Given the number of rules, American football can be a confusing and intimidating game if you’re new to the sport. As a result, many times the easiest solution is simply not to watch the game – with one exception: The Superbowl.
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BenchFly’s Football Primer: Science-ized
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How Would You Rate Your Boss?
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If they ever sent a performance review around in academia for lab members to rate their bosses, I never got it. And of course, we’d all probably lie anyway for fear of the boss finding out who actually said what. A few quick PCR reactions on the skin cells swabbed from our review form could seal our fate…
The Endive Appetizer: It’s So Easy a (Classy) Chimp Could Make It
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Whether you’re a football fan or not, the Superbowl is just over a week away and chances are, you’ll be watching it with friends. And by “watching” we generally mean stuffing ourselves with food and drink and caring just enough about the game to see if we won the lab pool. Regardless, if we’re invited somewhere, we’d better not show up empty-handed. Don’t worry- we’ve got you covered.
Do You Work Weekends?
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For some of us, Monday represents the start of a new week. For others, Monday might as well be Wednesday or Friday or Saturday, since the days just blend together.
Kick Off the New Year with a New Camera!
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By now it’s safe to assume the New Year’s hangover is safely behind us. Likely, so are half of the resolutions we swore we’d keep… (Why Do Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail?) However, one resolution remains alive – “to upload more videos to BenchFly!” So we’re here to help.
BenchFly’s Model Organism Week
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Many of the questions that we ask in research are to ultimately find an answer or understand a biological process in humans. However, human research is often too difficult, risky and expensive to undertake. Enter: model organisms.
Why Do Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail?
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Happy New Year and welcome back! It’s Monday morning and the holiday season is now officially in the rear view window. The crowded airports, the family fun and the blistering New Year’s day hangover are now all a thing of the past. However, somewhere between the first glass of champagne and Auld Lang Syne we probably made a few resolutions that “this year we’re going to stick with…”
Scientists: Naughty or Nice?
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With the holidays upon us and the year winding down, the time has come for reflection. There have certainly been ups and downs and we can only hope we’ve been fortunate enough to have more of the former than the latter. But have we?
Holiday Wishes Do (Sometimes) Come True!
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Our Holiday Shopping Guide provided suggestions on how to fulfill the wishes of those around us this holiday season. But what about ol’ numero uno… what about us?
The Scientist’s Holiday Shopping Guide (Soon to be) Endorsed by the NIH
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Here at BenchFly, we understand the holidays represent a serious challenge to scientists. To help, we’ve put together a Holiday gift guide to protect your time, reputation and wallet. To ensure there’s no misunderstanding, we’re putting it into the universal language- an NIH grant…
