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"01a0d0f8-215a-73c0-8d7f-9ca61ab8e11e", "title": "Will your paper meet the reporting checklist requirements for Nature Ecology and Evolution?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/will-your-paper-meet-the-reporting-checklist-requirements-for-nature-ecology-and-evolution/", "published_at": "2017-03-30T12:22:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc15981ee73", "title": "What is your anxiety telling you?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/what-is-your-anxiety-telling-you/", "published_at": "2017-03-29T14:40:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc159bad7e9", "title": "How do you get into that popular course?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/how-do-you-get-into-that-popular-course/", "published_at": "2017-03-28T01:39:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc159ff2250", "title": "Grading ruins teaching", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/grading-ruins-teaching/", "published_at": "2017-03-19T23:38:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc15a2bfc9d", "title": "The power of explaining someone else’s idea", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/the-power-of-explaining-someone-elses-idea/", "published_at": "2017-03-12T03:13:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc15ad11314", "title": "Why are chalk talks so hard?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/why-are-chalk-talks-so-hard/", "published_at": "2017-03-07T11:04:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc15b6b50ce", "title": "Teaching effectively and efficiently: abstract writing", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/teaching-effectively-and-efficiently-abstract-writing/", "published_at": "2017-03-02T02:36:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc15c18a671", "title": "How many hours a week can you work on research?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/how-many-hours-a-week-can-you-work-on-research/", "published_at": "2017-02-19T19:13:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc15cee252d", "title": "Have you figured out how to make a graphical abstract?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/02/12/have-you-figured-out-how-to-make-a-graphical-abstract/", "published_at": "2017-02-12T20:30:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc15da8459f", "title": "Thinking of starting your paper with a quote? Be careful!", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/thinking-of-starting-your-paper-with-a-quote-be-careful/", "published_at": "2017-02-11T17:58:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-4509-7165-9192-9dc15e8d606d", "title": "Is Wikipedia anti-intellectual? Compare athletes to academics and the answer is yes.", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/is-wikipedia-anti-intellectual-compare-athletes-to-academics-and-the-answer-is-yes/", "published_at": "2017-02-04T20:09:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b1451b63a7", "title": "Interviewing students the Oxford way", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/interviewing-students-the-oxford-way/", "published_at": "2017-01-30T11:31:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b145964b5c", "title": "Ten tips for writing successful NSF full proposals from a recent panelist", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/ten-tips-for-writing-successful-nsf-full-proposals-from-a-recent-panelist/", "published_at": "2016-11-01T07:29:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b1463a0297", "title": "Job interview: does timing matter?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/job-interview-does-timing-matter/", "published_at": "2016-10-28T17:39:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b146e561ac", "title": "Job interview: how to avoid 10 pitfalls", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/job-interview-how-to-avoid-10-pitfalls/", "published_at": "2016-10-17T07:16:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b147da373c", "title": "Chalk talks: how to avoid 10 pitfalls", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/chalk-talks-how-to-avoid-10-pitfalls/", "published_at": "2016-10-11T06:18:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b1489b1517", "title": "Are rotations really worth it?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/are-rotations-really-worth-it/", "published_at": "2016-10-05T12:25:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b1492908e4", "title": "What if the undergrads ran their own class with no faculty present?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/what-if-the-undergrads-ran-their-own-class-with-no-faculty-present/", "published_at": "2016-10-02T12:10:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b149b57e37", "title": "Secret tricks: Never ever pay for access to a scientific article!", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/secret-tricks-never-ever-pay-for-access-to-a-scientific-article/", "published_at": "2016-09-26T08:43:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b149ee059c", "title": "What is the point of a grad school rotation?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/what-is-the-point-of-a-grad-school-rotation/", "published_at": "2016-08-31T12:22:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-6c15-73d9-bd41-45b14a720c2f", "title": "Do you have a lab philosophy?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/do-you-have-a-lab-philosophy/", "published_at": "2016-07-29T02:41:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-974c-719e-b806-015ced4e45a0", "title": "Remembering Bill Loomis, a Dictyostelium colleague", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/remembering-bill-loomis-a-dictyostelium-colleague/", "published_at": "2016-07-18T14:35:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-974c-719e-b806-015ced7dd246", "title": "You have ten minutes to win a great score on your grant proposal", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/you-have-ten-minutes-to-win-a-great-score-on-your-grant-proposal/", "published_at": "2016-06-29T16:41:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-974c-719e-b806-015cedb03e41", "title": "Who gets to be the corresponding author?", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/who-gets-to-be-the-corresponding-author/", "published_at": "2016-06-23T18:59:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-974c-719e-b806-015cee380a10", "title": "How to write a tenure letter about a colleague", "url": "https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2016/06/16/how-to-write-a-tenure-letter-about-a-colleague/", "published_at": "2016-06-16T20:52:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d0f8-974c-719e-b806-015ceed168c5", "title": 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2026

What scientific meetings did you go to this summer?original ↗
9 Sept 2026
Poster learning by taking apart another posteroriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026

2025

Recommendation letters for awards: can you get help from the person?original ↗
9 Aug 2025
What should a full professor do?original ↗
3 Aug 2025
Referee finding: a role for AI?original ↗
8 Jul 2025
Recommendation letters for colleagues: a role for AI?original ↗
25 Jun 2025
Recommendation letters: be careful about biasoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2025
Recommendation letters for people you know welloriginal ↗
13 Jun 2025
Recommendation letters: important shortcutsoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2025

2024

Just in time learning advantagesoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2024

2023

Four exciting postdocs in Ecology and Evolution at Washington University in St. Louis!original ↗
5 Aug 2023
Postdoctoral positions available in our lab!original ↗
24 Jul 2023
How can you go wrong with a gap year?original ↗
29 Apr 2023
Advising undergraduates: encourage them to get to know themselvesoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2023

2022

Did you join Mastodon yet?original ↗
21 Nov 2022
Is there a book you want to write?original ↗
10 Aug 2022
What I learned from reading my book aloudoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2022
Retraction with honororiginal ↗
16 Jul 2022
Ten steps to optimizing learning at large conferencesoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2022
Do not love your writingoriginal ↗
12 May 2022
What have you discovered?original ↗
1 Apr 2022

2021

An easy productivity tip: don’t stop at a stopping placeoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2021

2020

Please join the American Association for the Advancement of Science for secret reason in addition to the main oneoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2020
In on-line teaching one thing is essentialoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2020
Why we fail at hiring Black faculty in biology departmentsoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2020
Fishy pasta sauceoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2020
Best updates on the new corona virus (#coronavirus, #covid19, #SARSCoV2) are on Twitter: a brief tutorialoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2020
One important way to be fair in grad school interviewsoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2020
The ethical treatment of data: six essentialsoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2020
Trust your collaborators?original ↗
1 Feb 2020
A tragedy in animal behavior and heroic responsesoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2020

2019

Do this before you say yes to anythingoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2019
Sculpting your undergraduate years: avoiding the biggest mistakeoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2019
Do not fix the English when you review a manuscript for a journaloriginal ↗
13 Nov 2019
Why you need a one day writing retreatoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2019
We have an opening for a postdoc!original ↗
29 Jul 2019

2018

Science at your local farmer’s market!original ↗
4 Nov 2018
Women and Wikipediaoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2018
Wissenschaftskolleg: It’s not just time to write, it is connections with fabulous novelists, thoughtful former politicians, historians, and scientistsoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2018
How to read a scientific paperoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2018
What does a professor or a postdoc do at an advanced study institute?original ↗
31 Aug 2018
How do you get an academic job in biology?original ↗
6 Aug 2018
Get your undergrads thinking about analysis from the startoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2018
Do your undergrads actually understand their summer research project?original ↗
8 Jun 2018
We have a position for a postdoc on amoeba-bacteria symbiosis available immediately!original ↗
2 Jun 2018
What professors really want from graduating studentsoriginal ↗
21 May 2018
Send in a title the minute you agree to give a talk!original ↗
19 Apr 2018
Why vacations matter for work excellenceoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2018
Who is your lab aya?original ↗
13 Apr 2018
Have you uploaded research images to Wikimedia yet?original ↗
14 Mar 2018
Wikipedia is worth writing for and teaching withoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2018
Remember the rules on allowable questions for job candidates!original ↗
17 Jan 2018
Active learning in research perspectives and science communicationoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2018

2017

You want to do research but how do you begin?original ↗
31 Dec 2017
Your web page is out of date – how to fix this foreveroriginal ↗
21 Nov 2017
Choosing a graduate program and advisor: avoid vampiresoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2017
What you really need instead of an elevator pitchoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2017
For your NSF proposal, fit your Broader Impacts to existing infrastructureoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2017
Improv for scientific communication with Aniek Ivensoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2017
The best job for an undergrad premed studentoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2017
What can you give others at a scientific meeting?original ↗
20 Jun 2017
Undergrads: present your poster effectively!original ↗
14 Jun 2017
An undergrad primer for attending scientific meetingsoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2017
How to do an external review, particularly of a university departmentoriginal ↗
23 May 2017
Radical thoughts on awards, or who should get into the National Academy of Sciencesoriginal ↗
9 May 2017
Why expanding the requirements for the Waterman Award won’t fix itoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2017
Can we fix inequity in awards for women scientists?original ↗
19 Apr 2017
Grant review: best proposal or most needy scientist?original ↗
9 Apr 2017
Can you answer this crucial scientific question?original ↗
31 Mar 2017
Will your paper meet the reporting checklist requirements for Nature Ecology and Evolution?original ↗
30 Mar 2017
What is your anxiety telling you?original ↗
29 Mar 2017
How do you get into that popular course?original ↗
28 Mar 2017
Grading ruins teachingoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2017
The power of explaining someone else’s ideaoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2017
Why are chalk talks so hard?original ↗
7 Mar 2017
Teaching effectively and efficiently: abstract writingoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2017
How many hours a week can you work on research?original ↗
19 Feb 2017
Have you figured out how to make a graphical abstract?original ↗
12 Feb 2017
Thinking of starting your paper with a quote? Be careful!original ↗
11 Feb 2017
Is Wikipedia anti-intellectual? Compare athletes to academics and the answer is yes.original ↗
4 Feb 2017
Interviewing students the Oxford wayoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2017

2016

Ten tips for writing successful NSF full proposals from a recent panelistoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2016
Job interview: does timing matter?original ↗
28 Oct 2016
Job interview: how to avoid 10 pitfallsoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2016
Chalk talks: how to avoid 10 pitfallsoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2016
Are rotations really worth it?original ↗
5 Oct 2016
What if the undergrads ran their own class with no faculty present?original ↗
2 Oct 2016
Secret tricks: Never ever pay for access to a scientific article!original ↗
26 Sept 2016
What is the point of a grad school rotation?original ↗
31 Aug 2016
Do you have a lab philosophy?original ↗
29 Jul 2016
Remembering Bill Loomis, a Dictyostelium colleagueoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2016
You have ten minutes to win a great score on your grant proposaloriginal ↗
29 Jun 2016
Who gets to be the corresponding author?original ↗
23 Jun 2016
How to write a tenure letter about a colleagueoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2016
What happens when you don’t publish promptly?original ↗
12 Jun 2016
Do you deserve to be told why your preproposal was not invited?original ↗
12 Jun 2016
What to do if your research stops being fun for you?original ↗
8 Jun 2016
The best way to summarize your research on your webpageoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2016
The ambiguity of silenceoriginal ↗
21 May 2016
Will an exit interview tell the truth about the biology major?original ↗
20 May 2016
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