title: Shaping the Future of Research: a perspective from junior scientists.
abstract: 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 2 (nd) and 3 (rd), 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.
authors: Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
authors: Gary S
authors: GS
authors: McDowell
authors: Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
authors: Kearney T W
authors: KT
authors: Gunsalus
authors: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors: Drew C
authors: DC
authors: MacKellar
authors: Department of Computational Biomedicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
authors: Sarah A
authors: SA
authors: Mazzilli
authors: Department of Biology, Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA.
authors: Vaibhav P
authors: VP
authors: Pai
authors: Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA.
authors: Patricia R
authors: PR
authors: Goodwin
authors: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors: Erica M
authors: EM
authors: Walsh
authors: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors: Avi
authors: A
authors: Robinson-Mosher
authors: Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
authors: Thomas A
authors: TA
authors: Bowman
authors: Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Kraemer
authors: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
authors: Marcella L
authors: ML
authors: Erb
authors: Synthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
authors: Eldi
authors: E
authors: Schoenfeld
authors: Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors: Leila
authors: L
authors: Shokri
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA.
authors: Jonathan D
authors: JD
authors: Jackson
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
authors: Ayesha
authors: A
authors: Islam
authors: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors: Matthew D
authors: MD
authors: Mattozzi
authors: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors: Kristin A
authors: KA
authors: Krukenberg
authors: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors: Jessica K
authors: JK
authors: Polka
keywords: biomedical research; funding; publishing; training