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remove your name from mailing lists to pro- tect yourself whenever possible. By keeping your inbox list of messages short, you w ...
you have a major grant to write, set aside a minimum of two weeks and do nothing else during that time. If the deadline is the f ...
132 CAREER ADVICE FOR LIFE SCIENTISTS II On Being a Scientist and Parent Ursula Goodenough Washington University P arent–scienti ...
glades in different seasons. These walks also continued throughout adolescence, albeit parental insistence was sometimes needed ...
9.When to have kids? Obviously it’s easier when you see a coherent career path before you, and don’t feel you need to rush it—yo ...
William Wickner Dartmouth College How to “Get a Life” in the Life Sciences F or most of us humanoids, “a life” is a melange of f ...
your 20’s, strive to find your passions, per- sonal and professional. If you do love it, work hard in the lab (I like 6 a.m. to ...
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY during the interview. Be confident but not arrogant; give a dynamite talk. Ask each per- s ...
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3. SCIENTIFIC CITIZENSHIP The Misconduct of Others: Prevention Techniques for Researchers Making a Difference: The Three R’s of ...
140 CAREER ADVICE FOR LIFE SCIENTISTS II The Misconduct of Others: Prevention Techniques for Researchers Jane A. Steinberg The N ...
research setting, but these are addressed through other laws and regulations and are not considered scientific misconduct (e.g., ...
Watch for individuals who are working too quickly or too well. Most protocols have an average run time—is anyone collecting data ...
about conventions from other labs and can incorporate desirable changes immediately. Such shared expectations avoid mispercep- t ...
144 CAREER ADVICE FOR LIFE SCIENTISTS II Making a Difference: The Three R’s of Public Science Policy Lawrence S.B. Goldstein Uni ...
ourselves partially responsible. Who else can, or will, explain what we do, why it has value, and what its possible uses and imp ...
Finally, there is the impact on our own sci- ence. Preparing oneself to discuss issues that are current (e.g., genetically modif ...
Most congressional offices are small, and the staff have great influence. A comparison to a typical medium-sized lab is not off ...
148 CAREER ADVICE FOR LIFE SCIENTISTS II Great Expectations or Realistic Expectations? Harvey F. Lodish Whitehead Institute for ...
can be exploited for political reasons— remember Nixon’s “War on Cancer?” No cures for cancer emerged during the “war.” But much ...
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