Alright, Fall semester is upon us once again, starting on Monday! Wow, so many happy smiling faces around here.  Starting graduate school is surely exciting. It’s a new beginning…forget about the past record, it is all about the new ride.….The road toward the finish line could be long and bumpy or could be fun and rewarding. One of the critical steps is choosing the right vehicle for a fun ride….be sure to join the right research group! Thanks to the internet, plenty of good advices and tips on how to succeed in graduate school are just a few clicks away. Check these out…

• What makes a good PhD student?, G. Chenevix-Trench,  Nature 441, 252 (May 2006),  doi:10.1038/nj7090-252b.
• Ten Simple Rules for Graduate Students, J. Gu, P. E. Bourne, PLoS Computational Biology, e229 (November 2007) doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030229.  (this was also posted by Amanda and Mitch)
• Following the law, I. P. Herman, Nature 445, 228 (January 2007) doi:10.1038/nj7124-228.

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