Day in the life of DrugMonkey:
The NIH grant applications which will be reviewed Jun/Jul are going out to reviewers right about now. Poking through my pile of assignments I find that I have three R01 applications at the A2 stage (the second and "final" amendment...
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Posted on May 6, 2008 2:22 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The workaday high points of bioscience careers are fairly obvious. Getting that publishable result finalized, analyzed and figure-ified. Getting a paper accepted. Getting a fabulous score on that grant proposal. But these moments are as much celebrational as motivational. Perhaps...
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Posted on May 5, 2008 3:40 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A comment on a recent post of mine asked if I thought technicians should be paid more than postdocs. The direct answer is "no", the more-involved issue revolves around my belief that "internships" and "training periods" are used in essence...
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Posted on April 28, 2008 2:33 PM • 54 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A brief note of best wishes and speedy recovery for Dr. Shulgin. The MAPS recently noted that Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin underwent heart surgery to repair an aortic valve in early April....
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Posted on April 25, 2008 12:45 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A mnemonic device can be described as: ...a memory aid. Mnemonics are often verbal, something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something, particularly lists. Mnemonics rely not only on repetition...
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Posted on April 22, 2008 11:30 AM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
There are times when all other concerns in life kind of fade into the background for a little while. It can be big or small. For good reasons or for ill. And FSM knows I tries to stay away from...
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Posted on April 11, 2008 12:56 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The new NIH public access policy mandating deposition of manuscripts describing work supported under NIH awards into the PubMed Central (PMC) repository takes effect this week. Predictably, the Open Access Nozdrul are spurring their porkers onward with great vigor. I...
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Posted on April 8, 2008 2:35 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'm attending the Experimental Biology 2008 meeting in San Diego this week. EB2008 is: A multi-society, interdisciplinary, scientific meeting featuring plenary and award lectures, symposia, oral and poster sessions, career services, and exhibits of scientific equipment, supplies, and publications The...
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Posted on April 6, 2008 11:27 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
According to this online dictionary, offended is defined, in part, thusly: (v. tr.) 1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in. I've been thinking about the concept of giving / taking offense and/or the state of being offended...
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Posted on March 20, 2008 12:52 AM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It was a year ago that YHN created the first DrugMonkey blog entry entitled "Mozart would have been dead for 7 years..." which started: Biomedical research scientists in the US (and worldwide) are bright, highly educated and creative folks. Most...
Posted on February 8, 2008 4:32 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
