Postdoc position in St. Louis

[Bart Janssen]

In article <tomasd-0311951058390001 at fp5-9n.domain>,
tomasd at bdg10.niddk.nih.gov (Tomas Drgon) wrote:

> > barnes at BIODEC.WUSTL.EDU ("Wayne M. Barnes, Ph.D.") writes:
> > 
> > >     A written quiz on laboratory common sense is part of the
> > >interview process.  
> 
> Gimme a break!! 
> You mean like: "Can you eat cyanide? (yes/no)" - type of questions??
> I think I should apply only to see how will the test look like!!
> :-))

Actually sounds like a good idea.  Given some of the insane lab practices
I've seen I'd say assuming that someone with a PhD knows how to operate
safely in a lab would be a very unsafe assumption, for all concerned.

BTW I'd love to see some of the answers.

cheers
Bart