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Posted by David Fay, on 3 August 2026
With most first-year PhD students starting graduate programs this month, it seemed like a good time to address the most important dilemma faced by many incoming PhD students—how to choose ...Posted by Pedro Martinez, on 21 July 2026
One limitation of comparative genomics and transcriptomics in understanding the origin of evolutionary novelties is that these approaches typically provide long (or short) lists of genes that differ among the ...Posted by David Fay, on 10 July 2026
A scientists we tend to move around a lot during our training period. Adjusting to new scientific and social environments can be challenging and intimidating but also exciting. Andrew Ramirez ...Posted by Ceren Canse, on 6 July 2026
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Young Embryologist Network Image Competition held as part of the YEN 2026 Conference.Posted by David Fay, on 22 June 2026
An important insight from Chen Wang, Ph.D. about finding fulfillment from scientific projects that broadly benefit the research community. Thanks also to the Hobert lab for supporting this kind of ...Posted by David Fay, on 20 June 2026
Of all the articles on helpimascientist.com, this one garnered the most views—several thousand within a few days after posting about it on Twitter. And I was reminded of the subject ...Posted by Jesus Chimal-Monroy, on 18 June 2026
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Salamander Meeting 2026, which will be held at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City from October ...Posted by Samara Ranie, on 12 June 2026
Samara Ranie, PhD student in Melanie White's lab, takes us through a day in the life of a transgenic quail lab.Posted by Matyas Bubna-Litic, on 1 June 2026
We hope you are looking forward to the Young Embryologist Network Conference 2026! The meeting will be held at the Francis Crick Insitute on the 15th June 2026. There is still ...Posted by David Fay, on 20 May 2026
From the helpimascientist.com archive, an in-depth discussion covering the many purposes of laboratory group meetings and why you should care about all of them.