If you’re interested in the torturous climb up the academic ladder, then you would be well-advised to head on across to this new blog JUNIORPROF. This is a wonderfully candid blow-by-blow account of the trials-and-tribulations of a newly minted junior professor who studies pain, whether his own or others. Find out how life changes from postdoc to primary investigator:

The number one priority back then was to get the experiments done and everything else was secondary. Not anymore. I’m still in the lab a lot now, but largely to show people how to do things.

Or how he snared his first grad student:

it turns out that the website and, to a lesser extent, the talks were a great strategy to attract students to the lab.

All, in all, a great read from a thoughtful writer. You bet I’d be taking some crib notes from this blog.

p.s. JUNIORPROF: if you read this post then please, choose a bigger FONT FOR YOUR WEBSITE!

juniorprof on 04/15 said:

kk99104 on 04/15 said: