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.

Silent Film Screenings Include Eastman Student Scores

Looking for something to take your mind off science? Here's something:

(Remember to bring your UofR ID with you--most of them are free, some requires ID)
Silent Film Screenings Include Eastman Student Scores

All of the following will take place in Rochester NY.

Thursday, March 18
The Living Nickelodeon
7 p.m.
Room 120, Eastman School of Music
26 Gibbs St.
Admission: Free

Friday, March 19
The History of Film Accompaniment
4 p.m.
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman Commons
100 Gibbs St.
Admission: Free

Friday, March 19
Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
8 p.m.
Dryden Theater, George Eastman House
900 East Ave.
Admission for the general public: $15, $10 members and students. No Take-10 tickets or passes. UR students and faculty: tickets at the door with I.D.

Saturday, March 20
Magic Lantern Slide Show. “Around the World in 90 Minutes; Being a Tour of Diverse Parts of the Globe, conducted by ‘Professor’ Marsh (M.A. Oxon), with Mr. Francis (late Royal Polytechnic) at the Magnificent Tri-Unnial Lantern”
4 p.m.
Hubbell Auditorium, University of Rochester River Campus
Admission: Free

Sunday, March 21
George Eastman House Panel Discussion on Nitrate Films
1 p.m.
Curtis Theater, George Eastman House
900 East Ave.

Sunday, March 21
The Vitaphone Program #3 -- feature and short film screening.
3 p.m.
Dryden Theater, George Eastman House
900 East Ave.
Admission for the general public: $7/$5 members and students. Free to UR students and faculty with I.D.

Are you a US citizen? Fancy doing science in France? Voila.

This obviously does not apply to me. But to all you Americans out there, watch out for this grant! Sounds pretty sweet to me. Whether you are an undergrad, a pre-doc or a post-doc, it seems that there's a piece of something for everybody. But seriously, the post-doc fellowship looks so-deliciously good. So if you hold the passport of United States, please scroll down and pay attention.

Two grant opportunities for young, U.S. citizens from the Pasteur Foundation

The Pasteur Foundation is seeking applicants for two grant opportunities for U.S. citizens.

• Travel Grants for June 2010 Meeting on the Viruses of Microbes in Paris. If you are a young doctoral or postdoctoral researcher interested in attending this First International Congress on Viruses of Microbes from June 21-25, 2010, in Paris, please consult our website for details about these travel grants. U.S. citizenship and affiliation with a U.S. institution are required.


• Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants to work at the Institut Pasteur Fellowship package is $70,000 per year for three years for a grand total of $210,000. Candidates may apply to any laboratory within the Institut Pasteur's ten departments. Please see website for details: www.pasteurfoundation.org and while you are there, check out our summer internship program for undergraduates! Information for Summer 2011 will be posted shortly.

Evolutionary Theory Evolves

Should Evolutionary Theory Evolve?

Some biologists are calling for a rethink of the rules of evolution.

“We’re not talking a revolution,” Massimo Pigliucci, the City University of New York evolutionary biologist and philosopher, says. “Nobody’s going to deny Darwin and all that stuff. But it has been several decades since the last time evolutionary biologists actually sat around the table, so to speak, and came up with the basic principles of their field.”

By Bob Grant
The Scientist Vol.24 Issue 1 p24

This is interesting, as I was wondering whether the theory still holds true or there is a need for an "update". And voila. Very intriguing indeed.

Fuel for your research

A usual side track from my research project landed me on a website that provides some useful articles on research and writing. I find reading articles like that is simply a good distraction from working on the bench or scratching my head staring at my not-so-coherent drafts. This usually is a good trick for me to get motivated and go back to polishing them.

If you'd like to take a break too, go to:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/how-to.html

and here is another good one whether you're a first year or a fourth year:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/how.2b/how.2b.html