We apply rigorous scientific approaches to understand how inflammatory cells and peripheral sensory and autonomic nerves influence each other under physiological conditions, and how alterations in these interactions leads to disease. Our goal is to make a lasting impact on neurobiology and chronic inflammatory disease, especially asthma. Achieving this goal requires collaboration, a supportive environment, open and honest communication and a commitment of time, energy and enthusiasm to our team.
Expectations of all Lab Members: We expect lab members to design, conduct and analyze experiments toward novel discovery, and communicate their data publicly. We expect scientific integrity and rigor, passionate interest, common sense, and careful execution of experiments. Clear and concise documentation of all protocols is expected by all members and is essential to reproducibility. All lab members are also expected to follow lab safety regulations and maintain the highest ethical standards.
We expect lab members to support and encourage each other. All of us are expected to work both individually and as part of a team. We anticipate there will be failures, technical problems and mistakes, but we do not expect these to upset progress or harm the morale or reputation of the lab. As a group, we collaborate and freely share knowledge, data, reagents and experience.
Lab Meetings: We meet as a group each Tuesday from 9:15-10:30am. Lab meetings are a safe place to puzzle over data and methods, critique conclusions, discuss exciting papers, celebrate recent successes, and to give voice to wild ideas.
Work Ethic: Scientific productivity requires thoughtful experimental design and a commitment of time and energy to conduct, analyze, and communicate data. The work of science ebbs and flows so there will be longer days and shorter days, plus occasional evenings and weekends. We do not track hours spent in the lab. We trust you to use good judgement in scheduling your time and your time off. We do expect notification of vacations well ahead of time to ensure that experiments are not interrupted.
Data Ownership and Authorship Credit: All data belongs to the lab and university. Scientific contributions will be recognized by authorship or acknowledgement on papers that include your work. Authorship requires significant contributions such as generating figures, analyzing data, writing the paper, or writing and obtaining grant support.
The first author will be the person judged to have done the majority of the work plus write the paper. The senior author will usually be a faculty leader as we are responsible for all science developed here. In return for senior authorship, we will discuss the data as it is generated, read every line that is written, help edit the figures and text, help write cover letters, provide funding and advice and scientific oversight of the whole project. Middle authors are listed in the order of contributions to the paper. The senior author will make that decision after consultation with all authors.
Conference Attendance: We will make every effort to bring lab members to conferences to share data, make scientific contacts and learn new ideas. Priority is given to lab members who are first or senior author of an abstract. Trainees and staff are expected to have approval from PIs before submitting an abstract or registering for a conference.
Expectations of Trainees: We are mentoring you to become one of the best scientists and communicators of your generation. We expect you to bring enthusiasm, curiosity, and new knowledge to our lab. We expect you to read the literature widely, plan experiments carefully and conduct them only after considering multiple strategies and potential outcomes. Analyze and graph your data then re-analyze and re-graph it until you find a story to tell. Learning science requires learning to manage frustration and failure; but we will help when you run out of ideas.
We expect you to develop skills to help your career goals, including mentoring, grant writing, giving talks, publishing papers and project management. As you advance in the lab, we expect you to attempt more difficult projects.
We expect you to share your successes, problems, and frustrations so we can help you enjoy all phases of your training. Share your vision of your future so we can help you achieve it.
Discuss your science with the lab. Think out loud. Use your colleagues and mentors as resources. Listen to advice.
Write a lot.
Expectations of Staff: You are the heroes of the lab. We rely on you to keep us on schedule, on budget and in compliance (with IACUC, integrity, IRB, vaccinations and equipment checks). We expect you will not only manage equipment, order supplies and keep track of animals, but that you also conduct experiments, learn new methods and, if you have the desire and ability to do so, lead projects, write papers, and contribute to grants. We expect you to communicate with us about your career aspirations so we can help you achieve them.
Expectations of David, Allison, Jane and Matt: Teaching and good mentorship are the lifeblood of science. We recognize our role is a privilege and a responsibility. Our contributions to science include not only delivering new knowledge to the world, but also developing the skills and careers of new scientists. This is a responsibility we take very seriously.
Each of us brings different expertise to our group. We work as a team. If you meet with one of us, decisions and outcomes from that meeting will be communicated amongst the leadership group. An advantage of having four faculty leaders is that one of us is almost always available for impromptu meetings. We each maintain an open door policy - feel free to walk in. For urgent feedback, text us at any time. If there are any concerns about the lab, please speak to one of us. We have committed over 30 years to this lab and care deeply about all its current and former members. We appreciate open and honest exchanges and will work through any challenges to help you achieve your goals.
There are no right and wrong pathways in science and as the track record of our former mentees shows, we support all career paths of our trainees. We will ensure the lab has funding and that you get the resources you need to test your hypothesis. We will teach you how to think like a scientist.
Our mentorship is a career-long commitment. We will help you prepare for personal milestones, including exams, interviews, grant submissions, and promotions, we will nominate you for awards and write letters of support. We will celebrate your success, listen to your frustrations, and help you problem solve when you need it. You can count on us to advocate for your happiness, your science and your future.
Allison D Fryer, PhD
David B Jacoby, MD
Zhenying (Jane) Nie, MD, PhD
Matt Drake, MD
Expectations of all Lab Members: We expect lab members to design, conduct and analyze experiments toward novel discovery, and communicate their data publicly. We expect scientific integrity and rigor, passionate interest, common sense, and careful execution of experiments. Clear and concise documentation of all protocols is expected by all members and is essential to reproducibility. All lab members are also expected to follow lab safety regulations and maintain the highest ethical standards.
We expect lab members to support and encourage each other. All of us are expected to work both individually and as part of a team. We anticipate there will be failures, technical problems and mistakes, but we do not expect these to upset progress or harm the morale or reputation of the lab. As a group, we collaborate and freely share knowledge, data, reagents and experience.
Lab Meetings: We meet as a group each Tuesday from 9:15-10:30am. Lab meetings are a safe place to puzzle over data and methods, critique conclusions, discuss exciting papers, celebrate recent successes, and to give voice to wild ideas.
Work Ethic: Scientific productivity requires thoughtful experimental design and a commitment of time and energy to conduct, analyze, and communicate data. The work of science ebbs and flows so there will be longer days and shorter days, plus occasional evenings and weekends. We do not track hours spent in the lab. We trust you to use good judgement in scheduling your time and your time off. We do expect notification of vacations well ahead of time to ensure that experiments are not interrupted.
Data Ownership and Authorship Credit: All data belongs to the lab and university. Scientific contributions will be recognized by authorship or acknowledgement on papers that include your work. Authorship requires significant contributions such as generating figures, analyzing data, writing the paper, or writing and obtaining grant support.
The first author will be the person judged to have done the majority of the work plus write the paper. The senior author will usually be a faculty leader as we are responsible for all science developed here. In return for senior authorship, we will discuss the data as it is generated, read every line that is written, help edit the figures and text, help write cover letters, provide funding and advice and scientific oversight of the whole project. Middle authors are listed in the order of contributions to the paper. The senior author will make that decision after consultation with all authors.
Conference Attendance: We will make every effort to bring lab members to conferences to share data, make scientific contacts and learn new ideas. Priority is given to lab members who are first or senior author of an abstract. Trainees and staff are expected to have approval from PIs before submitting an abstract or registering for a conference.
Expectations of Trainees: We are mentoring you to become one of the best scientists and communicators of your generation. We expect you to bring enthusiasm, curiosity, and new knowledge to our lab. We expect you to read the literature widely, plan experiments carefully and conduct them only after considering multiple strategies and potential outcomes. Analyze and graph your data then re-analyze and re-graph it until you find a story to tell. Learning science requires learning to manage frustration and failure; but we will help when you run out of ideas.
We expect you to develop skills to help your career goals, including mentoring, grant writing, giving talks, publishing papers and project management. As you advance in the lab, we expect you to attempt more difficult projects.
We expect you to share your successes, problems, and frustrations so we can help you enjoy all phases of your training. Share your vision of your future so we can help you achieve it.
Discuss your science with the lab. Think out loud. Use your colleagues and mentors as resources. Listen to advice.
Write a lot.
Expectations of Staff: You are the heroes of the lab. We rely on you to keep us on schedule, on budget and in compliance (with IACUC, integrity, IRB, vaccinations and equipment checks). We expect you will not only manage equipment, order supplies and keep track of animals, but that you also conduct experiments, learn new methods and, if you have the desire and ability to do so, lead projects, write papers, and contribute to grants. We expect you to communicate with us about your career aspirations so we can help you achieve them.
Expectations of David, Allison, Jane and Matt: Teaching and good mentorship are the lifeblood of science. We recognize our role is a privilege and a responsibility. Our contributions to science include not only delivering new knowledge to the world, but also developing the skills and careers of new scientists. This is a responsibility we take very seriously.
Each of us brings different expertise to our group. We work as a team. If you meet with one of us, decisions and outcomes from that meeting will be communicated amongst the leadership group. An advantage of having four faculty leaders is that one of us is almost always available for impromptu meetings. We each maintain an open door policy - feel free to walk in. For urgent feedback, text us at any time. If there are any concerns about the lab, please speak to one of us. We have committed over 30 years to this lab and care deeply about all its current and former members. We appreciate open and honest exchanges and will work through any challenges to help you achieve your goals.
There are no right and wrong pathways in science and as the track record of our former mentees shows, we support all career paths of our trainees. We will ensure the lab has funding and that you get the resources you need to test your hypothesis. We will teach you how to think like a scientist.
Our mentorship is a career-long commitment. We will help you prepare for personal milestones, including exams, interviews, grant submissions, and promotions, we will nominate you for awards and write letters of support. We will celebrate your success, listen to your frustrations, and help you problem solve when you need it. You can count on us to advocate for your happiness, your science and your future.
Allison D Fryer, PhD
David B Jacoby, MD
Zhenying (Jane) Nie, MD, PhD
Matt Drake, MD