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Methods

How to obtain sharper gel bands than your neighbour; how to efficiently design probes for microarrays; how to isolate as much RNA as possible;... Researchers describe proven experimental protocols that you won't find in standard manuals.

Time Managementand the State of Flow (3.2008)

Do you have too much to do and too little time to do it all in? Constantly running up against deadlines and unimpor-tant jobs seeming to take up too much of your precious time? If so, you may well be tempted to turn to TM ... more

Writing a short biography (2.2008)

A good print advertisement should be well written and tailored to the type of media and possible readers. The same applies to a short biography; it needs to be good to successfully promote a scientist and to communicate desired information to the intended audience. ... more

UK Biobank (1.2008)

UK Biobank processes thousands of blood and urine samples each day as part of a long-term initiative aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of serious illnesses including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and forms of dementia. ... more

Presenting Posters (5.2007)

Like actors and starlets walking along the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, researchers presenting their work at the poster session during a congress lecture break only have a single chance to attract the observer's attention. ... more

Design of efficient websites (4.2007)

On a lot of websites, including scientific ones, you can see warnings, that the page is not ready. Others are ready, however, they are harder to penetrate than a jungle. Geoffrey Richards and Guntram Bauer from the Human Frontier Science Program report on their experiences with academic websites and give some advice for website design. ... more

Discovering brain activity with
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (3.2007)

An old dream of mankind is to read the thoughts of another person. There have been many ideas in history on how to study the thoughts of a human being, which have led to the creation of mind machines or lie detectors. However, we are far away from reading a mind like a paperback but some techniques used today are well established and have quite an impact on understanding the brain. ... more

Picture presentation (2.2007)

Eye-catching illustrations symbolise the cherry on the cake of a scientific publication or presentation. If you flick through scientific papers, however, you often find hard-to-grasp figures and pictures. ... more

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
without stacking gel (1.2007)

What motivates people who dedicate their time to developing methods? Is it the desire to help one's colleagues? Is it the urge to play? Sometimes the true driving forces appear a little different and odd. ... more