...two-part series, we continue our conversation with Niroshi Senaratne and Ben Vincent from the Biological and...environment 3:09 - 5:58 : Specific Examples where Niroshi and Ben helped build their grad student communities... discussion, we bring up a performance Ben and Niroshi organized for Tyler's (the host's) thesis defense...students discuss the third year dip (see graph). Niroshi and Ben give their insights as to what causes this... made to the grad school process 22:41 - END : Niroshi and Ben's favorite advice to give to younger graduate...and Plasticity in Mentoring" We'd like to thank Niroshi and Ben for taking the time to sit down and talk...Systems Biology, and he tweets @benjvincent.     Niroshi Senaratne is a graduate of the PhD program in Genetics...

...and the pH shift can be prevented. Keep this information in mind if you’re planning on shipping something...We’re always looking for ways to improve our shipment processes. After reading a publication describing...describing how short term storage on dry ice can shift sample pH, we wondered whether or not the dry ice we ...we use to keep viruses frozen during shipment was having an impact on the samples. We therefore devised...for 48 hours (to replicate how our viruses are shipped), where they would be exposed to a closed environment...function optimally at -80°C. For samples that are shipped on dry ice, this can affect the pH of the sample...

...expertise in shipping hundreds of plasmids a day, the Lab and Office Teams develop shipping systems and...accelerating research and discovery, while also pushing us to challenge assumptions, holding us to nonprofit... Addgene’s high quality standards?” Under the leadership of Addgene’s co-founder, Melina Fan, we created...viral samples. The Office Team made sure we could ship internationally and be ready to provide extensive...extensive logistics support for export and shipping on dry ice. The Business and Finance Teams continue to facilitate... facilitate the formation of partnerships to expand the service and figure out what we can afford to do...

...to be shifted away from an axis, decrease the compensation value. If neither of these helps shift your ...Figure 1). In Figure 1A, the population needs to be shifted towards the x-axis, so you would increase the compensation... value for APC. If the population needed to be shifted away from the x-axis, you would decrease the compensation...determine which way your population needs to be shifted, consider your perpendicular lines. In this case...so our circled population on the right needs to shift towards the X axis to become a perpendicular vertical...control samples: if the population needs to be shifted towards an axis, increase the compensation value...

... more open to developing a relationship. The time to develop relationships is before you need them (well...doing interesting things. I call this building relationships because networking has gotten a bad reputation...Scientists enjoy learning new things. Building new relationships is all about learning new things from other ...networking for a job connection with ongoing relationship building through Informational Interviews. Making...is always best to meet in person to develop relationships, but if it is not possible consider a phone ...

... of the time because of relationships. It’s much harder to build relationships when you are more desperate...Here we are seven months past a worldwide shift to work-from-home and just now realizing that we can’...throughout our careers. An easy way to access great mentorship is by recruiting your own peers and classmates...experiences to share. The conversation builds a relationship for the future and the 1:1 format is good for...you will make good progress on both building relationships and thinking about future career options. 5....

...next month?” Some mentoring relationships grow naturally out of friendships or work interactions. Watch...watch my webinar, “Not Networking 101-Building Relationships for Success”. Choose 1-2 tactics to try. One...be a bit random because you never know which relationships will take off, or who your new contact will ...current organization but also important to build relationships outside your organization. The mentor in your...other ways they can help you grow. Mentoring relationships can last for an hour or for a year. Some click...

...Cancer Institute (NCI) has an internship similar to Susan’s NEI internship. Application information can...a master’s, Susan completed a science writing internship with the National Eye Institute (NEI), where ...audience. She then got a full time position with a Washington D.C.-based communications consulting firm, Palladian...Communications and Public Relations at the University of Washington and the connections she made through this program...started her scicomm career: “ I think living in Washington D.C. helped because there was so much work through...

... despite the evolving export/import rules. Our shipping and lab teams continue to keep up with the demand... for more offerings. The viral vector team is publishing research, hosting conferences, and are expanding...have confidence that from Business Development to Shipping we will execute any new projects with our usual...much potential for service and contribution! Leadership On an organizational level, we keep passing...vigilant about resources, I’m not worried about the stewardship of this in the hands of our finance team, now...often focus on the excitement of what we are accomplishing and what more we might do. I am grateful every...

...like-minded science communicators? Attend the annual flagship meetings of AAAS, WCSJ or ECSJ. These meeting ...in the UK, join the SciComm mailing list. 7) Internships – Learn on the job Nothing prepares you better...better than learning on the job. Try to get an internship at a magazine or newspaper (here’s a partial list...). A great opportunity is the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship, which places science students for 10 busy weeks...American or National Geographic. Similarly, media fellowships from the British Science Association allow you...Society of Experimental Biology offers press internships to cover their annual meetings. 8) Training –...