- How to Book a Hotel for a Conference
Many of us get nervous while booking a hotel as we don't know if it will fit our budget. Hotel room prices go up during conferences, especially if it's a huge conference! And your department's covering your expenses which puts you in a difficult position. You don't want to book a...
- Optimizing Colors for Projected Presentations
You worked for hours on your presentation for your society’s annual conference. On the day of your big presentation, while going through the slides on the projection screen, you notice your slides are looking “off.” Something is not right. What could it be?
Your nice pale greens...
- Not that Kind of Bias: Tales of Survivorship Bias
I am in my fourth year as a faculty member and experiencing the typical “how do I get these grants funded” struggles that many, if not all, of us face. Over the past year, I have been given a truly staggering amount of conflicting advice from mentors. This has led me to thinking ...
- I’m on a Boat
I lie awake listening to the soothing waves lapping against my hull. This, I reflect, is the way to attend a scientific conference.
Restful. Harmonious. Cheap. This tiny boat docked in the marina is running my PI only $54 a night, less than a third of the nearby Sheraton. Plus, ...
- Writing Your K or CDA Progress Report
Writing your annual progress report is both an art and a science. T. Alp Ikizler, MD, mentor of so many early career faculty trainees he’s lost count and winner of the 2016 Award for Excellence in Mentoring Translational Scientists at Vanderbilt, shared his thoughts on how to put...
- Tips for making the most of your time at ACTS and Washington, DC
I attended my first Translational Science (TS) conference last year. I attended for several reasons. First, the conference is held in Washington, DC. As a native of the Washington, DC area myself, any excuse to go back to see family and friends is always a welcome getaway from th...
- Pay It Forward Contest Winner
Paying it forward paid off literally for the winner of our contest to post advice you wish you (or others) had known at key points in your career.
Dr. Rachel Bonami, Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, posted a how-to for making an Early Stage Investigat...
- Conference Attendance Advice
If it’s your first time attending a conference, be prepared that the conference may be overwhelming large.
In regard to posters, use the fabric posters so you don’t have to travel with a large poster tube. Also talk to people that come by your poster. Most people that come by yo...
- Wheels Up: Conference Season Tips Contest
Paying it forward can pay off literally. We’re awarding $1,000 for travel to Translational Science 2020 (April 14-17, 2020) to the author of the most viewed post between now and March 2, 2020. As we enter spring conference season, this is your chance to share useful tips ...
- Game On: Join Kaizen to Score Rigor, Reproducibility & Transparency Training Points
We’re coordinating the national launch of Kaizen, a gamified online training program for academic researchers developed at University of Alabama at Birmingham. The first game focuses on Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency (R2T) and offers four contact hours of training cre...
