The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 5 The Importance of Mentoring
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Part 5: The Importance of Mentoring
by Amanda Rasmussen
Finding and making the most of good mentors is incredibly important (dare I say in particular for the transition from post-doc to PI?). There are blogs elsewhere about this (here) including my comments and experience so I won’t restate the…
The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 4 Building a team
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Part 4: Building a team
by Amanda Rasmussen
As reflected by the length of this section, building a team is perhaps one of the biggest challenges to new academics. My team started as me, myself and I. And we don’t always agree! Aside from diluting the Gollum-style conversation, building a team is…
The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 3 Hitting the ground running - but not too fast!
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Part 3: Hitting the ground running - but not too fast!
by Amanda Rasmussen
Momentum/Time management:
“I was told that starting your PI position will be slow, but I didn’t realize quite how slow it would be. After six months, I’m delighted that I’ve cleared all the paperwork and other hurdles…
Self Reflection: A Leadership and Management series by early-career plant scientists
BlogPreparing an impressive CV: The DO’s and DONT’s of it
The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 1 introduction
The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 2 Isolation busting
The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 3 Hitting the ground running - but not too fast!
The Transition from Postdoc to PI:…
The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 2 Isolation busting
BlogPart 2: Isolation Busting
by Amanda Rasmussen
“I was told to expect the isolation, but it's still difficult to move from a big, functioning lab with lots of people to being on your own.” –Erin
Personally I was used to working independently having come through two fellowships but for me the isolation…
The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 1 introduction
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by Amanda Rasmussen
A cloudy day in June. I wait patiently outside an office for a meeting for which I’m 10 minutes early. The meeting is with a professor (Prof K) who has recently begun at Nottingham and whose research is of interest as a potential collaboration. As a newly…
Informational Interview with Jason Cavatorta, owner, Earthworks Seeds
Blog, Profiles of Plant ScientistsBy Mishi Vachev, Conviron Scholar
Jason Cavatorta is the owner of his own plant breeding and seed distribution company, Earthworks Seeds, in Orlando, FL. His seed is mainly marketed to home-growers and is often heirloom varieties of tomatoes, peppers, melons, and many more crops. He started his own…
Transposon-derived small RNAs triggered by miR845 mediate genome dosage response in Arabidopsis
Blog, Plant Science Research Weekly, Research, Research BlogNat. Genet. Silencing of transposable elements (TEs) is mediated epigenetically by DNA methylation, relying partially on RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM). RdDM-induced DNA methylation undergoes a global reprogramming in the male germline, allowing expression of imprinted genes regulating fertility…
SLAM-ITseq: Sequencing cell type-specific transcriptomes without cell sorting
Blog, Plant Science Research Weekly, Research, Research BlogBioRxiv. Transcriptomic changes at the cellular level are of key importance in specialized cellular types. Therefore, transcriptome analysis at a cell-specific resolution is a powerful tool to learn about biological processes. This analysis is however limited by technological boundaries of microdissection…