Loving this post on this early Monday morning. H/T to Michelle Candidate Evaluation: The candidate must have a PhD from an institution where ivy grows up the sides of old historic buildings and 5-10 years of postdoctoral experience with all the world-experts in their chosen research area. The successful candidate will have published every experiment . . . → Read More: The truth behind that job advertisement for a professorship
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By Dr Bik, on  February 9th, 2013  Leave a comment  Scientist!, The Basics  beer, goodbye, Kevin Zelnio, new beginnings I’ve been cloistered in the suburbs of Shanghai these past three days, visiting family and listening to fireworks explode outside the window as we count down to Chinese New Year. Accessing the internet in China is an ordeal in itself; all I’ve had to stare at is my multipage to-do list and stack of journal . . . → Read More: Because you’re mine, we walk the line
As Kevin moves on to snowier pastures, I want to offer a different perspective on his contributions to DSN and the world of science. In his soul-baring farewell piece, Kevin talks about feeling like a failure because of struggles at grad school and problems with work life and how both of these things negatively affected . . . → Read More: Hasta la proxima, Kevin
By RickMac, on February 8th, 2013 Leave a comment Opinion & Editorial, Scientist!, The Basics beer, Kevin, new beginnings, transitions It’s raining tonight in my heart as I dwell on the thought that Kevin is cleaning-out his desk here at Deep Sea News. My colleague, my co-author, my friend, my partner in microbrews, my blog-brother, my fellow DSN suite noise-maker, and my mentor for soulful science writing has decided to dedicate himself fully to a . . . → Read More: Loomings
Miriam was one of the first 10 people I followed on Twitter. I had just learned about the magic of twitter and online science communication from a friend at a graduate student. She suggested we all follow Miriam at Oyster’s Garter. I was skeptical at first because I thought I wouldn’t be interested in biological . . . → Read More: The kinds of waves I hate…goodbyes.
By Dr Bik, on January 28th, 2013 One comment Scientist!, The Basics farewell, Knauss, miriam goldstein, Ocean Bloggers I’ve kept my words short here because I feel like words will always be inadequate. I met Miriam a full 6 months after we had officially become online colleagues — we had agreed to room together at my first ever ScienceOnline in 2011. I suppose I was a little bit nervous about meeting all the . . . → Read More: She inspires me and takes my shoe advice
By RickMac, on January 28th, 2013 One comment Scientist! Deeplings, Equity, Feministe, LGBT, Miriam, Science Online, Up Up and Away! Our Miriam, immortalized in cartoon form in The Devil’s Panties (http://thedevilspanties.com/archives/3800) Once upon a time, let’s call it 2006, I launched my very first ocean science blog post over at Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets. Back then, I was among a small cohort of ocean scientists who were venturing into the online social media . . . → Read More: She Makes Me Want To Be A Better Writer
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 28th, 2013 36 comments Scientist! blogging, miriam goldstein, social media I started blogging in 2007, at my mother’s deathbed. This isn’t the story I usually tell. I usually say that I always liked to write, and that I was inspired by the communications education at the Scripps Center for Marine Biodiversity & Conservation, and that I had been reading other blogs like Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: To take arms against a sea of troubles: my life in blogging, and farewell
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 27th, 2013 Leave a comment Conferences, Scientist! Meet the Deeplings, Science Online A shoal of Deeplings will be attending this week’s Science Online conference in North Carolina. If you’ll be there, come say hi to Craig, Al, Kim, Holly, and me. (Sadly, Rick and Kevin can’t make it.) We’ll be joined by many equally lusty ocean compadres. Come say hi! You can find us at our . . . → Read More: The Deeplings at Science Online
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 24th, 2013 69 comments Scientist!, The Basics diversity, I Am Science, privilege, science education After I successfully defended my Ph.D., and as I and packed up my belongings to move across the country for a new job (more on that in a later post), I’ve been reflecting on privilege in marine science. The word “privilege” often makes people turn away, afraid of being made to feel guilty and . . . → Read More: A field guide to privilege in marine science: some reasons why we lack diversity
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