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Three scientists share their thoughts on how the scientific community can help combat racism in all its forms.
Scientists’ role in this
Jonathan Thon“Hear it. This anger that’s playing out, it isn’t new.”We are all accountable for the inequalities in our system and longstanding a...- Jayson Gay, The Wall Street Journal
Career Advice
Voici des conseils pour vous aider à partir du bon pied et à obtenir les ressources dont vous avez besoin pour exercer vos activités scientifiques. Ces ressources se chiffrent à un montant précis que je peux vous aider à définir.
Attention : Je ne peux ni citer de noms ni fournir de rensei...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/conseils-carriere/conseils-carriere-article/comment-nous-avons-multiplie-par-trois-une-subvention-de-demarrage-de-un-million-de-dollars/
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We are very pleased this week to introduce a guest post from Damien Wilpitz, an experienced laboratory research manager at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Damien is also the founder and manager of Experimental Designs Consulting<...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/how-lab-managers-hire-for-science/
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Feedback from multiple sources ensures that faculty are not disillusioning themselves with misguided opinions on their strengths and weaknesses.
Damien Wilpitz joins me this week for a co-written article on the practice of 360-degree and reverse reviews, and their noticeable absence from academic labs. Continue reading is a laboratory research manager at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/why-labs-should-embrace-360-degree-faculty-reviews/
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Our summer posts had a theme it seems - something we didn't plan, but which has resulted in a small series of posts on misplaced priorities in academic research. From my post on
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/quarterly-summary-identifying-misplaced-priorities-research/
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In this guest post, Damien Wilpitz details how to negotiate a start-up package that reflects your needs.
There are, of course, nuances to formulating a budget, and it’s highly advisable to consult with someone who is experienced and understands the politics of the department you are applying to before committing. To help, Jonathan Thon has asked Damien Wilpitz of Experimental Design Consulting to...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/how-we-turned-1-million-start-up-award-to-3-million/
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There are, of course, nuances to formulating a budget, and it’s highly advisable to consult with someone who is experienced and understands the politics of the department you are applying to before committing. To help, I’ve asked my friend Damien Wilpitz of Experimental Design Consulting to ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/keeping-track-lab-expenses/
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There are, of course, nuances to formulating a budget, and it’s highly advisable to consult with someone who is experienced and understands the politics of the department you are applying to before committing. To help, I’ve asked my friend Damien Wilpitz of Experimental Design Consulting to ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/type-research-assistant-need-help-lab-startup/
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Mentors, in particular, can help you to expand your contact base to the larger world around you.
To succeed outside the narrow career trajectory of “university professor,” early career scientists must be exposed to the job market earlier. So how do we help new scientist-entrepreneurs succeed? My Continue reading dealt with exposure to other career opportunities and...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/academic-scientists-need-to-create-their-own-social-networks/
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This new series will discuss/debate leading life science topics with featured guests.
We’re starting something new.
We address a lot of very important topics in scientific entrepreneurship, career development and academia at The Black Hole. All of our posts follow a very similar formula: calling attention to a common, but rarely talked-about problem, a defined discussion of misa...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/introducing-the-leading-life-sciences-podcast/
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