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Published by the American Physiological Society – Integrating the Life Sciences from Molecule to Organism THEPHYSIOLOGIST 2016 January 2017 • Vol. 60/No. 1 APS Conference A Matter of Opinion The Integrative Biology of Exercise VII Sci-Hub: Piracy Phoenix, AZ • November 2-4, 2016 Across the Open Special Program and Abstract Issue (Access) Seas Background Getting Connected with Women In 2011, a graduate student, Alexandra Elbakyan from Kazakhstan, made freely in Science available what has now grown to 50 million articles illegally downloaded Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard from copyrighted materials, primarily Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, from the scientific literature. The New Orleans, Louisiana copyrighted materials are collected into a repository known as Sci-Hub. An We all know that professional networking is injunction filed in the U.S. in October an important part of climbing the ladder to 2015 ordering Sci-Hub to desist drove success. What might you gain from building the website domain name out of the a network of colleagues? You may develop reach of the U.S. legal system behind comradery, friendships, confidants, and mentors Russian firewalls, where the servers to help guide you in your career. Networks may were already based. Sci-Hub continued expose you to new ideas, provide scientific to thrive. Legally, this action by collaborations, expand your influence, and alert Elbakyan constituted theft, or piracy, you to opportunities. But how do you build in the lingua franca of intellectual Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard this network? Networking can be awkward Continued on page 10 and time-consuming, and conflict with your struggle to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Don’t let this push networking to the back burner. If you sit back and wait for the network to come to you, it might not come knocking on your door. You must THIS ISSUE: be willing to devote time and energy to building your network. What 3 Sci-Hub Downloads of if you are shy or introverted? Do you really need to get out there and APS Papers get to know people in your scientific field? The answer is a big fat, YES! The best way to have a strong professional network is to build 15 ICPS 2016 – Beijing it yourself. Look for successful women in science, introduce yourself, and ask them questions about their path to success. Build a mentoring 24 APS Promotes Physiology and professional network to help you navigate the next step in your to K-12 Teachers career. Dismiss the myth that asking for help means that you are weak or incompetent. It is important to recognize your strengths and ACE Committee Explores weaknesses; to capitalize on your strengths and find ways to improve 34 Ways to Reduce your weaknesses. In fact, knowing who and when to ask for help could Regulatory Burden provide you with the “leg up” that you need to navigate the path to success. Asking for help communicates to others that, although you may not have all of the answers, you are willing to find out strategies Continued on page 12 the-aps.org Published by the American Physiological Society – Integrating the Life Sciences from Molecule to Organism THEPHYSIOLOGIST Published bimonthly and distributed by The American Physiological Society 9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3991 Contents ISSN 0031-9376 Getting Connected with Women Membership Martin Frank – Editor and Executive Director in Science ..................................................1 New Regular Members .............................. 45 Jane Reckelhoff – President New Graduate Student Members ............ 46 Sci-Hub: Piracy Across the Open Patricia E. 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