Evil Jen
I joined a gym about a block from my work about 6 weeks ago. One thing they do for all new members is assign you to have two personal training sessions. The fist session is a fitness assessment – you …
Choose Research
A former lab technician of mine who is now a graduate student in a Department of Biological Sciences sent this to me today. It may not be meaningful to anyone who has not spent time as an academic scientist but …
Do It Tomorrow
I should confess. I am pressure prompted. Give me a tight deadline I’m your gal. Otherwise, I am prone to procrastination. Somewhere in the many blogs I read I came across Do it Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management …
Victim Impact Statement
The wheels of justice keep turning. I continue to be surprised by this experience. My purse was stolen on February 4 from my office. Within a week, I knew the alleged thief’s name. From conversations with my police detective, I …
Notes from the back of the classroom
One of the best perks of my job is the ability to sit in on a variety of classes, especially when guest lecturers or students present. As a student I was one of those people who was always early and …
Evernote
I have been searching for a software product to help me better organize all of my ongoing projects and voluminous notes. I have 4 or 5 meetings per day where I end up with 2 or 3 pages of notes …
Innovate or Die
This morning, I attended a breakfast seminar on Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) hosted by the Colorado Bioscience Association. This is an area of the bioscience industry about which I knew very little, filled with cryptic acronyms like API, GLP, and …
Forty
For months I have been dreading that shift from 39 to 40 which occurred yesterday. I’m not sure why this birthday worried me but it did. I woke up yesterday and did not feel any different. Of course my brother …
Minds Matter
I met today with one of my Advisory Council members, Jamie Pruett. I learned that he was also serving as the President of Minds Matter. What a wonderful organization. From their website: Founded in 2004, Minds Matter of Denver connects …
Pondering Mentorship
Today is day 50 on the the dream job. Purse snatching notwithstanding, I love this job. This morning I held my first official advisory council meeting. I was feeling a bit nervous about this as I hope to change how …