Curriculum vitae tell the stories of the professional lives of university scientists, documenting their careers and showcasing their accomplishments. This article gives tips on preparing a CV, including comments from Andrew Feig, biochemistry professor at Wayne State. He points out that correct spelling, good grammar and clear organization are essential in a CV. "Thou shall not have typos," he cautions. "It just looks bad and sends the wrong impression, and then they're just fighting an uphill battle to get me to pay attention to the application if I've seen something like that in the CV." A pull-quote on the first page of the article, includes the first part of Feig's comment, and notes that he is with Wayne State University.