For some of us, Monday represents the start of a new week. For others, Monday might as well be Wednesday or Friday or Saturday, since the days just blend together.
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Do You Work Weekends?
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Kick Off the New Year with a New Camera!
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By now it’s safe to assume the New Year’s hangover is safely behind us. Likely, so are half of the resolutions we swore we’d keep… (Why Do Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail?) However, one resolution remains alive – “to upload more videos to BenchFly!” So we’re here to help.
BenchFly’s Model Organism Week
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Many of the questions that we ask in research are to ultimately find an answer or understand a biological process in humans. However, human research is often too difficult, risky and expensive to undertake. Enter: model organisms.
Why Do Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail?
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Happy New Year and welcome back! It’s Monday morning and the holiday season is now officially in the rear view window. The crowded airports, the family fun and the blistering New Year’s day hangover are now all a thing of the past. However, somewhere between the first glass of champagne and Auld Lang Syne we probably made a few resolutions that “this year we’re going to stick with…”
Scientists: Naughty or Nice?
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With the holidays upon us and the year winding down, the time has come for reflection. There have certainly been ups and downs and we can only hope we’ve been fortunate enough to have more of the former than the latter. But have we?
Holiday Wishes Do (Sometimes) Come True!
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Our Holiday Shopping Guide provided suggestions on how to fulfill the wishes of those around us this holiday season. But what about ol’ numero uno… what about us?
The Scientist’s Holiday Shopping Guide (Soon to be) Endorsed by the NIH
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Here at BenchFly, we understand the holidays represent a serious challenge to scientists. To help, we’ve put together a Holiday gift guide to protect your time, reputation and wallet. To ensure there’s no misunderstanding, we’re putting it into the universal language- an NIH grant…
Communicating with Non-scientists: It’s a Ball or Tylenol?
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Effective communication is one of the most important skills required of a successful scientist. We’re all accustomed to the process of writing papers, presenting data and giving talks among colleagues. But once we leave the lab, things can get dicey. Think of the dinner party where you’re the only scientist and someone asks “What do you do?”
If You’ve Got a Tongue, You’re Gonna Love These Cheese Balls
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Pete Schweddy (Alec Baldwin) might have done more than anyone in history to put “holiday balls” on the map when he shared his family’s recipe with the ladies of public radio on Saturday Night Live. Well, more than almost anyone…
What Makes a Successful Scientist?
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As scientists, we’re as diverse as the DNA that encodes us. Some of us would read papers at the dinner table, if allowed, while others need a break and leave the literature in the lab. Some of us consider an 80-hour week to be normal, while others just don’t consider it at all. Some of us prefer to work in solitude, while others spend half of the day discussing future experimental plans with colleagues.
