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"People refer to those things as their mistakes, but I think it's more accurate to say that they help to reduce choices and align the [company's] direction with the right path." --Jon Kayyem

There's never a dull moment working for a Spontaneous Idea Generator. The only problem is sorting out the diamonds from the dust.

"Programs should provide all NRSA trainees with additional professional development skills and career guidance."

[F]or all the stump-speech hyperbole, a single, remorseless reality must govern the next president's actions, no matter who he is. The huge budget deficit, the war in Iraq, and the war on terrorism will combine to squeeze federal scientific agencies not directly involved in defense, homeland security, or several earmarked projects. Competing for scarce funds with a myriad of other money-strapped domestic agencies, the civilian science agencies face the likelihood of budget cuts, some quite substantial.

Now is the time to make the most of getting published, even while unpaid.

The Council of Postdoctoral Scholars has made great strides within a very short period of time. We provide a needed conduit between UC administration, faculty, and postdocs.

To invoke a phrase I first heard in connection with sport fishing, "You've got to know the water."

My main advice for writing an EC application is to keep checking the Cordis Web site for the relevant and up-to-date handbooks and guidelines .

“We very much support employees’ rights to choose for themselves whether or not they think unionization is beneficial.” --Paul Schwartz

Others are more likely to grab a pipettor with one hand and start sketching on a piece of paper towel with the other. ...

Sometimes, you have to do things differently in departmental meetings if you want to be heard.

"I figure if I can't choose the types of projects and research I want to tackle now, I never will be able to."

"So, how are stipend levels set? Surprisingly, the decision is sometimes little more than an educated guess."

" Narod has spent 2 decades simultaneously "at the vanguard of a brand-new science" and at the helm of a corporation lucrative enough to support overseas mountaineering trips and a handsome home in an upscale neighborhood."