Batman and Robin: Woes and Wins in Picking Collaborators
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Three real stories ranging from amazing boon to painful bust for an assistant professor. Thoughts on what it takes to make a great collaboration.
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Scientists! Get Those Amazon Prime Deals Now.
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Amazon has 30 hours of awesome deals for Prime members. If you are a scientist, maybe some of these fun finds will inspire you and your team to further heights of …
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Scientists Career Advice: Seeking No Feedback
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Science, NEJM and MBoC recently hosted career advice and thought pieces on life in academia from faculty and trainees. How did they do? Hard to say, none of the posts …
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Reclaiming To-Do Lists
The Edge for Scholars
I had been using the Clear app on my phone and my desktop computer because it allowed me to sync all my tasks no matter where I was. It worked …
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Jewels from Rock Talk
The Edge for Scholars
The rumor patrol wants to squash the myth that R01s are getting shorter. A little over half of R01s awarded are five years in length. This has been …
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“Modifying the Current Flow from Negative to Positive (Data!)”
Britney Lizama, B.S.
Scientists are experts at asking questions, analyzing, and critiquing. We are also taught that while there are rules and facts in biology, exceptions to rules exist – in fact, we expect …
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Don't You Forget About Me
TheAyatollahofRockAndRollah
Revisiting the loss of a colleague
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Stop the Slapfest: Why Scientists Need to Step Up in Support of a Cancer Moonshot
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
In the State of the Union address, President Obama challenged scientists with a John F Kennedy-inspired “moonshot” of curing cancer backed by a one billion dollar funding pledge. Obama’s …
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NIH News: New Webinars Connect Applicants to NIH Peer Review Experts
The Edge for Scholars
Do you want to learn how to make NIH peer review work for you? Sign up for one of the four Meet the Experts in NIH Peer Review webinars brought …
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Why Your Favorite Journals Need to Put a Dog in the Ethics Fight*
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
There is nothing an journal editor loves more than seeing a late night email from my best friend, Paul Brookes, in their mailbox. Paul is a genius. Well, technically he’…
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