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Deep, Soulful, Beautiful....Ani DeFranco
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Badassery on Friday, Compliments of TheMotherGeek
Friday, May 13, 2011
Mom's the Word for May Friday Fabulous Females
Friday, May 6, 2011
Rockin' Friday with Psychedelic Pop
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Negotiating Salary in Biotech
Thursday, April 28, 2011
How to Find a Job in Biotech and Resume/CV Tips
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Feeling Good on Friday with Nina Simone
Friday, April 22, 2011
Why I am not a SciMom
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Please, Learn How to Give a Good Talk
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Carly Simon, Breast Cancer Survivor, and Friday's Fabulous Female
Friday, April 8, 2011
Career Advice from a Rock Star of Science
Monday, April 4, 2011
Friday's Fabulous Female is Not That Kind of Girl
Friday, April 1, 2011
Mellow Out on Friday with the Lovely Cyndi Lauper
Friday, March 25, 2011
Operations: another role for scientists in biotech
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Great Irish Music for Fabulous Female Friday
Friday, March 18, 2011
Should I get a PhD?
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Keep your Eye to the Telescope on Fabulous Female Friday
Friday, March 11, 2011
What I would study if I could choose a new field of science
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Across the Universe on Fabulous Female Friday
Friday, March 4, 2011
The Science of Marketing: How Products are Born Part III
Monday, February 28, 2011
The Quintessential Girl Group Song: Lady Marmalade
Friday, February 25, 2011
The Traveling Life
Monday, February 21, 2011
Erykah Badu: Annie, Don't Wear No Panties
Thursday, February 17, 2011
How Products are Born: What exactly is going on in research and development anyway?
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Fabulous Female Friday Celebrates Black History Month
Thursday, February 10, 2011
How Products are Born
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Fabulous Female Friday: Honoring an Icon
Friday, February 4, 2011
My Biggest Lab Mistake (and why I don't leave home without socks)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Friday's Fabulous Female musician...and how she caused a scientific uproar
Friday, January 28, 2011
Communication Skills 101 (and some tips for managing others)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
And that's what Janis was talkin' about...Fabulous Females Friday in Music
Thursday, January 20, 2011
What is the biggest difference between academic research and industrial research?
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Friday's Fabulous Females...in Music! #FFF
Friday, January 14, 2011
Position Yourself for a Job in Industry
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Remembering People We Loved and Lost
Friday, December 24, 2010
Know Thy Genome, Know Thyself - Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The Marketing of Science
Friday, December 3, 2010
If I hadn't gone into science...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Science and Discrimination Doesn't Mix
Monday, October 4, 2010
Marketing Dictionary for Newbies
Friday, July 30, 2010
The Unknown Legend
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Take Responsibility or Go Home
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Pick a Title, Any Title....
Thursday, July 22, 2010
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Jade
Truth or Consequences VAT
My vision for this blog (for 2011) is to focus my writing on subjects that allow me to share my learning experiences to help others. I've been around the science world, done a lot of different jobs, and studied a wide variety of subjects. My research has encompassed the areas of cancer genetics, oncogenes, cannabinoids, protein expression and purification, microbiology, and environmental science. I'm from the east coast but have lived in the south, midwest, and west coast. After a second postdoc, I moved to industry and worked in sales and marketing before following my heart and landing my dream job in research and development. My goal is to help anyone who has questions about their career or their science. You can send me questions (through this site or twitter @jadebio) and I will answer you in an article or privately if you prefer. Also, I'll write about non-science subjects too. There really is more to life than work. As Richard Bach said, "you teach best what you most need to learn." Welcome and feel free to contact me anytime.
My posts are presented as opinion and commentary and do not represent the views of LabSpaces Productions, LLC, my employer, or my educational institution.
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My Fabulous Female musician post for last week wasn't finished in time because of my travel schedule, but Nina Simone was and still is my choice. This month I am honoring musicians who battled cancer. Nina Simone died in 2003 from breast cancer at the age of 70.
Nina was a very accomplished singer and songwriter, recording more than 40 albums during her career. Her music spanned the genres of jazz, folk, blues, and gospel with some classical music mixed in. Her first musical inspiration was Bach and she wanted to be the first black concert pianist. Her plans didn't work out, due to poverty but also racial discrimination. She was denied a full scholarship at the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, despite being qualified, so instead went to New York and studied at the Juilliard School of Music.
She received several honorary degrees in her life, one of which from the very school that rejected her application for admission, the Curtis Institute....two days before she died.
Here are two songs to enjoy today. Short but sweet.
Feeling Good
I Put a Spell on You
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Everytime her version of "Black is the color of my true love's hair" starts on my iTunes, I get shivers. An amazing woman and voice. Excellent Fabulous Female!
Thank you. It wasn't until I started surfing her music on youtube that I realized how amazing she is. I knew she was amazing, but had not appreciated it until now.
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