"Forgive me, scientists, for I have sinned"

Adam Ruben, PhD, author of the book Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School has a new post on the Science/AAAS magazine. Follow the link below to read the full post.

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2014_05_20/caredit.a1400126

C2C turns 1!

Commitment to Catalysis turns 1 today!

Thanks to everyone who is following. My goal for this next year is to post more frequently--I am aiming for 2-3 times per week. Watch your feed for more updates from the wonderful field of chemical biology and exciting commentary from a graduate student.

Friday Funnies: Fail Edition

Friday Funnies: Fail edition!

1) That's not how you pipette
A collection of amusing movie and television scenes with some rather creative pipetting styles.  My favorite is the guy trying to pipette without a tip.

2) Fail Lab
Scientists dissect the best of the 'epic fail' videos and reveal hidden lessons on science topics such as evolution, pyrotechnics, or electricity. Episode one is below.

3) #Overlyhonestmethods

The equivalent of PostSecret for scientists. The hashtag lets you report less-than-stellar lab practices that would never, under any circumstances, end up in a publication. Some are weird, some are scary, but almost all of them are amusing.