I am not sure there is anything worse than resubmitting an NIH grant just to get a worse score. Sometimes this job feels impossible. #WomeninSTEM #NewPI
November 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I am not sure there is anything worse than resubmitting an NIH grant just to get a worse score. Sometimes this job feels impossible. #WomeninSTEM #NewPI
Idk if this happens at anyone else’s schools but when gen bio labs learn Bunsen burners, our hallway smells like gas & my lab gets headaches.
Between that & other exhaustion buildup I cancelled lab meeting tomorrow to take care of myself #newPI
So here’s some cemetery walk pictures. Fresh air = 🙂
Between that & other exhaustion buildup I cancelled lab meeting tomorrow to take care of myself #newPI
So here’s some cemetery walk pictures. Fresh air = 🙂
October 29, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Idk if this happens at anyone else’s schools but when gen bio labs learn Bunsen burners, our hallway smells like gas & my lab gets headaches.
Between that & other exhaustion buildup I cancelled lab meeting tomorrow to take care of myself #newPI
So here’s some cemetery walk pictures. Fresh air = 🙂
Between that & other exhaustion buildup I cancelled lab meeting tomorrow to take care of myself #newPI
So here’s some cemetery walk pictures. Fresh air = 🙂
‘…a collaborative, non-hierarchical relationship with my team. The best science comes from discussion and even disagreement, the sparks of ideas that emerge from the crucible of debate.’ Wise words from @mjafreeman.bsky.social on navigating first hires for #NewPI
I wrote something (as did Mehul Malik)
More importantly, @royalsociety.org has just launched a series: a practical guide to starting your PI career
royalsociety.org/blog/2026/10...
More importantly, @royalsociety.org has just launched a series: a practical guide to starting your PI career
royalsociety.org/blog/2026/10...
The first member of your team: recruiting a postdoc | Royal Society
Matthew Freeman contributes to the 'Practical advice for an independent research career' essay series.
royalsociety.org
October 20, 2026 at 7:29 AM
‘…a collaborative, non-hierarchical relationship with my team. The best science comes from discussion and even disagreement, the sparks of ideas that emerge from the crucible of debate.’ Wise words from @mjafreeman.bsky.social on navigating first hires for #NewPI
October 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Forget funding or publications... the thing that minimizes my #NewPI #ImposterSyndrome more than anything is when I see that other peer reviewers agree with me.
October 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Forget funding or publications... the thing that minimizes my #NewPI #ImposterSyndrome more than anything is when I see that other peer reviewers agree with me.
New cross-posting to @febspress.bsky.social Network! I first wrote it as a #newPI & it's possibly even more relevant in the teams-based environment of #MedComms: the difference between dumping & delegating,& why good leadership involves the latter but not the former. network.febs.org/posts/dumpin...
Dumping and Delegating
network.febs.org
October 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
New cross-posting to @febspress.bsky.social Network! I first wrote it as a #newPI & it's possibly even more relevant in the teams-based environment of #MedComms: the difference between dumping & delegating,& why good leadership involves the latter but not the former. network.febs.org/posts/dumpin...
My lab has a new art installation…! An #autoclaveFail turned friend for our tape ball!
#NewPI #LabFail 🧪
#NewPI #LabFail 🧪
October 8, 2026 at 9:16 PM
My lab has a new art installation…! An #autoclaveFail turned friend for our tape ball!
#NewPI #LabFail 🧪
#NewPI #LabFail 🧪
I recently moved offices and just got my student notes put up. Intentionally put them just above my computer so I can look up for a reminder that this job is not just emails. #NewPI
October 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I recently moved offices and just got my student notes put up. Intentionally put them just above my computer so I can look up for a reminder that this job is not just emails. #NewPI
I really like the days where my office quiets down by ~2pm and I can have "hannah quiet writing time" the rest of the day... today was not one of those days. 🙃 #newPI
Spongebob's Paper Chaos
ALT: Spongebob's Paper Chaos
static.klipy.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I really like the days where my office quiets down by ~2pm and I can have "hannah quiet writing time" the rest of the day... today was not one of those days. 🙃 #newPI
How are we already a week away from fall break but also how am I so fried?!?!!!? #newPI #academicsky
Brain Explosion
ALT: Brain Explosion
static.klipy.com
October 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
How are we already a week away from fall break but also how am I so fried?!?!!!? #newPI #academicsky
They just don't have time to write those grants. Some are exhausted from balancing research and motherhood. Writing a project is hard, and that's why The #AcademicLaunchpad is here for 🚀 LAST DAY day to join ⏰ Info 👇🏼 buff.ly/4ZHEltv
#NewPI #ECRchat #MSCA #ERCCoG #ERCStG #ERCadv
#NewPI #ECRchat #MSCA #ERCCoG #ERCStG #ERCadv
September 23, 2026 at 5:30 AM
They just don't have time to write those grants. Some are exhausted from balancing research and motherhood. Writing a project is hard, and that's why The #AcademicLaunchpad is here for 🚀 LAST DAY day to join ⏰ Info 👇🏼 buff.ly/4ZHEltv
#NewPI #ECRchat #MSCA #ERCCoG #ERCStG #ERCadv
#NewPI #ECRchat #MSCA #ERCCoG #ERCStG #ERCadv
Want to write a grant proposal? Writing skills are not enough. You need to master the other 3 phases of the process. And we help you with that inside The #AcademicLaunchpad 🚀 where you'll write your best grant proposal to date 🎊 All info👇🏼 buff.ly/4ZHEltv #NewPI #MSCA #ERCCoG #ERCStG #ERCadv
September 22, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Want to write a grant proposal? Writing skills are not enough. You need to master the other 3 phases of the process. And we help you with that inside The #AcademicLaunchpad 🚀 where you'll write your best grant proposal to date 🎊 All info👇🏼 buff.ly/4ZHEltv #NewPI #MSCA #ERCCoG #ERCStG #ERCadv
In our coaching program, The Academic Launchpad you will not only master your grant writing skills, but also your SELLING skills. Something crucial to market and sell your research ideas 💸 All info at 📸https://buff.ly/4ZHEltv #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
September 21, 2026 at 5:30 AM
In our coaching program, The Academic Launchpad you will not only master your grant writing skills, but also your SELLING skills. Something crucial to market and sell your research ideas 💸 All info at 📸https://buff.ly/4ZHEltv #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
Writing a research project this year?
Our grant writing coaching program is open, but only for a few days ⏰ Learn how to write proposals that sell your idea with the right storytelling and copywriting. Click 👇🏼 to learn more! buff.ly/4ZHEltv #NewPI #ECRchat #MSCA #ERCCoG #ERCStG #ERCadv
Our grant writing coaching program is open, but only for a few days ⏰ Learn how to write proposals that sell your idea with the right storytelling and copywriting. Click 👇🏼 to learn more! buff.ly/4ZHEltv #NewPI #ECRchat #MSCA #ERCCoG #ERCStG #ERCadv
September 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Exactly! We know Costco and Whole Foods are refusing to sell it plus Gateway Market in Des Moines and all the NewPi stores. We're not buying any more meat from Hy-Vee and Fairway until they fess up - one way or the other.
September 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Exactly! We know Costco and Whole Foods are refusing to sell it plus Gateway Market in Des Moines and all the NewPi stores. We're not buying any more meat from Hy-Vee and Fairway until they fess up - one way or the other.
Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️
Then I have the form for you! 📋
Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey:
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn
Please RT! 🙏
Then I have the form for you! 📋
Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey:
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn
Please RT! 🙏
September 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️
Then I have the form for you! 📋
Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey:
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn
Please RT! 🙏
Then I have the form for you! 📋
Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey:
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn
Please RT! 🙏
Dear #Drosophila and #NewPI community, the mentee survey for this great mentorship program is still open!
Hey #Drosophila folks - the #flycross #mentee survey is open for #grad students, #postdoc and #pretenure faculty. ~95 mentors from across the world, with diverse expertise. The co-chairs @shyama13.bsky.social and @jocmcdonald.bsky.social have done a phenomenal work in taking the program forward 🎉
September 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Dear #Drosophila and #NewPI community, the mentee survey for this great mentorship program is still open!
This mentoring program is tailored for junior #Drosophila researchers, including #PhD, #Postdoc and #NewPI and is still accepting mentee requests!
Dear #Drosophila and #NewPI community, the mentee survey for this great mentorship program is still open!
Hey #Drosophila folks - the #flycross #mentee survey is open for #grad students, #postdoc and #pretenure faculty. ~95 mentors from across the world, with diverse expertise. The co-chairs @shyama13.bsky.social and @jocmcdonald.bsky.social have done a phenomenal work in taking the program forward 🎉
September 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
This mentoring program is tailored for junior #Drosophila researchers, including #PhD, #Postdoc and #NewPI and is still accepting mentee requests!
Me. Staring at my phone. Wondering why the two-factor won’t let me in…
#newPI #notthesharpestknife #academiclife #vacationNeeded
#newPI #notthesharpestknife #academiclife #vacationNeeded
September 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Me. Staring at my phone. Wondering why the two-factor won’t let me in…
#newPI #notthesharpestknife #academiclife #vacationNeeded
#newPI #notthesharpestknife #academiclife #vacationNeeded
The Batut Lab is now on Bluesky!
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiamed.bsky.social
#3Dgenome #RNAsky #transcription #research #science #AcademicSky #NewPI
Checkout our website:
www.batutlab.com
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiamed.bsky.social
#3Dgenome #RNAsky #transcription #research #science #AcademicSky #NewPI
Checkout our website:
www.batutlab.com
BATUT LAB | Columbia
www.batutlab.com
September 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The Batut Lab is now on Bluesky!
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiamed.bsky.social
#3Dgenome #RNAsky #transcription #research #science #AcademicSky #NewPI
Checkout our website:
www.batutlab.com
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiamed.bsky.social
#3Dgenome #RNAsky #transcription #research #science #AcademicSky #NewPI
Checkout our website:
www.batutlab.com
I'm really excited to be heading to the Crick to start the Quantitative Spatial Biology lab!
We'll be doing all things #spatialbiology, mathematical modelling, and AI, to get a deep understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying how spatial structures form in health and disease #newPI 🔬🧬🧪🧮
We'll be doing all things #spatialbiology, mathematical modelling, and AI, to get a deep understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying how spatial structures form in health and disease #newPI 🔬🧬🧪🧮
We’re excited to announce five new group leaders will join the Crick in the coming months.
Welcome to Katya Osipova, @joshuabull.bsky.social, @vchandra.bsky.social, @sami-c.bsky.social and James Cranley, whose specialties range from artificial intelligence to cell biology.
https://bit.ly/3SPC6vJ
Welcome to Katya Osipova, @joshuabull.bsky.social, @vchandra.bsky.social, @sami-c.bsky.social and James Cranley, whose specialties range from artificial intelligence to cell biology.
https://bit.ly/3SPC6vJ
Five new group leaders to launch ambitious research programmes at the Crick
The Francis Crick Institute has announced the researchers selected to establish new labs at the institute, following an international recruitment round that attracted a record number of applications.
bit.ly
September 10, 2026 at 10:49 AM
I'm really excited to be heading to the Crick to start the Quantitative Spatial Biology lab!
We'll be doing all things #spatialbiology, mathematical modelling, and AI, to get a deep understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying how spatial structures form in health and disease #newPI 🔬🧬🧪🧮
We'll be doing all things #spatialbiology, mathematical modelling, and AI, to get a deep understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying how spatial structures form in health and disease #newPI 🔬🧬🧪🧮
Absolutely drowning in the start-of-semester chaos, deadline collisions, etc. I may have to scroll for a bit to get past the 'pinned' emails in my outlook inbox but I DID prep my 'what I did this summer' powerpoint for friday's lab mtng. Looking forward to figuring out this semester's routine #newPI
September 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Absolutely drowning in the start-of-semester chaos, deadline collisions, etc. I may have to scroll for a bit to get past the 'pinned' emails in my outlook inbox but I DID prep my 'what I did this summer' powerpoint for friday's lab mtng. Looking forward to figuring out this semester's routine #newPI
🥳🥳🥳 First student led paper out of the #GotandaLab just accepted! Undergrad honours thesis looking at whether singular or variable diets affect growth and behaviour in guppies! #ProudPI #NewPI
September 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
🥳🥳🥳 First student led paper out of the #GotandaLab just accepted! Undergrad honours thesis looking at whether singular or variable diets affect growth and behaviour in guppies! #ProudPI #NewPI