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Just as the right piece of lab equipment can make our life easier, so too can the right kitchen tool. And if it just happens to make us feel like Dirty Harry when standing in front of the stovetop, all the better…
If Ron Popeil (of “Set it and Forget it” fame) had been a scientist, he probably would have been preaching this years ago. Ron knows that in order for something to stick in our heads, it has to be easy to remember. Training your autopilot is a saying that while easy to remember, can be difficult to execute…
We’ve hit that point in the year where time seems to accelerate. Next week is November. In a few short weeks, we’ll be passed out in a turkey coma – stuffing and cranberry sauce all over our sweater. Before we know it, it’ll be mid-December and we’ll enter our usual last-minute holiday gift panic. High anxiety and a low bank account… not good. But we’re here to help!
If blogs took one year each to write, we’d be sitting here with Willard Scott right now. Of course, we’d be sitting in diapers, but hey we’d just be glad to be here…
In fishing, the more lines in the water, the better the chance of catching something. In science, this may or may not be the case. Some people prefer to perform one project at a time, staying focused on every experiment. Others prefer to balance their time among several projects, increasing their chances of both finding one that works and making a mistake.
When I first started cell culture, I was just maintaining a line of HEK cells so it was pretty much meat and potatoes cell splitting. I thought I had it all under control. Then I tried a 1:8 split into a 24-well dish…
Oil? Check. Heat? Check. Veggies, chicken, stir-fry sauce? Check. Check. Check. Kitchen full of smoke!? Fire alarm!?!?
Who knew Kenny Rogers was a scientific prophet? In the immortal words of The Gambler, you gotta “know when to walk away, know when to run.” Nowhere could this be more relevant than in the lab…
Success in science can depend just as much on managing our boss as it does on managing our project. Aside from making the day-to-day more enjoyable, a good working relationship with our boss is the first step towards a great recommendation. Since a reference letter can singlehandedly get an average application considered or a great application thrown out, it’s worth the effort to get one. So where do we begin?
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