How to get an academic position without applying.

How to get an academic position without applying.

“I applied to a dozen academic positions, without any luck,” said Jon, an aspiring P.I. “Time to go on tour,” I said. I hear this all of the time from postdocs who apply to academic postings. If they don’t get an interview, they usually say they’ll just wait till the...
LEADING LIFE SCIENCE – Bridging different disciplines is where some of the more interesting work gets done.

Delegate goals, not tasks, in order to get things done.

Do you need help? Delegate. In our last post we talked about some ways to get help, but what about getting the people you pay to help you? They already know that they should be helping you… right? Unfortunately, you may not always be asking the right person for...
How to manage departmental lab politics

How to manage departmental lab politics

A young junior investigator, Xiaoming, just missed out on some choice internal training awards that she was well qualified for. She tends to shy away from the lab departmental meetings and to just focus on her own lab’s research projects. Martina, another peer...