CHICAGO — Using two opposite strategies, one focused and one broad, scientists say they have made progress in taming two of the most intractable types of cancer.
This early exposure to a wide range of research made Godinho Ferreira the broad-thinking scientist he is today, he says.
The agreement fell well short of the broad changes scientists say are needed to avoid dangerous climate change in coming decades.
Nightly dreams go largely forgotten, making the sort of broad questions scientists ask about them difficult to answer.
User friendly access to web browsers makes RNA-seq data analysis possible for broad research scientists.
Although there are few limits on sequencing data outputs and sample sizes, the use of current bioinformatics tools remains challenging for broad research scientists due to insufficient abilities to process large data, as well as the limitation on data inputs and sample management.
"Given the speed with which the genome engineering field is evolving, the Napa meeting concluded that there is an urgent need for open discussion of the merits and risks of human genome modification by a broad cohort of scientists, clinicians, social scientists, the general public, and relevant public entities and interest groups," stated the authors of the article summarizing the conference.
The spectrum of job profiles is broad, from surface scientists, through metallurgists and material scientists working on material and process development, to narrow specialisations like nutrition scientists, who study the influence of steel cans on the food they contain.
From this perspective, one can discuss whether research funding should be focused on elite scientists or rather aim at generating scientific capacities in the broad range of scientists.
In 2004, following discussions with scientific bodies (whose board members include representatives from companies and institutions that employ scientists), the Science Council, an umbrella organization for U.K. science professional societies, established a broad accreditation for scientists.
