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Single-cell analysis

November 14, 2018

The success of imaging technologies The molecular and functional differences among the cells making our bodies have been appreciated for …

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Missed citations

November 19, 2017

I am sorry for not referencing your paper, but it would have undermined the novelty of our work. You know how Nature editors think.

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Why I love preprints

September 28, 2017

The most frequent argument revolves around fear of losing priority of discovery. My usual question is: Have you ever felt that one of your peer reviewed papers is not cited and given credit when it should have been?

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Single-cell proteomics

June 6, 2017

Ever since my lab posted the SCoPE-MS preprint, I have been repeatedly asked about the future potential and the cost …

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Inadvertent Support

May 12, 2016

Everyday, thousands of colleagues use social media to express surprise, dislike, or even outrage for the impact factor, for articles …

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Magnanimity pays off

December 26, 2015

Francis Crick exceeded the brilliance of his famous double helix model by this magnanimous act:

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Premature human engineering

December 3, 2015

The news buzz alive with excitement about human genome editing, even human germline engineering. Successful germline engineering requires (1) a technology …

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Deceptive Numbers

November 2, 2015

You want to estimate an important quantity. You compute an exact number purporting to estimate it. You compute another exact …

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Increasingly direct evidence

October 24, 2015

The results in our Cell report are particularly satisfying to me since they bring clarity to a puzzle that I …

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Chalk talks are awesome!

September 13, 2015

Interviews for tenure track positions are not to be feared but to be anticipated and enjoined. If your experience is anything like mine, you will meet many thoughtful colleagues and perhaps even start new collaborations. Enjoy the adventure!

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