As if taking a year off to travel the globe was not enough of a thrill, Jenni and I decided to give our trip a little something extra. Overachievers by nature, we wanted to use our year abroad to accomplish something meaningful. What began as a conversation with a friend who spent a year interviewing [...]

Unlike traditional offices, our lab benches dont come with a door to shut when we want privacy.  As a result, theres no physical barrier to alert visitors to the fact that theyre now in our personal space.  Even in the event the approaching individual is courteous, without a door where are they to knock on [...]

Many professionals find themselves succumbing to job-hopping or having the tendency to change jobs frequently owing to the expanding flare of opportunities in the market today. The promises of financial gains and better incentives cause employees to work at many companies for a shorter period. This trend is becoming a concern for companies, who fail [...]

In lab vernacular, few words can elicit a fiery range of emotions like group meeting.  Fear, panic, apathy, anger, frustration, embarrassment and nausea are not uncommon responses as a graduate student or postdoc reads the lab schedule and realizes theyre up next week.  While some will feel they havent had enough time to obtain new [...]