Academia:
Well I'm kind of miffed. The teaching postdoc I really wanted decided that I'm not in the first round of interviews, which makes me sad. They really have their shit together and do a thorough job of preparing profs. Oh...
Posted on April 24, 2008 12:31 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Let's not kid ourselves. Finding a job in science these days is rough. Finding the job you want, once you get past your postdoc years, is even rougher. And landing your ideal job? Unless that postdoc was picture-perfect, you're screwed....
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Posted on April 14, 2008 2:45 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
UCLA now leads the way when it comes to protecting scientists from violent extremists.
Posted on February 21, 2008 1:49 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Actually this is completely anticlimactic. The Regents rarely take a differing view on tenure decisions from the tenure committee itself. So sorry Tara, you got it wrong... the decision is already out: The Iowa Board of Regents has denied Guillermo...
Posted on February 7, 2008 2:33 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
After the Big Relocation, I've had not much to do while I wait for a job to open up. Specifically there is a university position that is (was) supposed to become available. It's about the perfect position for somebody coming...
Posted on January 17, 2008 12:40 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Intelligent Design is a career-killer. There's just no two ways about it. And not because of how peers treat the ID supporter; they throw their own productivity under the bus, to use Casey Luskin's overworked cliche. We saw the same...
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Posted on December 6, 2007 1:15 PM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Phil over at Bad Astronomy has it a bit backwards, but hey it's not his fault. He didn't have to sit through that nightmare of a press conference. I still stick by my own conclusion too, that by trying to...
Posted on December 5, 2007 8:15 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yesterday the Discovery Institute held a press conference at the capitol building in Des Moines, to announce Guillermo Gonzalez's plans to sue Iowa State University over their decision to deny him tenure. Supposedly the lawsuit will be filed pending the...
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Posted on December 4, 2007 6:25 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Did Baylor University just put the muzzle on science!?!??!
Posted on September 5, 2007 3:25 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
PRISM: Concern for the public interest? Or donning the mantle of open communication while milking profits?
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Posted on August 27, 2007 3:20 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lots of talk today about the joys of undergraduate research sparked by a recent study (the results of which can be found here). Chad has a post or two that I like on the matter. I thought I would throw...
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Posted on May 1, 2007 3:22 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It's official! In honor of Darwin Day celebrations everywhere, the Alliance for Science is having their first annual Evolution Essay contest! This year's question: Why would you want your doctor to have studied evolution? Pop on over for contest details,...
Posted on February 12, 2007 1:40 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I had grand plans in mind for blogging this conference. Then I got a virus and spent the last 2.5 days or so in bed. Lovely. Barely got to even meet Shelley and Jake. Forced to eat room service for...
Posted on October 18, 2006 12:59 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Almost too cute for words. Poor SFN conference virgin Jake just got his cherry popped. I tried to warn him that this conference is nuts, but does anybody ever listen to me? NOOOOO. This afternoon had a good run of...
Posted on October 15, 2006 3:54 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Greetings and salutations from the 36th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience!!!! I'm gonna try and get back in the bloggin' business after some major life changes by writing about exciting news from the forefront. Unfortunately, the only thing...
Posted on October 15, 2006 10:45 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
On the heels of an earlier paper review comes another journal submission. This one was substantially worse than the other paper; the last was overall pretty good but came with some obvious inadequacies of choice. Not so with this one,...
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Posted on August 26, 2006 11:30 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Peer-reviewing a submitted article can be an interesting process. On one hand, you get a chance to glimpse the latest findings in the field before they even become public (outside of the data appearing in an abstract or on a...
Posted on August 23, 2006 11:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Today is the One Year Anniversary of my Ph.D. The last couple weeks I've had what I thought might be Frodo-like anxiety aftereffects, and was briefly concerned that I might also have been pierced by a Morgul blade, bitten by...
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Posted on August 19, 2006 12:10 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Argh. Why the hell am I doing this? What makes me think I'll even get this damn grant? Like Shelley, I'm in NRSA-scramble mode right now. The deadline is August 5th. This is wasted effort. I could be posting juicy...
Posted on August 1, 2006 3:37 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A new website in the fight against the ID movement's attempted takeover of the Kansas state science standards. Check it out. Nick Matzke has more here....
Posted on July 17, 2006 4:50 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is one of those "what the hell am I doing here" weeks where my job seems to be both 1) fully self-aware and 2) malevolent. I swear, it's coming after me with the all the intensity of a starving,...
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Posted on July 7, 2006 2:15 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...and they shall have one!! The question: How is it that all the PIs (Tara, PZ, Orac et al.), various grad students, post-docs, etc. find time to fulfill their primary objectives (day jobs) and blog so prolifically?......
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Posted on June 15, 2006 6:34 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I have just learned that Reed Cartwright successfully defended his dissertation and now joins the inner cabal of the Evil Darwinist Conspiracy!!! He is expected to report to his new job for the Department of Manufactured Evidence after a night...
Posted on June 14, 2006 9:41 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...you might not know what to do you might have to think of how you got started sittin' in your little room --The White Stripes...
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Posted on June 9, 2006 9:34 AM • 0 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and is currently enjoying a bit of time off while waiting to hear about a new position. Come join this wayward neuroscientist as he struggles to find a career and get his life back in order. He is still not sure why he wrote this paragraph in the third person.
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