and tomorrow.  

That’s according to Dr. Peter S. Kim, president of Merck Research Laboratories, and the man in charge of Merck & Co.’s drug and vaccine development.

"Much has been written about the need for scientists to speak more plainly and compellingly about their research. Yet complaints about their poor communication skills continue unabated in the popular and academic press and in agencies that finance their work."

Read the article here at the The Chronicle of Higher Education

The 10th Annual St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital National Graduate Student Symposium will be held from March 28 – April 1, 2011 on the St. Jude campus in Memphis, TN. This is an all-expenses paid symposium to which 40 of the top PhD graduate students from around the country are invited to participate. To be eligible, students must be US citizens or permanent residents and their estimated graduation date should be after April 2011 but before June 2012. Preference will be given to those students whose work is relevant to the research ongoing at St. Jude.

Will you be attending the ASCB meeting in San Diego, December 5-9, 200?  If so, please get in contact with the Director's office to be counted in for dinner in San Diego during the meeting. We look forward to seeing you there.