2. Focus on people. When recruiting, it’s sometimes less about credentials and more about attitude. I’ll gladly take a student with no prior experience but a great attitude and desire to learn over one that has lots of technical skills but poor work ethic or attitude.

1. Start small. It is tempting to dive in and shoot for some huge research goal like you’ve had in well established labs. Not going to work starting out. Do small things that will help you build toward realizing that larger vision. Funding and publications won’t come right away but will eventually.

Always! I think that little twinge of anxiety is a good thing - it means we still care about doing a good job.

(10/11)

75 years of scientific discovery—now on the chopping block.

Trump’s 2025 budget proposes a 56% cut to the NSF. Over 1,000 grants terminated. 37 divisions abolished. Funding frozen.

This isn’t just reckless—it’s a war on knowledge, a war on progress.

La Crêperie, near the Panthéon - as the name might strongly suggest, they have really good crêpes.

I’m so sorry and angry on your behalf. I know the incredible work you and your team do and this is just awful.

I didn’t know that otherwise I would have tagged her 😂

Haley has an #ACSCOMP poster on Drude SILCS nucleic acid simulations (Tues, 7 PM).

I present on the Drude FF for phosphoproteins (Hall F Room 5, Wed 5:40 PM).

Wow, 50(!) of mine…

Ninja Bigfoot is a concern that no one is talking about!

This is so important. Visual consistency takes the fatigue out of reviewing. I always use bold section headings and only underline short, key phrases. No italics except organism names (I find italics taxing to read in long blocks). Text boxes to summarize key concepts/questions for visual impact.

Correction: my poster is on Tuesday 2/18 😅