The New PI Sets Up a Lab

I can grow very attached to PCR machines. A large part of my undergraduate thesis revolved around running PCRs on Applied Biosystems ma...

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You were awarded a K99/R00 Transition to Independence award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and you even have a tenure-track...

In the past few months we have had a few major communication breakdowns that severely affected a part of the project. Experiments were work...

SNAP i.d. is a vacuum-driven apparatus to block, stain and wash your Western blots. It promises to shorten your time to as little as 30 mi...

Every time a common supply is finished and not reordered, or a common piece of equipment is broken, a little voice goes off in my head ...

A laboratory is a factory of innovation which should generate new ideas to move your field forward. As a new Principal Investigator (PI),...

Boston fireworks I thought I'd start the New Year with a collection of advice I have collected over the past few months. Every time...

While I like being in control as much as the next person, I tend to function well working with people who are self motivated and autonomou...

Science Careers recently launched the myIDP website ( here ), which helps you define your Individual Development Plan, a blueprint for the ...

Lately we've been running A LOT of Western blots and our trusted Life Techologies rep, who always suggests new things to try, has been ...

Umberto Boccioni - Visioni Simultanee (Simultaneous Points-of-view) As we get closer to the end of the year, I have been thinking abou...

As time becomes more and more limited and things to do multiply, I am looking for good ways to organize my days and projects and keep e...

Some more fun in the lab after all the management posts. The other day after filling my undergrad's USB drive with confocal images, I...

Socrates teaching (detail: Raffaello Sanzio, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome) A few nights ago at dinner, a friend brough...