Why I LOVE Quartzy and You Should Too…
Amy Palubinsky
You know all of those crazy excel files of chemicals and reagents and that ever-growing binder of MSDS sheets? Well that information can all be accessible to lab members with …
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Friday Fighty Squirrel's Academic Science News: It Ain't Your Money, Kid
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Let’s give it up for the House of Representatives passing the 21st Century Cures Act earlier this week putting some much needed funding into NIH. The bill lost some …
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Desk Guide for Scientists: Working with Media
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Have you fumbled in front of a camera or wished you could answer a question differently after a reporter’s already filed the story? Haven’t yet, but think you …
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You're Never Going to Bounce Back, So Stop Trying: Academic Version
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
I’m in midst of a fantastic read by Navy Seal Eric Greitens called Resilience. If you want your philosophy in the form of a solid gut punch from someone …
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The Key to Getting Motivated: Give Up
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“Trying to ‘get motivated’ can often make matters worse. The real problem isn’t that you don’t feel like taking action. Rather, it’s the underlying assumption that you …
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Three (Grant) Peeves in a Pod: Formatting
Cranky Reviewer
Ever since the holy trinity important things have come in threes—listen up. Every study section I have been in for years includes the complaint that certain grant authors: 1.) Cheat …
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Collected Links on Busyness, Boundaries, and Balance
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Several pieces on being busy, and why it might not be for the best.
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Why you should read The Opposable Mind
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For fifteen years prior to this book’s publication, author Roger Martin studied successful leaders, interviewing more than fifty of them for up to eight hours at a time, trying …
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The 125 Hour Work Week
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Recently, if you listened hard enough, you could hear the collective sob of well-read junior scientists as Science Careers posted a commentary from Eleftherios P. Diamandis. Dr. Diamandis attributed his …
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5 Ways to Instantly Appear More Confident
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It’s fall conference season. Put your best foot forward as you speak and network with five tips from Nerd Fitness. Today I’m going to teach how you to …
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