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Help I'm a Scientist! — new article: Adjusting to new laboratories, scientific fields, and academic/social cultures

Posted by , 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 ...

Results of the YEN 2026 Image Competition

Posted by , 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.

A side project clarified my identity as a scientist

Posted by , 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 ...

How hard should science trainees work?

Posted by , 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 ...

SALAMANDER MEETING MEXICO 2026

Posted by , 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 ...

A day in the life of a Transgenic Quail lab

Posted by , 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.

YEN 2026 Conference and Image Competition

Posted by , 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 ...

The case for group meetings (all of them)

Posted by , 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.

Postdoctoral position in Embryonic Stem Cell Biology and Early Embryonic Development

Posted by , on 18 May 2026

The Ruiz lab is offering fully funded postdoctoral positions up to five years in the Laboratory of Genome Integrity located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH, Bethesda, MD). NIH ...

An extraordinary guest to celebrate Sir David Attenborough

Posted by , on 9 May 2026

Sir David Attenborough turned 100 yesterday! Sure, we do what we do for the maths, physics and molecular biology underlying development and evolution … but also out of fascination for ...

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