Lab Ideas
Avasthi Lab Career Development Week 2017
Last year, we held a Career Development Week for the lab, in which I encouraged everyone to take a little extra time to focus on their career goals. For this exercise, I provide a list Read more
Reflections
Feeding your scientific soul.
One thing that shocked me when I started my faculty position was the explosion of opportunities. As a grad student and postdoc, I remember clawing for opportunities that seemed all too infrequent. Upon starting my Read more
Reflections
Points of Emphasis
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
Reflections
Preprint #2 is live!
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!
Reflections
Our first preprint is live!
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
Reflections
Avasthi Lab at #ASCB16
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
Reflections
Scientists: it’s OUR job to promote biomedical research.
Some weeks ago, The Atlantic posted a question on Twitter asking why federal science funding was so personal for researchers. My first reaction was that we have hugely failed as scientists if the average person doesn’t know Read more
Pro-tips
Should you rework your K99 proposal for your job search research plan?
I am a huge proponent of senior postdocs applying for the K99 pathway to independence award (regardless of whether it is ultimately awarded). This is mainly because I think so many aspects of the application Read more
Pro-tips
Preprints: Taking the Next Step
What can be said that hasn’t already been said about preprints? If you’re new to this topic, I’ll wait while you browse around at ASAPbio and Biorxiv. To move forward from discussions about the pros and Read more
Pro-tips
The Future of Scientific Publishing
A critical meeting is taking place starting the evening of February 16, 2016 and into February 17th to discuss the future of scientific publishing and the potential role of preprints in the changing landscape. The meeting will Read more