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Five Great Resources to Learn About Stem Cells
Whether you’re already in the field or an undergrad looking to enter the scene, here are some great places to keep up to date with the latest news and trends…
Read MoreCareers for Scientists – Medical Writer
…to talk about! So for me, being able to explore different therapy areas and learn new facts that I can actually visualise and discuss with people, is one of the…
Read More10 Fun Hobbies for Scientists
…benefit lab work. But where to search for all this? We don’t have the answer, but we have some great suggestions! Here are ten fun hobbies for scientists that can…
Read More10 Great Tips To Make A Good Impression At Your Interview
…my 10 top tips for how to make a great impression at your life sciences interview. 1. First Impressions The obvious one – first impressions count! You have no idea…
Read MoreFlow Cytometry Gone Viral: Introducing Flow Virometry
…proteins, but they can be cumbersome. While plaque assays and ELISA are gold-standard and work great, they’re not as flexible when it comes to multiplexing an experiment. For example, a…
Read MoreGuidelines for Efficient Cell Sorting – Part 1
…Precious’ Before even getting started, acquaint yourself with the instrument you’ll be sorting on. Talk to your facility manager to get a basic idea about the instrument configuration, the fluorochromes…
Read MoreGene Synthesis: Cloning of The Future?
…is: You ask your boss’ permission, because $1000 spent is unlikely to go unnoticed. Talk to several companies about available options and price. Some companies supply just an assembled gene;…
Read MoreTo Be or Not to Be a Post-doc? A Recurring Dilemma
…them! Your supervisor may have contacts in industry or even in laboratories abroad that you can contact. Make an Informed Decision Talk to people other than your supervisor(s) who work…
Read MoreThe Sandwich Technique: How to Dish Out Critique
…And frankly, the talk is awful. It’s twice the time limit, the student weaves around the topic as a drunken sailor, and she acknowledges her granny but not you. The…
Read MoreMischief in the Mastermix: Bothersome Bubbles
…party. Let’s talk about how to deal with these foamy fiends! When you’re making up your mastermix, you could have a variety of ingredients going in there but it’s probably…
Read MoreCan’t Decide Between Medical School or Graduate School?
For the longest time I just couldn’t decide between medical school and graduate school. I mean come on, being a physician would be great. I could save lives just like…
Read MoreHow to Conduct a Risk Assessment: 6 Essential Steps to a Safer Lab
…look faulty, but you aren’t sure? Talk to a member of the risk assessment team. They’re always more than happy to talk to you about your safety concerns in the…
Read MoreWhy You Should Defend Science
…stress, and often we tend to only talk about work with other scientists. Instead, try to speak positively about your work, even to yourself. We could all use a little…
Read MoreThe Multi-skilled Scientist: Key Skills for All Scientists to Master
…it. Don’t. It is often good practice to familiarise yourself with your equipment well in advance of your experiment. Talk to the older students in your lab who have experience…
Read MoreBeginners Guide to PALM Sample Preparation
…best to image the dye with the higher wavelength first as this won’t cross-talk into lower wavelength channels. *Despite Padron and Dronpa having similar emission spectrum, they can be used…
Read MoreTop 10 Tips for Phenol-Chloroform Extractions and Ethanol Precipitations
…precipitation at -80ºC for 30 minutes and get almost as much yield as an overnight precipitation step. 10. Talk it out! Like most techniques, this one can be fiddly and…
Read MoreTips for Choosing and Using a New Primary Antibody
…that you could test out in your application. Some departments have a department-wide email list that is great for this purpose. Ask for an antibody to the protein you are…
Read MoreWhy All Bioscientists Should Use Linux
…I mentioned earlier, there are a great number of bio-specific software packages out there that do great things, and they are all FREE. There are too many to talk about…
Read MoreStand By Your Poster
A lot of scientists hate presenting posters. Because more often than not, you stand near your carefully designed, full of great results placard, all alone, while there is a crowd…
Read MoreHow to Reconcile Being an “Aspie” and a Scientist
…But I somehow managed to deal with this by training a lot and planning my presentations carefully. Furthermore, PowerPoint presentations are a great help. They provide guidance to your talk,…
Read More10 Do’s and Don’ts for PhD Students
…the most likely way to find a bad supervisor. Talk to the PhD students already working in the lab, find out whether they are happy and get information about the…
Read MoreHow to Pursue a Non-Research Career While in Graduate School
…it is really for you. Informational interviews offer a great way to talk to people who have already managed that transition and are working in the field that interests you….
Read MoreHow to Switch PhD Advisors
…basis? These are all factors to consider. Get Some Advice Once you’ve spent some time thinking about what you’re looking for in an advisor, talk to a neutral party who…
Read MoreQuestions You Should Ask During Your Lab Rotations
…fund cutting-edge projects can’t hurt your resume. But there is more than that. It’s kind of more like picking a relationship partner—it’s mutual and it’s complicated. A great fit can…
Read MoreNever Leave an Empty Seat – A Simple Rule to Increase Your Networking at Scientific Talks
One of the great things about being scientists is that we are lifelong learners. Scientists go to a lot of seminars, meetings and conferences. The traditional, hour-long seminar is also…
Read More4 Tips for a Successful Postdoctoral Fellowship Application
…year postdocs I talk to, don’t think they stand a chance to get funding, because of words like ‘prestigious’ and ‘competitive’ that are often used to describe such forms of…
Read MoreHow to Focus When Your Colleagues Are Wreaking Havoc Around You
…is easy, and great to take your busy mind and relax it a bit. If Nothing Works… Well, if you have tried everything, and nothing seems to work, you have…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know to Get into Your First Lab: A guide for the Overwhelmed Undergraduate
…work the phrase “Sit down and talk” to give them the impression that I want to meet with them in person, but you can say whatever feels natural to you….
Read MoreUnderstand EC numbers in 5 minutes Part I: How EC numbers work
…run through the history of EC numbers. Then you’ll be totally up to speed. What EC numbers do EC numbers (and recommended enzyme names, which I will talk about in…
Read MoreChoosing a Post Doc Position
…want to work on. A great boss will empower you to explore and investigate your own ideas and allow you the freedom to develop a research program you can take…
Read MoreHow To Use Your Department To The Fullest
…out if the department can extend an invitation for them to give a seminar talk. Do introduce yourself and talk to the speakers. You may need to call on these…
Read MoreBright Minds: Overcoming Autofluorescence in Human Brain Samples
…signals from an amyloid binding dye. Then you can actually determine if your protein modification is associated with the amyloid conformation. How to Manage Autoflourescence Before we talk about how…
Read MoreTo (Science) Blog or Not to (Science) Blog
…in Control With great power comes great responsibility. You are in charge of everything published on your blog. This means that you are responsible for all of the content. If…
Read MoreTaking Care of Your Mental Health
…alone. Andrew Solomon has a great talk on depression. Find or build a community and a support network. Exercise and get outside. Have a self-care plan Remember: Disability is not disqualification….
Read MoreScience Outreach: Why Should You Care?
…get involved. If you’re a parent, talk to the science teacher(s) at your F1’s school. We are all too aware of the low salary ranges of teachers, and their budgets…
Read MoreHow do you Solve a Problem like Pseudoscience?
…We Do? Stop being snobs. Talking down to people or, worse, refusing to talk to people who are not on our imagined level/status is a waste of precious time. Every…
Read MoreSingle Molecule Real-Time Sequencing
…technology is that you obtain real-time sequencing results. Today, I’m going to talk about a different NGS platform that also allows real-time sequencing, but it uses a different principle. Sounds…
Read More7 tips for balancing your scientific career and your marriage* (*or other intimate relationship)
…forgiveness. I guarantee it is better to talk about these things openly and honestly than to show up late every day until your spouse gives up in complete frustration and…
Read MoreYour Supervisor Wants You to Apply for Funding
…charities are a great place to look for these. Are you eligible? My advice is to always check out the eligibility requirements to begin with! There’s nothing worse than spending…
Read MoreHow to Become an Expert at Getting Funded
…a review paper is a fabulous way to plant your flag in any discipline, and it is a great way to stay relevant and known to your peers. You can…
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