July 31, 2008
Category: Blogging
Professor in Training has been blogging about her post-doctoral training experiences in the biosciences, and is now transitioning into independence as a tenure-track Principal Investigator at a large research institution. Go check out her awesome blog!...
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July 30, 2008
Category: Grant Review
Regular DrugMonkey commenter Becca has some more questions about study sections: O Wise and Wonderous DrugMonkey... thank you for another extremely useful post. Like always, that just means I have more questions :-) What am I, fucking chopped liver!?...
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Posted by PhysioProf at 5:30 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Grant Review
A comment from drieken on a previous post asks: Can anyone provide some context (eg, what's a study section that's not in the library?) for us not-yet-researchers? This was echoed by a recent comment over at Evil Monkey's pad. is...
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July 28, 2008
Category: Blogging
Another blog that I've been dropping across now and again is On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess... by Isis the Scientist. Blurb sez Isis is: ...a physiologist beginning a career at a major research university, I am working to...
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July 27, 2008
Category: Ethics
Ilyka published a post yesterday that further reinforces what a deep thinker and powerful writer she is. All the wackaloon hypocritical fuckwits that respond to attention being drawn to their privilege with "Where's your argument; where's your evidence; you're not...
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July 26, 2008
Category: Peer Review
Incoming Editor in Chief of the Journal of Neurophysiology David J. Linden has written a fascinating editorial. As new Editors often do, he lays out his vision of science publishing. If I am not sorely mistaken, he is issuing a...
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July 25, 2008
Category: Blogging
I've been enjoying the Professor Chaos blog authored by River Tam of whom the about blurb says: I am a young assistant professor in the biological sciences, married to another assistant professor (aka General Disarray) in my field. It is...
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Posted by DrugMonkey at 12:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine and Law
My blog post the other day about the surgeon who committed battery by placing a temporary tattoo on an unconscious patient has generated quite a bit of, shall we say, consternation among some physicians and surgeons. In re-reading the post,...
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July 24, 2008
Category: Blogging
Ed Yong recently asked his readers to tell him a little about themselves and what they enjoy about his blog, Not Exactly Rocket Science. The comments got really interesting to read. Since typical comment-to-lurker ratios bandied about run in the...
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Category: MDMA
A comment left by a reader some time ago took exception to one of my posts highlighting another blogger. wow, that is some excellent PR for a grad student to get for free. perhaps you could spotlight a female grad...
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