Why:
To cultivate curiosity about ourselves and the world, challenge what is known, design definitive experiments, and transform exploration into clear communication in order to defy the odds and lead us towards self discovery, technical breakthroughs, and scientific discovery.
Useful Resources:
For Graduate Students
- Advice from Dr. Stephen Stearns about being a graduate student
- Revised advice from Dr. Raymond Huey
- How to pick a graduate advisor from Dr. Ben Barres
- How to be a graduate advisee from Dr. Indira Raman
For Postdoctoral Fellows
- Making the Right Moves, an excellent resource by HHMI
For All Scientists
- Essay about scientific thinking from Dr. John R. Platt
- Essay about You and Your Research from Dr. Richard Hamming
- Advice about getting published from Dr. Philip E. Bourne
- Advice about giving a good talk from Dr. Uri Alon
- Advice about nurturing science from Dr. Uri Alon
- Advice about faculty life from Dr. Radhika Nagpal
- Mentorship training from the UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development