The Pocket Card Monthly QR Exclusive - March 2026
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March Discount: Buy 2, get 2 FREE Science Stickers
OK, it’s time to basically give these away, given the hard times our community is facing for STEM research funding. This is the best deal we can give where we don’t lose money every order. Grab a sticker for your upcoming rally or show your support for science (and diversity in our STEM workforce) on your laptop, Stanley, or notebook.
Visit our stickers collection here, add 4 to your cart and 2 of them will be free! We also don’t upcharge shipping at all, so this is purely just getting these out into the world when we need them the most! If the code doesn’t auto-apply, use “STANDUPFORSCIENCE” at checkout.
March Resource: A free, pro-quality photo editor, PDF maker, and graphic design studio
Most of the graphics you’ve seen from Genius Lab Gear were created in Affinity or Canva. Affinity is great for the more detailed printed inserts and photoshoot edits while Canva is great for infographics and social posts. Affinity has always been a low-cost competitor to the Adobe suite and gets better every day.
But…I just found out that Canva acquired Affinity and has now made the entire design suite FREE.
The catch?
You have to create a free Canva login and they will try to get you to become a Canva subscriber (but you don’t have to).
So what would you use this for in STEM fields?
- Designing vector art to show equipment or process flows in presentations and papers
- Creating your own lab logo for the website or lab coat embroidery
- Compiling multi-page PDF white papers, SOPs, or training documents
- Drafting lab safety graphics or instructions to be posted on nearby walls
It’s meant to kill Adobe’s overpriced model, and I’m here for it. Here’s the link to get it.
Upcoming STEM Holidays/Events
Save room for Pi Day
My favorite nerdy holiday - Pi Day is on 3/14. If you need a fun fact to share, ask a friend how much space it would take to write down the first BILLION digits of Pi. Then show them this fun project where Josh used photolithography to etch a billion digits onto a small plate of sapphire. This demonstrates just how fine of control semiconductor engineers have on making nano-scale electronics.
👉 See our science and engineering holidays list to find more reasons (and seasons) to celebrate.
Just for fun: Science Cartoon
With our growing family, I’m starting to devise totally useless logical arguments on how to deal with the irrational fears of toddlers.
Science cartoons by Tom Gauld.
Behind the scenes at Genius Lab Gear:
Flame Retardant Lab Coats moving forward!
Our first prototype was actually quite wearable, but we’re making some small changes to the hardware and cuffs material. The design will be nearly identical to the Curie and Louis. I’ve gone ahead and selected 6 beta testers from the 30+ applications we received for the early samples (but not contacted them yet).
If things go smoothly, we will finish our UL compliance testing in May and finish production by July. Fair warning, these will be expensive. Made in the USA is not cheap! Expect about $180-$200 each. But I promise they will be the best FR/CAT2 rated lab coat available. We’ll run a pre-order with a one-time discount ahead of the production, so stay tuned to this email list to jump in on that.
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*Note: Discount codes will no longer be active and some links may be broken.
February 2026 - Get the High School Edition for a young scientist!
January 2026 - Save $5 and free shipping on STEM Word Magnets
December 2025 - 10% Off Your First Lab Coat!
November 2025 - BOGO STEM Word Magnets!
October 2025 - Free Einstein Political Quote Sticker
September 2025 - STEM Word Magnets for your Office Fridge or Fume Hood
August 2025 - 10% off All Mugs
July 2025 - Periodic Table of Tools Poster
June 2025 - New Stunning Posters by Theo Gray
May 2025 - Easy Graduation Gifting
April 2025 - Buy 2 get 3 free science stickers (Extended)
March 2025 - Buy 2 get 3 free science stickers
February 2025 - 20% Off Pocket Protectors
January 2025 - A guide to our January Deal
December 2024 - A free BioRender alternative from NIH
November 2024 - Beat the Lab Coat Price Increase!
October 2024 - Free Einstein Political Quote Sticker
September 2024 - Grab a pocket card for your classmate or colleague
August 2024 - Get the High School Edition for a young scientist!
July 2024 - Buy 3 Word Magnet sets, get 1 free!
June 2024 - Don't Miss Upcoming PhD Fellowship Opportunities
May 2024 - Prompting in Google Docs
April 2024 - Google Drive hacks
March 2024 - Mastering Lab Meetings
February 2024 - Mastering Schlenk Lines
January 2024 - Time-saving Excel shortcuts you didn't know
December 2023 - Virtual coworking with scientists
November 2023 - Data plots for colorblind scientists
October 2023 - Crowdfunding your experiments and The Lab Coat Project finale
September 2023 - How to quickly find info on chemicals and molecules
August 2023 - An intro to quarterly planning for research
July 2023 - Using AI to search research papers
June 2023 - The easy button on literature reviews
May 2023 - Negotiating vacation and Pocket Paleontologist launch
April 2023 - Job interviews and lab coat updates!
March 2023 - Lab coats affect your mental health?
February 2023 - STEM books that won't put you to sleep
January 2023 - AI Chat and SciArt
December 2022 - SciComm video editing tools
October 2022 - Career skills workshops
September 2022 - Conservation in the laboratory
August 2022 - Join a study to help scientists
July 2022 - Lab Coat Materials Ultimate Guide
June 2022 - Neuroscience Podcasts and Lab Coat Update
May 2022 - Science Learning Centers near you
April 2022 - The Pocket Physicist Launch and Best Math Blogs
February 2022 - Fantastic Physics Blogs
January 2022 - Pleasure reading for engineers
December 2021 - Easy lab process diagrams
November 2021 - Free STEM icons for your presentations
October 2021 - WebPlotDigitzer and Lab Coats
September 2021 - Engineering Podcasts
August 2021 - STEM Holiday Calendar
June 2021 - Productivity resources
May 2021 - SciComm on Social Media
April 2021 - Sustainability in the lab
March 2021 - Gifts for Engineers
February 2021- Focus on reading papers
January 2021 - Focus on interviewing
December 2020 - Inspirational reading for graduate students
November 2020 - Graduate application resources
October 2020 - Voting for Science
September 2020 - New Lab Art Photography
August 2020 - The Pocket Chemist Exam Edition launch!
July 2020 - Word Magnet Launch!
June 2020 - Constant giveaways and learning to code
May 2020 - Time to get writing?
April 2020 - Quarantine life and a new retro sticker!
March 2020 - Focus on Best Chemistry Blogs
February 2020 - Focus on Digital tools for chemistry
January 2020 - Focus on Outreach
December 2019 - Focus on Social Media Accounts for Scientists
November 2019 - Focus on Helpful Reading for Grad Students
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