• Help I'm a Scientist Icon
  • Home
  • FoundationsScience how-to’s & guidelines
    • Developing as ScientistsBecause no one is born knowing how to do this
    • Analyzing LiteratureMining information from publications using journal clubs and more
    • Lab Guidelines & OnboardingA collection of standard operating procedures from labs around the world
  • Science CultureWhat are scientists like & how do I fit in?
    • Origin StoriesTales of scientists who got bitten by the bug
    • Work/Life BalanceThe art of doing everything imperfectly
    • Science HumorBecause laughter is the best translationally relevant outcome
    • PodcastsScientists with useful and important ideas
    • Social MediaScientists & organizations to follow
    • Random RuminationsInspiration, aspiration, & meditation
  • Career GuidanceConcrete career and funding advice for every stage
    • Undergraduate Students
    • Graduate Students
    • Postdoctoral Researchers
    • Principal Investigators
  • Science CommunicationMaking your science accessible to others
    • WritingWriting advice for scientific fellowships, grants, publications, and more
    • SpeakingGiving effective scientific presentations
    • Presenting PostersHow to generate useful conversations at poster sessions
    • Making FiguresTips for visual communication
  • Experimental ResourcesOnline tools for researchers
    • Model OrganismsSpecies-specific resources
    • MicroscopyA picture = 1×103 words (p<0.05)
    • DNA / RNA / Protein ResourcesTools for working with DNA, RNA, and protein sequences
    • Data AnalysisI have the data, now what?
    • How-ToPractical tools for benchwork
  • More
    • About UsMeet the team behind Help, I’m a Scientist!
    • Suggest/Submit ContentSubmit new content or ideas for new topics
    • FAQs

Tag: academic

  • New PI Slack

    https://newpislack.wordpress.com/

  • Future PI Slack

    https://futurepislack.wordpress.com/

  • At the Helm: Leading Your Laboratory

    by Kathy Barker https://www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?cart=1662407283109527779&fromlink=T&linkaction=full&linksortby=oop_title&–eqSKUdatarq=862

  • Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, Second Edition

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute https://www.hhmi.org/science-education/programs/resources/making-right-moves

  • Job Market Thoughts

    by Kara L. McKinley https://www.mckinleylab.org/_files/ugd/73faf8_d0c08c91b9344859973cf6bba4fc4368.pdf

About Us

•

Suggest/Submit Content

•

FAQs

Last Updated 1/23/2026

The opinions expressed on this website are solely the author’s and do not reflect the opinions or practices of the author’s affiliates or employers.

HIAS is supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) to the University of Wyoming from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (2P20GM103432).

Proudly powered by WordPress

 

Loading Comments...