The New PI Sets Up a Lab

A few weeks ago I launched this challenge to blog a day in the life of a new (or not so new) academic lab head ( here ), so that new PIs wou...

Jan Bruegel the Elder - Landscape of Paradise and Loading of the Animals on the Ark I wish things were as simple as Dr. Jon Lorsch, dir...

This past year I was part of a mentoring program for female postdocs at a neighboring institution, when I met with my mentee every month to ...

I launched the "day in the life of a new PI" challenge a few weeks ago to see what the days of principal investigators are like at...

A couple of weeks ago I suggested a series of posts based on "a day in the life of a newish PI" . The array of BS and of random th...

In following the discussion between Jean-Francois Gariepy and Potnia Theron this week I find myself somewhat in the middle. Briefly, Gariep...

What have I done?! In a week my lab will grow to 9 people...I'm medium-sized. — The New PI (@TheNewPI) September 2, 2015 I have tak...

As a trainee I always wondered what my PI was doing cooped up on her/his office and when I became a PI myself I was shocked by the endless l...

At an NHLBI K-to-R01 meeting speaker is quoting @TheNewPI @drugmonkeyblog and others who provide great advice for new investigators. — ...

Multiple possible directions! I liked that the university is opposite to Prosecco station... A couple of years ago I had written about ...

I thought I'd weigh in on the kerfuffle going on on Twitter about the mostly irrational fears that Obama will force us to pay postdocs $...

Denial Two months before the deadline: "I totally got this. I have it all figured out and will be able to whip it up in a month or so ...

Note added after R01 review: Beware of this post. The big picture strategy backfired big time. Find out how here . "Mirror mirror on ...

Despite the absolute madness of the past two months, I was still holding on to the hope I would be able to submit two R01s for the June dead...

Following the " Questions you should ask " for the faculty job search, I was asked for a similar post for the postdoctoral searc...