Below is a list of interesting and useful resources that I found online. I believe they might be useful for anyone doing research and interested in finding jobs in academia. Please note that I do not own any of the resources listed below, and I will put the reference sources/links for each of them. I will keep this section updated. Please let me know if you are the owner of specific resources/links and do not want them to be shown on this list. I will take it out immediately. I hope sharing these resources would be beneficial for many other researchers. Please let me know if you have any suggestions as well.

Academia job search

  • Chalk talk advice from Dr. JosĂ© R. Dinneny at Stanford University (pdf)
  • The recording of the FKNE event Starting and mid-career PI Hurdles organised at the FENS Forum 2020, which explores topics relevant for senior postdocs, newly appointed and mid-career PIs. (Youtube link)
  • How to apply for faculty positions, multiple useful resources in this website (Link)
  • National Research Mentoring (NRMN) Career Development Webinars (Link)
  • NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) (Youtube link)
  • The Professor Is In, Guidance for all things PhD: Graduate School, Job Market and Careers. (Link)
  • Sample Materials for Faculty Positions, UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development (Link)
  • Faculty Corner, a series of interviews and professional development talks from U of Michigan faculty (Youtube link)
  • Christopher T. Smith’s website on resources and advice for the academic job search (Link)
  • Daniel L. Gonzales’s website on resources and advice for the academic job search (Link)
  • Kara L. McKinley’s note on academic job search experience (Link) (pdf)
  • Dr. Arjun Raj at University of Pennsylvania: Thoughts on applying for faculty jobs (pdf)
  • Getting Ready for an Academic Career: Preparing Future Faculty Conference Resources from the University of Michigan (Link)

Next generation sequencing /bioinformatics

  • Analysis of single cell RNA-seq data, 2 days workshop material from Wellcome Sanger Institute (Link)
  • Harvard University STAT115/215 BST/BIO282 course youtube playlist, taught by Dr. Xiaole Shirley Liu at Harvard University (Link)
  • Data Analysis in Genome Biology GEN242 and other teaching materials, taught by Dr. Thomas Girke at UC Riverside (Link)
  • UC Davis Training Workshops Course Material (Link)
  • DIY Transcriptomics, taught by Dr. Dan Beiting, at UPenn (Link)
  • Bioinformatics workbook (Link)

Imaging analysis

  • Microscopy info from Michael Cammer at NYU (Link)
  • Dr. Arjun Raj at University of Pennsylvania: Raj Lab basic Adobe Illustrator (CC) guide (pdf)

Science communication and presentation

  • How To Give a Talk by David L Stern (Link)
  • Adobe illustrator for scientists by kevin Bonham (Youtube link)
  • The Craft of Scientific Presentations by Michael Alley at Penn State University (Link) (iBiology vides x 3)

Grant writing

  • Open Grants, a website where lots of researchers share their grant proposals openly (Link)
  • Funding and grantsmanship for research and career development activities by Dr. Jaime Rubin at Columbia University (Link)
  • Recommendation Larry McEnerney: The Craft of Writing Effectively (Link)

Data science

  • Duke University workshop materials (Link)
  • UCR GradQuant workshop materials, UCR CAS login required and not open to everyone (Link)
  • R Bootcamp by Drs. Ted Laderas and Jessica Minnier at Oregon Health & Science University (Link)
  • Getting Started with R, a free course by David Keyes (Link)
  • Learning Statistics with R by Danielle Navarro (Link)

Lab management

  • A Guide to Setting Up and Managing a Lab at a Research-Intensive Institution by Drs. Bob Goldstein​ and Prachee Avasthi (Link)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) resource

  • A compilation of resources put together by Kadambari, an UMass Amherst OEB student [Link].

Molecular Biology tools

  • Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools (Link)

Interesting read from other lab websites

  • Dr. Benhur Lee at Icahn School of Medicine (Link)
  • Dr. Adrienne Fairhall at UW, some stories of women who have certainly managed to have a great deal: a successful scientific career and a family (Link)
  • Dr. Angela DePace at Harvard University, lab culture (Link)
  • Dr. Uri Alon at Weizmann Institute of Science (Link)
  • Dr. Arjun Raj at University of Pennsylvania (Link)


Resources shared by other labs

  • Dr. Steve Ramirez’s lab at Boston University [Link]
  • Dr. Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam’s lab at Northeastern University [Link]
  • Dr. Brie M. Reid’s website at Northeastern University [Link]

Academic coaching groups/resources

  • Glia-Leadership [Link]
  • AtKisson Training Group [Link]
  • Sarah Dobson [Link]

Faculty Professional Development

Outreach

  • DIY microscope from Bob Goldstein’s lab at UNC Chapel Hill [Link]