May 31st, 2013

A "popular science" piece highly relevant to those who work on transcription factor mutants:
http://www.biotechniques.com/news/biotechniquesNews/biotechniques-343598.html?utm_source=BioTechniques+Newsletters+%2526+e-Alerts&utm_campaign=0c46d0c032-cell-biology-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5f518744d7-0c46d0c032-87700457#.UaZEOetAuhk

Plain fun BS:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_05_24/caredit.a1300110

When/if you feel like complaining that grading at Temple is too harch, check out how a straight A student from a lesser university felt at Harvard:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_05_22/caredit.a1300108

Here's one brave dude:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_05_17/caredit.a1300107

I guess you have to be pretty special to be admitted to the MD/PhD program at Stanford. 
http://www.nature.com/news/neuroscience-method-man-1.13077

Why cicadas are not a great model organism
http://www.nature.com/news/long-lived-insects-raise-prime-riddle-1.13080

Another good quote: "No success? Try to work harder."
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_05_31/caredit.a1300115