The New PI Sets Up a Lab

One of my mentors once said that women have a harder time letting projects go. Both as it relates to the level of perfection that needs to b...

I recently posted a pool on twitter about when to apply for a new faculty position when you already have one. Discussing w/ friend when t...

At a recent personal effectiveness workshop I attended I was asked to look up the definitions of "authentic" in different dictiona...

The lab is turning 4 today! This year has been a heck of a ride. As I was going through posts from  Y1 , Y2 and Y3 , I realized how far I h...

There was a very lively discussion on Twitter today started by this tweet by Terry McGlynn @hormiga who has been a wonderful advocate for di...

In a recent post I went through some of the benefits of the  NIH Early Career Reviewer  program, which was developed by the Center for Scie...

Last year I applied to the NIH Early Career Reviewer program, which was developed by the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) to train scient...

I have been very worried about the distrust of science and scientific thinking that is creeping into the public and political discourse in t...

Sitting in the back of an Uber in London between Christmas and New Year's, I was listening to whatever was on the radio. The newscaster ...

And there is goes: 2016 in posts...it sucked, and I should have guessed from how it started, but I'm starting 2017 on the upswing and wi...

I cannot deny that 2016 has been an annus horribilis at the personal and professional level, but I am trying to find some meaning out if it....

I never thought that these three little words could carry that much innuendo, but "Are you happy?" turns out to be one of the most...

My R01 resubmission went from scored to not discussed. I don't know why yet, but this hit me hard. My program officer had been very supp...