Congratulations Brittani Price, PhD
On Monday, April 15, 2019 Brittani Price successfully defended her dissertation and earned her doctoral degree. Congratulations Dr. Price!
"Preclinical Targeting of TREM2 for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s disease-type Pathology in a Transgenic Mouse Model"
Tool Time: Electronic Note Taking
This month I want to talk about electronic notebook software.* These apps have become extremely powerful and are something you definitely should consider having in your toolkit. I'm not talking about electronic lab notebooks, although you can use these apps for that. My lab does. I'm talking about a more generalized, and powerful, class of software.
Publications for the month of March, 2019
Natalia Korotkova: Identification of a Potential Target for Strep A Vaccine
Dr. Natalia Korotkova, research assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, led a team of investigators who have identified a new potential target for a Group A Streptococcus vaccine.
Mark Williams, MD and Jing Li, MD, MS Invited to Present at CMS National Care Transitions Awareness Day Summit
Reading: Turn this ship around!
This months reading takes a decidedly nautical turn. L. David Marquet's "Turn this ship around!"
This is a rollicking tale of pirates and treasure and...
Tool Time: Todo Lists and Reminders
This is episode two of tool time. As promised, this one is about todo lists. And the related tool, reminders. As with all these things, it doesn’t matter whether you use electronic or paper forms. What’s important is that you find what works for you. And experience that sense of satisfaction you get from crossing items off a todo list.
Reading: The No A$$hole Rule
Tool Time: Calendars
In addition to the one on useful reading, you’re going to get another monthly post from me. This is the first. I’m going to blather on about some tools you might find useful or should definitely be using. As with the suggested readings, feel free to ignore.
Calendars:
Reading for Fun, Profit, or Just Whatever
Each month I am going to suggest reading (mostly non-science related) that I think you might find useful or at least interesting. These will typically be books I’ve read at some point. When possible, I’ll stick to books you can get at the Lexington Public Library. Note that these are just suggestions - feel free to ignore them! If you find any of these useful, let me know.
First up is a book called “Deep Work” by Cal Newport.
