Leeann Kirchner

Kinga Hosszu—Outreach Director at F1000 Americas

December 1, 2015

1. Please describe your current position. As Outreach Director at the Faculty of 1000, I serve as the point of…

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Finding Our Way

November 30, 2015

Dear Labby, We receive mentoring of all kinds, but many of my fellow students and I find it granular: helpful…

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Bombed My Defense!

October 30, 2015

Dear Labby, My thesis defense started out fine. It was the usual seminar (with my husband, our five-year-old daughter, my…

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Innocently Tarnished by Misconduct

October 7, 2015

Dear Labby, I am a finishing graduate student and my world has collapsed due to acts of research misconduct by…

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Recent Local Meetings Oct 2015

October 7, 2015

Attendees view posters at the 2015 Midwest Membrane Trafficking and Signaling Symposium. Beyond the Bench Symposium Cold Spring Harbor, NY.…

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An Interloper?

September 1, 2015

Dear Labby, I am a faculty member at a U.S. medical school with my primary appointment in a department of…

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Career and Training Information for Undergraduates

June 26, 2015
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When it comes to career planning, the undergraduate years can be a very confusing time. You must simultaneously figure out…

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NIH Grants

June 25, 2015

The NIH is the biggest source of funding for biomedical research. But, the grant applications it requests are very complicated, and…

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NSF Grants

June 25, 2015

The NSF is the major funder for science research that is not biomedical. But, like NIH grant applications, writing an…

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Individual Development Plans (IDPs) Are For Everyone

June 24, 2015

The Individualized Development Plan (or, IDP) has long been used outside of science to help professionals better understand what their…

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