casandra

I agree with you Cas. I also think it could be potentially helpful to other people appying for postdocs. I had another interview for the dark side. Completely different.

Basically, in academia there were three people that I would be working with in the same room. They asked me to give them a presentation about the work I had done, I guess they wanted to see the "scientific" thinking I achieved (if any :lol;). During the presentation and also afterwards there were questions about the work presented. After the presentation-related stuff was done, they started asking questions about technical stuff regarding the position itself, e.g. the techniques I'm familiar with and also testing whether my knowledge is convenient for the position. I believe one of the main focuses was whether I had conducted other people's research. I'd say another of the main concerns of the interviewers is to assess whether the candidate is able to perform independent research. Of course, they don't want another PhD student

They also asked if I have experience working in a multicultural environment. To be honest I would say I didn't do too bad, but I didn't do great either. It was the first online interview I've ever had. All of them were friendly and the questions were always clear. One thing I do during interviews is try to be as honest  as I possibly can. If they ask something and I don't know it, I don't really see the point in trying to make something up. Besides, I would like to think there is no person in the world that knows everything

Anyway, I hope this helps other members of Bioforum and as I normally finish first emails "Should you require any further information please do not hesitate in contacting me"

Cheers guys!

tj, phd

And here an adapted version of an old song from Alice Cooper: School's Out

Well we're not choosy
All the nerds and geeks
bein' all that nosey
'Cause they found no sheiks
Well they can't fund ya
Can't find work
If that don't suit ya
Try to smirk

Lab's out for summer
Lab's out forever
Lab's been blown to pieces

No more pipets
No more papers
No more student’s dirty coats

Well we got no class
And we got no results
And we got no publication
We can't even think of a word that rhymes

Lab's out for summer
Lab's out forever
Lab's been blown to pieces

No more enzymes
No more digests
No more technician's dirty coats

Out for summer
Out till fall
We might not go back at all

Lab's out forever
Lab's out for summer
Lab's out with fever
Lab's out completely

candle-lit


...I'd rather we go straight to Fridays again....or longer no-boss days....

being good at bench needs various inputs;
however, an important thing is:

when I started with lab work as a student assistant I tried to learn from EVERYONE in the lab; so, a close contact to your lab mates is essential i.m.p.o.v.

some pharmacologiacl substances are abbreviated as LY with a code number (f.i. LY 294002); does LY stand for Lilly?

to get a postdoc job after PhD, the methods that you are familiar with are more important than number of papers; publication record is more important for grants or getting a job as PI

I know the term "synaptic plasticity" but what does "synaptic metaplasticity" mean? oO Any idea?

A nice utilisation for the annoying flip-flops:


Fat Monkey (Macaco Gordo)
Sao Paulo 2010
Made by Florentijn Hofman

I have allready said I have my doubts about the system, but its the system and I follow it...

So today I pushed the + button to state that someone gave the correct reply...  the thing that happened was that it showed a 1 in the right corner... To be honest: this is too small and not very "fancy"... if someone here makes a post and doesnt really know the system.. then what would that 1 mean?

I think it should be better if it stated a text like: X users have agreed with this post.. and this text should be shown a bit more central in the page.. or maybe on top of that reply.. because now its just standing there in the right corner at the bottom .. a little number on a green background...



PS. is there an option where you can see in wich posts a member got a + or - ?

because you can see at the profile what the reputation is, but not where that person got it.


PS.2: I just noticed that you can give yourself a reputation.. lol, I wanted to know if this was possible so I clicked on the + and yes, I got an extra reputation point.. lol

pito, on 28 August 2010 - 05:27 AM, said:

it seems that it's a go....perhaps we can give bioforum a - rating bec we don't agree with his decision here, pito? (just making a point- but oops, I identified myself...)....