All advisors have different mentoring styles and different personalities. Despite these differences, everyone is busy and wants to get the most out of individual meetings with their lab members. Here are a few things that I think Read more
In the lab, we often have discussions about prioritizing experiments and I usually have a strong opinion about these things. I was starting to realize that being able to set these priorities, feel confident in your Read more
I remember often being on autopilot as a grad student and postdoc. I was so focused on ticking off my todo list and trying to make rapid progress that I forgot to periodically step back Read more
Each year the NFL reviews which of its rules are under-enforced and identifies some points of emphasis for the upcoming season. I opened the doors to my own lab space on September 2nd, 2015 (~16.5 Read more
Here’s another BioRxiv submission selfie of authors Jenna Christensen, David Mueller and myself for our joint preprint with the Kovar Lab! We’d love to hear your feedback!
The NIH recently put out a request for information (NOT-OD-17-006) on including preprints and interim research products in NIH applications and reports. ASAPbio is collecting responses but you can read my responses directly here as well.
Here’s a video of me talking about the preprint journal club I started with graduate students at KUMC for our Analysis of Scientific Papers course. The course materials (syllabus and introductory slide deck) are also available. The Read more
I’m happy to announce that the first preprint from our lab is live on BioRxiv! Here’s a submission selfie of postdoc Soumita Dutta and myself. We look forward to your feedback! If you’re attending the upcoming ASCB annual Read more
Many of us (Brittany Jack, Soumita Dutta, David Mueller, Shengping Huang and myself) from the lab will be attending the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting in San Francisco this December. If you’re attending the meeting, please Read more
As some of you may have gathered from my last blogpost, I have a fondness for creating formal opportunities for trainees to gain important skills (the type of skills most of us complain we were Read more
