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Coach supporting scientists to get more clarity on their goals and move toward them
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@colemanlab.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Today in Science Without Anguish: how we handle experiences that don’t fit our mental map. The many ways that cognitive dissonance plays out in academic research and the problems this causes us. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/to-chan...
Today in Science Without Anguish:
'It's not what you know, it's who you....trust'.
When knowledge is really trust in disguise. And not absolute but greyscale.
Why knowing this helps us cope when our knowledge is challenged. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/its-not...
'It's not what you know, it's who you....trust'.
When knowledge is really trust in disguise. And not absolute but greyscale.
Why knowing this helps us cope when our knowledge is challenged. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/its-not...
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Today in Science Without Anguish:
'It's not what you know, it's who you....trust'.
When knowledge is really trust in disguise. And not absolute but greyscale.
Why knowing this helps us cope when our knowledge is challenged. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/its-not...
'It's not what you know, it's who you....trust'.
When knowledge is really trust in disguise. And not absolute but greyscale.
Why knowing this helps us cope when our knowledge is challenged. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/its-not...
Today in Science Without Anguish: how we handle experiences that don’t fit our mental map. The many ways that cognitive dissonance plays out in academic research and the problems this causes us. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/to-chan...
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Today in Science Without Anguish: how we handle experiences that don’t fit our mental map. The many ways that cognitive dissonance plays out in academic research and the problems this causes us. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/to-chan...
I reviewed my success rate for an ECR mentoring talk. Surprisingly I noticed the funding decisions on proposals made 15-25y ago bore little resemblance to which had the best plans with benefit of hindsight. A big lesson in what rejections mean and don’t mean. But they still hurt!
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I reviewed my success rate for an ECR mentoring talk. Surprisingly I noticed the funding decisions on proposals made 15-25y ago bore little resemblance to which had the best plans with benefit of hindsight. A big lesson in what rejections mean and don’t mean. But they still hurt!
Thanks for sharing. The more we do that, the easier it gets for us all and the fewer great young scientists we lose from research because of total misunderstanding about what rejection does and doesn’t mean.
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thanks for sharing. The more we do that, the easier it gets for us all and the fewer great young scientists we lose from research because of total misunderstanding about what rejection does and doesn’t mean.
Science WITH Anguish?
Grant rejection today. It never stops hurting no matter how successful or how many you dealt with before (this is no. 57). Thanks to my team for helping me handle it today. 😀 Tomorrow we go on.
ECRs dealing with rejection: you are not alone! Hot tip: saying this helps me too!
Grant rejection today. It never stops hurting no matter how successful or how many you dealt with before (this is no. 57). Thanks to my team for helping me handle it today. 😀 Tomorrow we go on.
ECRs dealing with rejection: you are not alone! Hot tip: saying this helps me too!
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Science WITH Anguish?
Grant rejection today. It never stops hurting no matter how successful or how many you dealt with before (this is no. 57). Thanks to my team for helping me handle it today. 😀 Tomorrow we go on.
ECRs dealing with rejection: you are not alone! Hot tip: saying this helps me too!
Grant rejection today. It never stops hurting no matter how successful or how many you dealt with before (this is no. 57). Thanks to my team for helping me handle it today. 😀 Tomorrow we go on.
ECRs dealing with rejection: you are not alone! Hot tip: saying this helps me too!
Today in Science Without Anguish: Is blame bringing you down?
How we shackle ourselves by blaming others, also degrading workplace culture and raising our stress levels.
But can we avoid it without blaming ourselves instead?
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/is-blam...
How we shackle ourselves by blaming others, also degrading workplace culture and raising our stress levels.
But can we avoid it without blaming ourselves instead?
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/is-blam...
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Today in Science Without Anguish: Is blame bringing you down?
How we shackle ourselves by blaming others, also degrading workplace culture and raising our stress levels.
But can we avoid it without blaming ourselves instead?
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/is-blam...
How we shackle ourselves by blaming others, also degrading workplace culture and raising our stress levels.
But can we avoid it without blaming ourselves instead?
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/is-blam...
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Burnout. @lizandmollie
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Burnout. @lizandmollie
Today in Science Without Anguish: how failing to notice when the wind is behind us makes us believe the world is against us when things don’t go our way.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/im-good...
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/im-good...
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Today in Science Without Anguish: how failing to notice when the wind is behind us makes us believe the world is against us when things don’t go our way.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/im-good...
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/im-good...
In this week’s Science Without Anguish:
‘Short cuts to lost potential’.
How confusing the simplifications we make to understand the world with the real thing can lead us astray.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/the-sho...
‘Short cuts to lost potential’.
How confusing the simplifications we make to understand the world with the real thing can lead us astray.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/the-sho...
The short cuts to lost potential
We know how it goes – a day spent reacting to other people’s emails or “quick chats” while our own to do list remains untouched at the end. Or losing ourselves in the first item on our list...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In this week’s Science Without Anguish:
‘Short cuts to lost potential’.
How confusing the simplifications we make to understand the world with the real thing can lead us astray.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/the-sho...
‘Short cuts to lost potential’.
How confusing the simplifications we make to understand the world with the real thing can lead us astray.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/the-sho...
Science Without Anguish series 3
This week: the mistakes we make understanding our world that we would never make in our science
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/heurist...
Coming up next week: how what grabs our attention most and first impressions skew our thinking.
This week: the mistakes we make understanding our world that we would never make in our science
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/heurist...
Coming up next week: how what grabs our attention most and first impressions skew our thinking.
October 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Science Without Anguish series 3
This week: the mistakes we make understanding our world that we would never make in our science
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/heurist...
Coming up next week: how what grabs our attention most and first impressions skew our thinking.
This week: the mistakes we make understanding our world that we would never make in our science
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/heurist...
Coming up next week: how what grabs our attention most and first impressions skew our thinking.
This week in Science Without Anguish: how simplifying our view of the world based on limited evidence can lead us astray. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/heurist...
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This week in Science Without Anguish: how simplifying our view of the world based on limited evidence can lead us astray. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/heurist...
Science Without Anguish series 3: out now!
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/dont-be...
Could clear thinking about research life make it easier?
Next week: The short cuts our minds use to make sense of the world and the problems this can lead to.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/dont-be...
Could clear thinking about research life make it easier?
Next week: The short cuts our minds use to make sense of the world and the problems this can lead to.
September 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Science Without Anguish series 3: out now!
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/dont-be...
Could clear thinking about research life make it easier?
Next week: The short cuts our minds use to make sense of the world and the problems this can lead to.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/dont-be...
Could clear thinking about research life make it easier?
Next week: The short cuts our minds use to make sense of the world and the problems this can lead to.
Science Without Anguish Series 3 in out:
Don’t believe everything you think!
Confusing our mental shortcuts with reality.
Excusing ourselves but blaming others.
Not realising we’re doing it and making life harder for ourselves in the process.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/dont-be...
Don’t believe everything you think!
Confusing our mental shortcuts with reality.
Excusing ourselves but blaming others.
Not realising we’re doing it and making life harder for ourselves in the process.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/dont-be...
September 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Science Without Anguish Series 3 in out:
Don’t believe everything you think!
Confusing our mental shortcuts with reality.
Excusing ourselves but blaming others.
Not realising we’re doing it and making life harder for ourselves in the process.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/dont-be...
Don’t believe everything you think!
Confusing our mental shortcuts with reality.
Excusing ourselves but blaming others.
Not realising we’re doing it and making life harder for ourselves in the process.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/dont-be...
How much of what we think we ‘know’ is just trust in the person that told us?
And what price do we pay for confusing the two?
Coming soon in Science Without Anguish:
‘Don’t believe everything you think!’
sciencewithoutanguish.com
Starts Monday 22nd Sep
And what price do we pay for confusing the two?
Coming soon in Science Without Anguish:
‘Don’t believe everything you think!’
sciencewithoutanguish.com
Starts Monday 22nd Sep
September 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
How much of what we think we ‘know’ is just trust in the person that told us?
And what price do we pay for confusing the two?
Coming soon in Science Without Anguish:
‘Don’t believe everything you think!’
sciencewithoutanguish.com
Starts Monday 22nd Sep
And what price do we pay for confusing the two?
Coming soon in Science Without Anguish:
‘Don’t believe everything you think!’
sciencewithoutanguish.com
Starts Monday 22nd Sep
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Science Without Anguish Series 3 starts Monday 22nd
'Don't believe everything you think!'.
sciencewithoutanguish.com
How heuristics & biases make our research lives more difficult and ways to reduce this. Stereotyping, snap judgements, confirmation bias, attribution errors, negativity bias….
'Don't believe everything you think!'.
sciencewithoutanguish.com
How heuristics & biases make our research lives more difficult and ways to reduce this. Stereotyping, snap judgements, confirmation bias, attribution errors, negativity bias….
September 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Science Without Anguish Series 3 starts Monday 22nd
'Don't believe everything you think!'.
sciencewithoutanguish.com
How heuristics & biases make our research lives more difficult and ways to reduce this. Stereotyping, snap judgements, confirmation bias, attribution errors, negativity bias….
'Don't believe everything you think!'.
sciencewithoutanguish.com
How heuristics & biases make our research lives more difficult and ways to reduce this. Stereotyping, snap judgements, confirmation bias, attribution errors, negativity bias….
Science Without Anguish Series 3 starts Monday 22nd
'Don't believe everything you think!'.
sciencewithoutanguish.com
How heuristics & biases make our research lives more difficult and ways to reduce this. Stereotyping, snap judgements, confirmation bias, attribution errors, negativity bias….
'Don't believe everything you think!'.
sciencewithoutanguish.com
How heuristics & biases make our research lives more difficult and ways to reduce this. Stereotyping, snap judgements, confirmation bias, attribution errors, negativity bias….
September 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Science Without Anguish Series 3 starts Monday 22nd
'Don't believe everything you think!'.
sciencewithoutanguish.com
How heuristics & biases make our research lives more difficult and ways to reduce this. Stereotyping, snap judgements, confirmation bias, attribution errors, negativity bias….
'Don't believe everything you think!'.
sciencewithoutanguish.com
How heuristics & biases make our research lives more difficult and ways to reduce this. Stereotyping, snap judgements, confirmation bias, attribution errors, negativity bias….
Very exciting opportunity here to work with former member of our group and rising star @andrea-loreto.bsky.social Highly recommended!
🌟 We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! 🌟
Join my lab @sydney.edu.au and help drive cutting-edge research in axon degeneration as part of the Snow Vision Accelerator.
@snowmedical.bsky.social
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Join my lab @sydney.edu.au and help drive cutting-edge research in axon degeneration as part of the Snow Vision Accelerator.
@snowmedical.bsky.social
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Neurodegeneration
An exciting opportunity to join the Snow Vision Accelerator Location: Loreto Group, Axon degeneration Lab, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Full time,...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Very exciting opportunity here to work with former member of our group and rising star @andrea-loreto.bsky.social Highly recommended!
Hi @andrea-loreto.bsky.social, welcome to BlueSky!
May 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hi @andrea-loreto.bsky.social, welcome to BlueSky!
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Morale?
I have colleagues there who are leaving NIH for jobs in China, France, Canada, industry, or retiring early.
That’s real.
I have colleagues there who are leaving NIH for jobs in China, France, Canada, industry, or retiring early.
That’s real.
NIH’s new director Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors” in an interview with Science. scim.ag/4mhSMpA
‘It’s been a tough period’: NIH’s new director speaks with Science
Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”
scim.ag
May 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Morale?
I have colleagues there who are leaving NIH for jobs in China, France, Canada, industry, or retiring early.
That’s real.
I have colleagues there who are leaving NIH for jobs in China, France, Canada, industry, or retiring early.
That’s real.
Great to see @maxstetina.bsky.social here.
Max did a very productive internship with us last year looking at evolutionary conservation of SARM1 and NMNAT2.
Max did a very productive internship with us last year looking at evolutionary conservation of SARM1 and NMNAT2.
May 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Great to see @maxstetina.bsky.social here.
Max did a very productive internship with us last year looking at evolutionary conservation of SARM1 and NMNAT2.
Max did a very productive internship with us last year looking at evolutionary conservation of SARM1 and NMNAT2.
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“Smile!”, they said, “Things could be worse.”
So I smiled …. and they did get worse.
😢
So I smiled …. and they did get worse.
😢
April 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“Smile!”, they said, “Things could be worse.”
So I smiled …. and they did get worse.
😢
So I smiled …. and they did get worse.
😢
Reposted by Coleman Lab
April 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by Coleman Lab
Not sure if to laugh or to cry, but worth hearing either way…
This funny 'American Pie' parody bites hard — from a comedy show that went out a few days ago in the UK
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Not sure if to laugh or to cry, but worth hearing either way…
So sorry Bryan. Wishing you strength at this difficult time.
April 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
So sorry Bryan. Wishing you strength at this difficult time.