Nathaniel Blair

Congratulations!!

Glad to hear the good news - congratulations!

Please re-post! Two Clinical Research Assistant position openings in the Neuroscience of Risk and Development Laboratory! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

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Freeze on NIH Grant Reviews Leaves Scientists Confused and Frustrated An unprecedented federal ban on scientific meetings halts research progress, sparking widespread concern across the scientific community.

Grateful to The Scientist for listening to my story and amplifying our concerns regarding bans on NIH communication and govt funding. www.the-scientist.com/freeze-on-ni...

Please help us advertise this new opening 🧠 in our research group. I am happy to answer any queries about it.

Reposting for a Monday morning!

Magdalene Moran on LinkedIn: Senior Scientist Job Description We're hiring! We are seeking a motivated and organized Senior Scientist with experience studying membrane proteins to join the Topo scientific team.  This…

An amazing opportunity for an early career scientist looking towards industry. Some of my former colleagues are looking to hire a Ph.D. with experience in membrane proteins (broadly speaking, so channels, receptors, transporters, etc. all considered. 🧪 #biotech www.linkedin.com/posts/magdal...

But as the son-in-law of a Clare man and a Galway woman, I'd be remiss if I didn't say that the best sights are along the west coast!

Belfast was cool - the Titanic museum is a must I'd say, and strolling around City Hall and the botanical garden was quite nice. If you're mobile, then I'd highly recommend a trip up to the Giant's Causeway. In Dublin, National Museum, St Stephens Green, Book of Kells are great.

Ooh, have fun! My wife's parents were from Ireland and we've gone around basically the whole island. Lots of great things to see

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choose a iteration time period, set explicit goals at the start and then review progress when the time period is over. Probably don't need explicit "key results" to track progress, you'll know it at each review. Ken Schwaber's Agile Project Management with Scrum is a good start

I've read and thought probably far too much about management wrt research activities. As always, the tool needs to fit the job, but I'd reckon most academic projects aren't well suited to an OKR approach. Something more like an Agile/Scrum approach may be better...

Gothic style building at the University of Chicago

Now this place, my alma mater, is the epitome of brutalist. But I think they were referring to the classwork and the social life. :)

Strong +1 - I was nicely surprised when the eldest and I took the tour as he was choosing colleges. Really nice feel once you get off Huntington. But true, zero architectural cohesiveness.

Hunh, I saw it with his eye closed. Interesting.

Is it the transparent clothes? The little hat? The saw tooth filled mouth? For me, it's the little yellow circle under the eye. A cherubic look of sweetness belies the danger that you face.

Judging from the lady on the right, it's not helping morale enough!

collage showing a cartoon of a small molecule binding to a protein structure, Xenopus oocytes, and a recording chamber with an application system as used in electrophysiological experiments

2 PhD positions in ion channel research!
I want to share our latest job offers - maybe something to think about over the holidays?

Have a look (english text below the german version)!

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#phd
#science
#academia
#ionchannels

I see that fly cookie and it's amaze-balls! Happy holidays!

I hope they both last forever but a small piece of me was like, "c'mon Sherrington, you gotta hold out, let's show those anatomists what we physiologists are made of"

Humbug to gifs that don't animate. What's the point? Cheers tho!

Meme of an older man in brown sport coat raising glass of whiskey while other men clap

That's definitely for one's ephys rig tools and personal pipettors. (and I feel this with a partner born 10 days before Xmas) #justbuyitwhocares

I know, right? College and 16 yo. #oldman

Turns out 2 x 5K rowing stints and a bunch of squat costs calories? What physiologist knew?

As the family food procurer and preparer, I need to recalibrate the situation as the 18.5 yo, college athlete is home. #whoops #hangry

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?

Me (ion channel biologist): Oh, that's the medicinal chemists trying to improve solubility without tanking potency.

I've noticed something kinda similar in talking with PhD students as they want to move to industry. There's a lot of focus on skills and techniques (and rightly so for a incoming scientist position) but if we're looking for a PhD level person we expect something more.