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I usually try to be nice to the students who want to go for a PhD...
But then some days they send me this kind of AI slop:
"My dynamic academic system has harmoniously gravitated towards the frontier of drug discovery"
No human would come up with this shit. Maybe I will use AI to answer with similar shit.
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I usually try to be nice to the students who want to go for a PhD...
But then some days they send me this kind of AI slop:
"My dynamic academic system has harmoniously gravitated towards the frontier of drug discovery"
No human would come up with this shit. Maybe I will use AI to answer with similar shit.
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TFW when you wake up to good grant news: no cost extension approved = more time to wrap things up! #academiclife #PIlife #littlewins
a woman in a white shirt says ... -
I'm in this post and I don't like it... #academicchatter #pilife
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rbwawbxavpgowi3sy5ukcnwh/post/3lu6sisjk3225 -
#accademicchatter #pilife
For years my R fluent colleagues (and my wife ) told me that commercial software like GraphPad is an addiction, I knew that but I was addicted. Dragged and kicking for two weeks, since May 1st, I am glad to report I quit GraphPad and I am free !!! #opensource -
#accademicchatter #pilife
For years my R fluent colleagues (and my wife ) told me that commercial software like GraphPad is an addiction, I knew that but I was addicted. Dragged and kicking for two weeks, since May 1st, I am glad to report I quit GraphPad and I am free !!! #opensource -
Ugh, sorting through some old alpha-fold predictions and find something that looks quite strong but have no clue why I was looking at that protein pair. *sigh*
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Ugh, sorting through some old alpha-fold predictions and find something that looks quite strong but have no clue why I was looking at that protein pair. *sigh*
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Hi, All. I'm looking to join/nucleate a support accountability group for mid-career molecular biosciences people. Basically, it would be a weekly or more frequent check-in on goals and struggles. Do you have any suggestions?
#AcademicChatter #PILife #Science #MolecularBiology #CellBiology
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Hi, All. I'm looking to join/nucleate a support accountability group for mid-career molecular biosciences people. Basically, it would be a weekly or more frequent check-in on goals and struggles. Do you have any suggestions?
#AcademicChatter #PILife #Science #MolecularBiology #CellBiology
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OK, having spent 3 days reviewing comments from colleagues and adding details in response, I'm now 1200 words over the limit. Now to cut it all back to 3000 words then - easy, right?... #grantwriting #Pilife #AcademicChatter
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OK, having spent 3 days reviewing comments from colleagues and adding details in response, I'm now 1200 words over the limit. Now to cut it all back to 3000 words then - easy, right?... #grantwriting #Pilife #AcademicChatter
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#pilife #lablife
PhD student went home for EID. Repaying my successive supervisors and following the long tradition, I am in charge of continuing their #Drosophila crossings....it is simple 3 generation crossings but it is so much more fun than marking, replying emails and firefighting equipment fault..... -
I'm quite proud of this little task today.
A. I figured out how to realign our filter wheel when it skips and gets misaligned.
B. I figured out how to make a little diagram with 10 circles evenly spaced in a circle. I'm pretty sure I used geometry.
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Totally hypothetical 😂 if a small research lab (2-3 personnel including PI) had a grant structure change and spared money suddenly available for one of the following personnel recruitment, what would you as a PI prefer option? #academicchatter #pilife #lablife
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Totally hypothetical 😂 if a small research lab (2-3 personnel including PI) had a grant structure change and spared money suddenly available for one of the following personnel recruitment, what would you as a PI prefer option? #academicchatter #pilife #lablife
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Why does it always take me until the last step of a manuscript submission process to remember that if I upload my files as pdfs, I don't need to wait for file conversions?🤦
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I have a whole grant written in my head and can talk about it at length so I can't I actually type it into a coherent document?! #Academic #PIlife #grantwriting
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I have a whole grant written in my head and can talk about it at length so I can't I actually type it into a coherent document?! #Academic #PIlife #grantwriting
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Your periodic reminder that changing the background color on a document is a great way to make sure you are editing the active document (yes I know you can lock it, but color is sooo easy).
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Your periodic reminder that changing the background color on a document is a great way to make sure you are editing the active document (yes I know you can lock it, but color is sooo easy).
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Hey Team Academia,
What resources would you share with Zach as he writes his first letters of recommendation?
#AcademicChatter #Academia #PiLife #GraduateEducation #GraduateAdmissions
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Assembling a strains table for a manuscript. >100 yeast strains. Wow!! I owe my lab a happy hour.
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I want to share my go-to resource for science writing.
Angelika H. Hofmann's Scientific Writing and Communication.
Whenever I get stuck on a section, I read her relevant chapter and it just makes writing so much easier! For example, I'm writing the Discussion section, she lays out what should go where and why, talks about common mistakes, and then provides a handy little checklist. So clear!!
What are your favs for #sciencewriting #sciencecommunication #PiLife #AcademicChatter ?
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I want to share my go-to resource for science writing.
Angelika H. Hofmann's Scientific Writing and Communication.
Whenever I get stuck on a section, I read her relevant chapter and it just makes writing so much easier! For example, I'm writing the Discussion section, she lays out what should go where and why, talks about common mistakes, and then provides a handy little checklist. So clear!!
What are your favs for #sciencewriting #sciencecommunication #PiLife #AcademicChatter ?
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I learned that you should never use a binocular microscope with only one eye.
I'm working with a scientist with a lot of years under their belt but maybe not the best prior training. They seem unable/unwilling to use both eyes. For our compound scope, I know this is a problem because they need depth perception for certain manipulations. Is it also a problem for a compound microscope?
Are there tips I can share to help them?
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I learned that you should never use a binocular microscope with only one eye.
I'm working with a scientist with a lot of years under their belt but maybe not the best prior training. They seem unable/unwilling to use both eyes. For our compound scope, I know this is a problem because they need depth perception for certain manipulations. Is it also a problem for a compound microscope?
Are there tips I can share to help them?
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Grantwriting complaints and advice
It's always frustrating when reviewers miss an important thing, especially if it's about an investigator (i.e., ME) that seems obvious.
One time I had a comment that the research team should have someone with experience doing language (which I think I've been doing since 2000).
I recently had a comment that the PI (me) did not have experience with fNIRS (I've been doing optical brain imaging since 2012).
BUT, as frustrating as these are, it's also a good reminder that quite often the things we think are obvious to reviewers based on our biosketch or whatever are often not. And it's on us to try to fix that in our grant application, because reviewers will always be over-worked and over-tired etc.
(Also sometimes a reviewer is just an idiot but that's hard to defend against so I try to assume the best and figure out what I can do on my end.)
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Grantwriting complaints and advice
It's always frustrating when reviewers miss an important thing, especially if it's about an investigator (i.e., ME) that seems obvious.
One time I had a comment that the research team should have someone with experience doing language (which I think I've been doing since 2000).
I recently had a comment that the PI (me) did not have experience with fNIRS (I've been doing optical brain imaging since 2012).
BUT, as frustrating as these are, it's also a good reminder that quite often the things we think are obvious to reviewers based on our biosketch or whatever are often not. And it's on us to try to fix that in our grant application, because reviewers will always be over-worked and over-tired etc.
(Also sometimes a reviewer is just an idiot but that's hard to defend against so I try to assume the best and figure out what I can do on my end.)
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It's great to be able to say to a former lab member. "It’s a good thing that your notes are so well organized because they remember a lot more than you or I do."
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It's great to be able to say to a former lab member. "It’s a good thing that your notes are so well organized because they remember a lot more than you or I do."
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Your periodic reminder that digital notebooks are awesome!!
I'm working on a manuscript. I know a former lab member worked on the project when we thought it was going in direction X, but now we realize its direction Y. It only took 40 minutes for me to find and review each piece of data.
This saves me work in not having to repeat experiments I've forgotten about, and allows me to accurately attribute contributions to people who are no-longer in the lab.
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Your periodic reminder that digital notebooks are awesome!!
I'm working on a manuscript. I know a former lab member worked on the project when we thought it was going in direction X, but now we realize its direction Y. It only took 40 minutes for me to find and review each piece of data.
This saves me work in not having to repeat experiments I've forgotten about, and allows me to accurately attribute contributions to people who are no-longer in the lab.
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Nice article from my grad colleague Erin Cram and her postdoc Mustafi Amin on how to do a protocol. It's written for undergrads learning how to do life-sciences bench work.
https://helpimascientist.com/2023/05/27/how-do-i-do-a-protocol-a-guide-for-beginning-researchers/
It's a nice counterpart for my article written to help PIs teach students how to master the skill of mastering skills.
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Nice article from my grad colleague Erin Cram and her postdoc Mustafi Amin on how to do a protocol. It's written for undergrads learning how to do life-sciences bench work.
https://helpimascientist.com/2023/05/27/how-do-i-do-a-protocol-a-guide-for-beginning-researchers/
It's a nice counterpart for my article written to help PIs teach students how to master the skill of mastering skills.
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Why do I feel like the jerk? In the past, I organized an activity through my auspices as DEI lead, however, the activity really should be run by another committee.
I finally pushed it to the other committee who pushed it to an admin that I interact with extensively. The activity requires decisions from a faculty member, but I'm refusing to make those decisions for the admin (as is the lead of the other committee).
Why do I feel like the jerk who foisted it onto the admin?
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Why do I feel like the jerk? In the past, I organized an activity through my auspices as DEI lead, however, the activity really should be run by another committee.
I finally pushed it to the other committee who pushed it to an admin that I interact with extensively. The activity requires decisions from a faculty member, but I'm refusing to make those decisions for the admin (as is the lead of the other committee).
Why do I feel like the jerk who foisted it onto the admin?
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Without worrying about the impact of my research rising to the top of the field, I might not take the time to enunciate the implications of my work in a way that motivates me and my team to keep pushing for success.
Without the excuse of trying to improve my grant, my colleagues might find it difficult to find time to really think about my science and suggest transformative approaches or ideas.
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Without worrying about the impact of my research rising to the top of the field, I might not take the time to enunciate the implications of my work in a way that motivates me and my team to keep pushing for success.
Without the excuse of trying to improve my grant, my colleagues might find it difficult to find time to really think about my science and suggest transformative approaches or ideas.
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There are things to hate about grant writing, but I think it ultimately helps me do better science. Maybe it is just me, but without a looming deadline, I find it hard to carve out time to sit and think deeply about where my science should be going. Without the worry that a reviewer knows some article with data that tanks our premise, I find it hard to carve out time to do a deep dive into the literature.
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There are things to hate about grant writing, but I think it ultimately helps me do better science. Maybe it is just me, but without a looming deadline, I find it hard to carve out time to sit and think deeply about where my science should be going. Without the worry that a reviewer knows some article with data that tanks our premise, I find it hard to carve out time to do a deep dive into the literature.
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If you are the PI of a grant proposal and your draft budget is over the limit and someone’s first advice is “drastically decrease your effort” please get a second opinion.
Also here is your second opinion: don’t
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If you are the PI of a grant proposal and your draft budget is over the limit and someone’s first advice is “drastically decrease your effort” please get a second opinion.
Also here is your second opinion: don’t
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Gotta love colleagues like this!!
I've been back burner-ing revising a R21 while wrapping up a grant for my core research, which was due today.
The R21 will take me into a totally new area of research that is super exciting but I need a lot of help from a colleague- because it's a !really! new direction.
I just checked the deadlines and whelp-it's going to be a fun 12 days!!
I told the colleague they could kibosh this, and they said 'Full steam ahead!!'
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Ahhh, it's a good Saturday morning when your 9 am Monday morning meeting gets canceled!
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Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science by putting the final touches on a nice figure showing that our new favorite gene does not affect the AP3 pathway. Nice data disproving one potential function.
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Lab Slack: the Butterball hotline, but for research questions, and I'm the only staffer. #PILife