Avoiding the Scoop
Getting scooped – a colloquialism feared by naïve graduate students and battle-hardened professors alike. To see your own hard work and creative experimentation in print – beaten to the publication...
The Language of Science
At the time that Cat’s Cradle was published in 1963, the novel’s author, Kurt Vonnegut, wrote, “any scientist who couldn’t explain to an eight-year-old what he was doing was a...
Diabetes, Hormones and Bugs, Oh My!
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from autoimmune damage to the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, and is caused by a complex combination of genetic and environmental factors. It is...
Open Access – Improving the Availability of Scientific Literature for All
As of January 1, 2013, CIHR-funded researchers will be required to make their peer-reviewed publications accessible at no cost within 12 months of publication – at the latest. The newly...
Letter from the Chair – Spring 2013
[column size="two-third"] Following the successful launch of IMMpress Magazine in late January, it was clear that a new tradition had been established in the Department of Immunology. The first issue...
Letter from the Editor – Spring 2013
[column size="two-third"] At this year’s Canadian Society for Immunology conference, the CIHR director of Infection and Immunity outlined the five year strategic plan for health sciences research in Canada. In...
The Stiff Scientist
Scientists are known for following their head rather than their heart, or so the popular stereotype goes. Most scientists themselves, however, tend to disagree with this portrayal. Indeed, a recent...