From mmreturn@magnetdev.com Mon Feb 22 09:58:34 2010 Return-Path: Received: from mail103.mmsend40.com (mail103.mmsend40.com [209.18.93.103]) by smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1MHwXAi023127 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:58:33 -0800 Message-Id: <201002221758.o1MHwXAi023127@smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX> Received: from MAGNETMAIL1 (172.17.103.1) by mail103.mmsend40.com id hgb2si0ir20d for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:58:00 -0500 (envelope-from ) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:57:59 -0500 From: editor@principalinvestigators.org To: Subject: Your Issue: February 22, 2010 X-TokenInfo-NoToken: X-Bps1: 4973978425 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_NextPart_000_937347_2010222_125759718" X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2010-02-22_14:2010-02-06,2010-02-22,2010-02-22 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=100 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1002220172 --_NextPart_000_937347_2010222_125759718 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable PI e-Alert features expert advice on managerial and administrative challeng= es which confront Principal Investigators in every field of science researc= h. =09 No. 17, February 22-26, 2010 Career Coach: Moving Institutions? Reader Question: I have been at my university for 1= 1/2 years but I am interested in moving to another institution. Is there a= ny impact in the PI career by moving to other institution after such a shor= t time period? How do I protect my laboratory staff?=20 Expert Comments: Moving so quickly from one institution to another c= an be to your advantage. An example would be if the new institution's rese= arch environment and resources available are clearly far superior to what y= our current institution has. It can be better to move to a new home where = you can be much more productive rather than struggle to develop a research = program at your home institution. However, there are potential costs. A major move involving the changing of institutions= is disruptive to any laboratory. You can easily lose months of productivi= ty if the move is not=20 View the remainder of the expert comments at = XXXXXXXwww.principalinvestigators.org/news.php =20 Comments by Gregory F. Ball, Ph.D., Dean of Researc= h and Graduate Education, Johns Hopkins University Agree? Disagree? Submit your comments at http:= //www.principalinvestigators.org/news.php =20 The preceding information is of necessity general i= n nature and may not apply to every case: obtain professional advice for yo= ur particular situation. =20 ??Preview of Next Week's Question?? No. 18, March 1-5, 2010 =20 Reader Question: Can study section reviews and sco= res be appealed and how often does an appeal work?=20 Comments by Christopher Francklyn, Ph.D., is a form= er Study Section Chair and veteran reviewer for NIH and NSF study sections.= He is a professor at University of Vermont, where his scientific expertise= is in protein synthesis and RNA-Protein interactions. =20 Dr. Francklyn provides a regular column, Study Sect= ion Insider, in Principal Investigator Advisor monthly newsletter. View his= previous article in last month's issue: The Three Reviewers Critical to yo= ur Grant's Success at XXXXXXXwww.principalinvestigators.org/sample_issue_re= quest_form.php. Be on the lookout for his new column in the March issue. =20 Missed Last Weeks's Question? Reader Question: I'm one of the few bachelor PIs left on in ou= r institute. Recently an attractive postdoc strongly hinted she was sociall= y "available" for me. I do not wish to pursue the matter. But in case she p= roves vindictive, or imagines more exists than really does, should I make a= written note, or "whisper" to the Dean or anyone else?=20 View the expert comments at XXXXXXXwww.principalinvestigat= ors.org/news.php Comments by Melissa Fleischer, Esq, a management-side employmen= t law attorney with over twenty years experience and founded HR Learning Ce= nter LLC. She is also the principal speaker of tomorrow's audioconference= Workplace Violence: Lessons Learned. This emergency seminar is especially = timely after yet another deadly research workplace violence attack occurred= at University of Alabama-Huntsville. Researcher, Amy Bishop, Ph.D, suppose= dly disturbed at tenure decisions, allegedly opened fire in a department fa= culty meeting killing three and wounding three others. Like other tragic incidences, Bishop's history showed a warning= sign: strong dissatisfaction that her tenure had been denied. Many inciden= ts of violence have common warning signs but these can be hard to pinpoint.= Join Melissa as she walks you through the difficult task of differentiati= ng eccentricity, from simmering anger, and violence proclivity. She will di= scuss such limited tools as are available for predicting aberration. Please beware: There is no simplistic or easy answer, and we do= not promise such...but you owe it to yourself and your research colleagues= to learn about when and how a colleague or co-worker "snaps" into violence. 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