Does the aesthetic quality of a manuscript (aka, how good the figures look) influence your likelihood of reading it?

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This morning I read a paper (which was awesome) because I wanted to.

One thing I love about academia is the freedom to follow interests. Rarely do I feel like I'm working. #luckyme

Congratulations Nicole King of UC Berkeley MCB and @HHMINews, newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS161 #molecularbiology #cellbiology

The Behringer Lab at Vanderbilt is looking to hire a research assistant! A great position for trainees interested in microbiology, evolution, & genetics while gaining experience in anaerobic cell culture, experimental evolution, & genome editing.
Details at quote tweet below! ⬇️

Our next #magazine drops Friday! Who else is excited??? I hear there'll be features like this one: vanderbilt.edu/evolution/brea…

Senior group leader position opening at GMI Vienna; one of the premier academic positions in plant biology in the world:

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