The New PI Sets Up a Lab

After a very though year, I decided to take it easy this summer, which got me thinking about work ethics and the kind of role model I want...

After some crazy recent traffic due to a couple of tweets referencing my blog, I decided to give this Twitter thing a try. So if you wish y...

I am back to hiring again, and though in no shape or form I feel like a know what I am doing, I figured out a few things from the past fe...

The original post was published on 6/7/2014, but updated with additional info following some great comments on 7/30/2013 When I was leavi...

My first employee has left the lab. It was planned and expected. She pledged to work with me and move from Boston to DC to help set up t...

The pricing of research items does not make sense to me. When I tried to buy a drafting stool for a high bench from Overstock.com for $110...

Your website is your labs' ambassador to the outside world. Prospective students and job applicants will check it out before applying, ...

You now have you K99/R00 award from the NIH, but what are you going to do with it? April is negotiation time and I have been speaking wi...

I now have one year of being a PI under my belt. A year ago I was filled with anticipation, somewhat naively embarking on this amazing adv...

I wanted to share a couple of books which list all the things I wish I knew before I applied for my first research grant from the National ...

The NIH emailed me 2 months ago that my Progress Report was due on February 15 and so as busy little bee I started working on my progress r...

Back into the hunt for a postdoctoral fellow and I am back calling people all over the world to check references. As stressful as it is to...

Happy 2014 everyone!! A new year is starting, so I thought I would talk about trends and about how the world in changing....just my world r...

It's that time of the year again!! As the year draws to a close it is time to get organized for annual performance reviews of your lab ...

Starting a lab is sometimes a lonely pursuit. You are now in charge of everything and must have the final say on papers and grants that go ...