The New PI Sets Up a Lab

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...

There are few posts in my queue right now, that will never see the light of day. They were born our of anger and confusion and anxiety lac...

The more I move forward in this crazy voyage which is the tenure track, the more I realize how absolutely critical your personnel is. I have...

Today should have been a good day... A very nice review article which took a lot of effort in the past couple of months was accepted and fo...

"...I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost." (adapted from D. Alighieri, Inferno, Cant...

There is nothing quite as exciting as your trainee getting their own money. Apart from the obvious financial benefit to the lab and a lessen...

The Scream - E. Munch (Google Art Project) The hashtag #academicselfcare reminds you that it is your responsibility to take care of your...