Today is a special day…(at least in the US)

…it’s the First Annual national Postdoc Appreciation Day. And how badly needed it is too….after all, it’s usually the post-doc that keeps both the lab and the PI organised, writes the grant proposal that his PI then subsequently gets to keep and administer and is the guy or gal that generally keeps research science ticking over. So spare a thought for your post-doc today….give him/her a pat on the back and buy him a beer. Alternatively, if that does not seem good enough, here’s a link to a post-doc appreciation kit you can follow for inspiration.