Kathy Barker (born 1953) is a

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who focuses on science management and on communicating science to society. She authored ''At the Bench'', which teaches

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practice to

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s and

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s in the

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s, and ''At the Helm'', which educates new principal investigators in laboratory management. She received a

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from the

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and was a faculty member at

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before embarking on her writing career. Kathy Barker currently explores scientists as activists at her blog
''Scientists as Citizens''
showing how scientists are using their training to improve the world beyond the bench.

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