Another fellowship website

Here is another good resource for mining postdoc fellowships.

Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Biological Sciences

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation | Video on TED.com

I have had this idea for a while. Thanks to Dan Pink, it is confirmed and well-presented. Take a look:

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation | Video on TED.com

Intrinsic drive is the best motivation for creating big things. In particular, it applies to scientists very, very well. 

University of Rochester - Fellowships Database

Looking for fellowships? A new database on U of R website with info on fellowships for all levels!

University of Rochester - Fellowships Database

Free online writing course-for ESL scientists

http://www.inter-biotec.com/biowc/biowc.html

Inter-biotec offers a free online course to brush up your writing skills, targeted to scientists with English as a second language. The benefits? It's FREE; it's concise; it's a good guideline. Not a bad idea at all.

"So many papers deserve to be better written than they are."

"Here's a simple test: if somebody reads your conclusions before reading the rest of your paper, will they fully understand them? If the answer is 'yes', there's probably something wrong. A good conclusion says things that become significant after the paper has been read. A good conclusion gives perspective to sights that haven't yet been seen at the introduction. A conclusion is about the implications of what the reader has learned."-Nature Physics 3, 581 (2007)

Nature Physics published a short editorial article on how to write a good Nature paper, entitled "Elements of Style". It is short and sweet. Crisp and clear. Good read for a sense of what editors are looking for.

http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v3/n9/full/nphys724.html

A quick and easy way to make business card

This is an amazing tool to make business cards. Quick, simple and effective! Forget Microsoft Word, use the link below! Follow the instruction, build your card, and save it as Pdf!

Businesscardland - The Free Online Business Card Maker

If you are still not convinced, here are the problems I encountered when I was trying to make a business card:
1. Template on Microsoft websites are not available for download for Mac users. Too bad.
2. Word has a function for business card, but it does not superimpose image and text easily, speaking of which--not user friendly at all, and very clumsy. Wasting time producing low quality product.
3. Avery provides a software; but it takes forever to download (and Avery website takes forever to load).

Here you go. Seriously, try businesscardland. Good luck.

Haha... this is amazing. I stumbled on it on the internetBut they're not fruitflies, they're probably house flies.