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Dear Dora,
I’m a third year postdoc with no first author papers, although we’ll be submitting a manuscript in the next year. My husband was just offered a position in another city and now I’m faced with the decision to move and change labs or try to stay and deal with the distance. How bad does a three year postdoc with no papers look on a CV? Any advice?
– Katelyn – Postdoc
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Scientific research is fueled by a desire to answer questions – What is the molecular basis of disease? Can we use individual DNA sequences to personalize medical treatments? Does the world really need another ‘male enhancement drug’? But as we find out over time, not all questions are created equally…
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So the only things in the refrigerator are jelly and ketchup. Again. Despite the best intentions, sometimes eating home-cooked meals as a grad student seems even more hopeless than finding a time when all the members of your thesis committee can meet together.
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Literature research skills are essential for any scientist. An important part of scientific research involves being fully clued up on your research topic and ensuring that you’re not replicating work already done by others. Good literature research skills allow you to quickly identify relevant papers, reports, reviews, books, websites and patents from the ocean of scientific literature. Over several posts I’ll give you some tips on how to improve your literature skills and avoid some of the pitfalls.
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This holiday season, in honor of that elusive ‘work-life balance’ concept, we shut the doors at BenchFly and took a rest. While it’s always sad to see the holiday season end, we couldn’t be more excited about getting back to work because of what 2011 holds in store. In fact, in the next couple of weeks we’ve got some great contributed articles we’re eager to share as well as a couple of exciting announcements!
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Dear Dora,
I can see my rotation project expanding to a thesis project that would actually overlap with two labs in the department. Should I consider joining two labs jointly, or just setting up an official collaboration?
– Darren, grad student
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What do the holidays mean to graduate students? Time to take a well-deserved break from the lab. Time to step back from the bench and take a hard look at their project. Oh, and time to have the same, depressing conversation with family and friends who don’t really understand the process of grad school but feign interest once a year.
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‘Tis the season of holiday parties and get-togethers. Therefore, ’tis also the season of figuring out what to bring or serve that is unique, inexpensive and easy but will make a great impression. Luckily – unless you’re allergic – you’ve just found your dish.
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Dear Dora,
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow working on ssr markers in mulberry. The work is a bit monotonous, which is causing me to lose interest in the field. I love basic research and would like to transition to a more interesting project or field, do you have any advice for how to move forward?
– Mahadeva, postdoc
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How long does it really take to properly train a PhD student? Two years seems short and 25 years seems on the long side, so the right answer must lie somewhere in between.
