...Ph.D. acquired. Thank you everyone!
Get on your feet!
How I'm going to start my defense talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc&w=520
A brief look back on thesis writing
Last week, I handed my thesis in to my readers. So before I get back to my snake training, I thought I'd share a few observations on the whole process that may be helpful…
A font even better than Comic Sans for my thesis defense
If only it came with a β symbol...
Maybe I was a little bit harsh…
(from B. Wong 2011) That moment during lab meeting when I demand from an undergrad if he's convinced whether 2 proteins really are colocalized based on overlapping red-green immunofluorescence and…
What’s the gender ratio of your references for letters of recommendation?
A few weeks ago while going through old resumes and updating my CV, I noticed that my references have historically been women-centric. I started wondering what the gender ratios were…
Any advice for a Ph.D. student contemplating a leave of absence?
Folks, I have a friend who just finished her first year of grad school and is wondering whether she rushed into this whole Ph.D. business (sound familiar?). Now she wants…
How is your PI training you to write grants?
An interesting thing happened during last week's lab meeting. Rather than spending the first 30-40 minutes on mundane lab issues like who left the dishes in the sink or who's…
(data not shown) Hypocrite
Earlier this week, I spent a good chunk of time complaining about data not being shown in two papers I had read. Normally, I'd be apt to take their word…
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