>who should you hire?
> This is NOT a post about the postdoc vs. tech debate, which I’ve run across a lot (so many places that I’m not going to try to find all the links. Sorry). I’m in a kind of weird place. I know that...
View Article>underpants gnomes
>My favorite South Park episode of all time, bar none, is the one featuring the underpants gnomes in season 2. There are many reasons that this episode appeals to me, but right now I’m thinking...
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Happy Friday!
Jeebus I’m tired. Nothing even happened this week that should justify this level of exhaustion. But srsly, it was all I could do to stay awake at my desk today. But whatever. Today was a happy day for...
View ArticleI haz indirects, and so can you!
This post was inspired by BiochemBelle, who started a discussion on the Twitterz the other day about indirects. One of the things that you get to do (a lot) as a new PI is fucking with accounting deal...
View ArticleGOOOOOOO Labbies!!
Background info: I played a lot of sports as a youngster, but I was never a cheerleader. One of the crazy things you have to learn to do when you start up a lab is figure out how to keep people...
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Recruit and retain
One of the things that I struggle with as a new PI is recruiting the right people into my lab. I have been very lucky to get some excellent students, but it can be harder for new Asst. Prof.’s to get...
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