Pro-tips

It’s almost summer and a new class of graduate students will be starting soon (we usually get at least a few students that do summer rotations). This got me thinking about how students select rotation Read more

Every once in a while on New PI Slack we revisit the discussion about lab expectations and onboarding documents. Our lab has a private onboarding document (private because it contains a lot of specific information about our data Read more

I was thinking about putting together a paper writing guide for the lab. Just thinking formally about how I write a paper was a useful exercise. I have lots of ideas on how to deconstruct Read more

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

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.