Articles on PhD and early career:
Through the Blood, Sweat and Years (Nature Collections 2020)
Career Development Plan (NIH)
Getting a PhD in a STEM field is a great start to a winning Career (MBoC 2019)
The Importance of stupidity in scientific research (JCS, Martin Schwartz, timeless)
The Craft of Writing Effectively (Video:Larry McEnerney, Dir of UChicago’s Writing Program, also timeless)
How to write a PhD in Biological Sciences: a guide for the uninitiated (John Measey, 2021)
9 tips for managing time in grad school (ASBMB essay, 2022)
What to do with a PhD:
Possible Careers (List compiled by Indiana University)
STEM PhD positions
MyIDP (Science Careers AAAS)
NIH, Office of Training and Education Careers Blog
NIH, Office of Training and Education YouTube Channel
Nature Jobs link
ScienceCareers (AAAS)
New York Academy of Sciences Career Resources
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Resources
Article: I thought I wanted to be a Professor… (Science Mag 2022)
Watch These for Stem Cell Science:
Adult Stem Cells and Organoids with Hans Clevers, 2020
Skin Stem Cells: Their biology and promise for regenerative medicine with Elaine Fuchs, 2017
Engage
ISSCR: International Society for Stem Cell Research
AACR: American Association for Cancer Research
ASCB: American Society for Cell Biology
NYAS: New York Academy of Sciences
ACS: American Cancer Society
SDB: Society for Developmental Biology
More Learning/resources
mouse models: from Jax
Characterized Cre Lines from Jax
iBiology
bioinformatics at home: Github – Harvard bioinformatics
The Stembook
Podcasts I listen to or play in the background:
Science: Stem Cell Podcast, Science, Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Stem-talk, Two Scientists Walk into a Bar, Replaceable You (2008, 3 lectures)
Growth: Working Scientist (NatureCareers), HBR (Harvard Business Review),
Personal Interest: Readout Loud, Best Known Method, The Peter Attia Drive,
Literature, the book kind:
Books:
Waisted by Nathan Denton, 2022. Ravenous by Sam Apple
Burn by Herman Pontzer, 2021
Why We Get Sick by Benjamin Bikman, 2020. The Case for Keto by Gary Taubes, Food Fix by Mark Hyman, 2020.
Lifespan by David Sinclair, 2019. Bottle of Lies by Katherine Eban, 2019. Lost Feast by Lenore Newman, 2019. Superior by Angela Saini, 2019
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, 2018
Inferior by Angela Saini, 2017. Why We Sleep by Mathew Walker, 2017
The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes, 2016. The Secret Life of Fat by Sylvia Tara, 2016
Gulp by Mary Roach, 2014
Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2010