Tootfinder

I like to complain about mean, petty, and just generally awful colleagues as much as anyone in #academia. But most people around here are alright. Some are even great. Today's example: a junior colleague at a different university asked to see something relatively minor, but still meaningful that I and a senior colleague had put together for internal purposes. When I asked the older guy if it was OK …

#UsPol #NIH #Academia
NIH scientists pub…

NIH scientists go public with criticism over Trump cuts
President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.” Monday’s letter from NIH researchers and staffers says the Republican Trump administration’s policies waste public resources and harm people’s health. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya in his confirmation hearings pledged openness to views that might conflict with his, saying dissent is the “essenc…

If you want to help people in #academia who are maybe less fortunate than you, who have less famous supervisors, or work at less prestigious universities, here's one simple thing you can do:
Do proper literature research.
That means complete forward and backward snowballing from a decent seed set. Find everything that is relevant to your paper and cite it. Budget a couple of full…

bioarchaeology research
It is totally normal to find an email in your inbox that is asking:
"Have you ever heard of someone being amputated and not surviving and having their leg taken to the grave, or of someone trying to treat a head injury and removing the skullcap and the person still dying and having the removed skullcap fragments taken to the grave?"
I swear..
#BioArchaeology #Academia #Archaeology

Good thread from @… about education, tolerance, double meanings:
#education #academia