The Land of Monsters
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
For academics, being courageous is part of the deal. You fight for your ideas and observations in clear, concise language. You lay out a problem, share your data and propose …
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I'm Not Saying I'm the Best Mentor Ever, But...
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
I’m traveling with two female grad students in my lab and we have 8 pairs of shoes and 1 pair of boots between us and no checked bags. I’m all …
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A Monday Morning Giggle from The Onion
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
In grad school, a new investigator was pressuring me to come to his lab to study the molecular basis of learning in sea slugs. Sea slugs are dreadful little creatures …
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A Sure Fire Way to Know What Your Boss Thinks About You
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Step 1 of the 1 Step Sure Fire Way to Know What Your Boss Thinks About You is….. ASK! Sounds ridiculous, right? But there are countless people who spending sleepless nights worrying …
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What Folks Want to See on Your Lab Website
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Your colleagues, current and potential trainees, collaborators and yes, study sections are doing internet searches on you with greater frequency. Knowing that people are looking, why not show them what …
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The Trouble With Girls in Lab
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
It’s been a tough few weeks for women in science. In a June column of Science entitled “Help! My Advisor Won’t Stop Looking Down My Shirt” contributor Dr …
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Myers Briggs Made Useful: Academic Edition
The Edge for Scholars
Ask someone if they would take a personality test and they may first think of strange inkblots and probing questions about their childhood. Today’s personality tests move far beyond …
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Rock Talk: Recent Data on R21 and R01-Equivalent Grants
The Edge for Scholars
While many think that R21’s are easier to get than R01’s, since fewer researchers compete for them and they require no preliminary data, in fact R21’s are …
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Change Your Default Meeting Time
The Edge for Scholars
I’d like to make a modest proposal. We should stop scheduling meetings with zero time to go from one meeting to the next. Does this describe your life? You …
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Do You Have Mysterious Dragons in Your Research?
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If my experience reading some of the world’s best (and worst) literature has taught me anything, it is that all of the best stories have dragons in them. O.…
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