The following is a guest post by Glendie Marcelin, a postdoc at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital....

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Best wishes for a successful and productive New Year from The PostDocs Forum team!

Make sure to check out our review of 2010′s Featured Scientists, Articles, and Videos....

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As the beginning of 2011 approaches, we’ve compiled a “Top Ten” list of the most popular PostDocs Forum articles from 2010 (in no particular order).

Laboratory Notebooks: A thing of the past?
Laboratory notebooks are essential for reproducing experiments. For years we have been raised in our labs knowing that every action must be written down in our lab notebook. Perhaps it is now time to ask the questions: Are written lab notebooks a thing of the past? How can we adjust our lab notebooks to the 21st century, taking advantage of technology?

Building a Motivated Research Group
Uri Alon, a PI in the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, recently published an article in Molecular Cell where he discusses how to build a motivated research group. This essay is very important, not because it brings a new message, but rather because it touches both on personal and group motivation – something not all PIs consider.

The iPad Makes Its Way Into The Research Lab
Apple’s iPad is making its way to the world of research labs. Biodata Inc. is excited to announce that its flag service – BioKM™ – now fully supports Apple’s iPad, and that it plans to launch several specifically designed applications for research labs.

Successful Scientist Qualities
A few months ago I took to twitter, linkedin, facebook, and other social networking venues asking the question: What is the most important quality for a successful scientist? The following is a compilation of responses that I’ve received from scientists I’ve interviewed and from those that responded via social network.
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A few months ago I took to twitter, linkedin, facebook, and other social networking venues asking the question: What is the most important quality for a successful scientist? (This of course also led me to the question what makes for a successful scientist, but that’s for a different time.) My curiosity was sparked after I read a December 2009 blog post by Samantha Scientist, in which she discussed the definition of smart – in terms of being a scientist. The following is a compilation of responses that I’ve received from scientists I’ve interviewed and from those that responded via social network....

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LinkedIn, the professional social network, has recently added new features to help users stand out from its over 80 million registered users. These five additional profile sections allow a user to add extra information about their professional life and achievements. The new categories include publications, languages, skills, certifications and patents....

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