Our favorite four posts about life in science, not the literature.
Four posts, zero papers, one memorial wall.
By Joseph Sun Lab (@josephsunlab.bsky.social) · Bluesky
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My take: Every thesis defense poster ever printed has been forgotten by lunch. This one casts the PI as Navi, the fairy whose only line is ‘hey, listen,’ and I will remember Ray Kim’s defense date longer than my own.
By Wert Laboratory (@wertlaboratory.bsky.social) · Bluesky
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My take: By hour six of study section, everyone is reviewing grants with their eyes open purely out of politeness. The cat skipped that part.
By Bryan Heit (@bryanheit.bsky.social) · Bluesky
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My take: This template has been handed down through that lab since 1973. Fifty-three years, hundreds of lab meetings, and the only edit anyone has ever made is crossing out the year.
By Ben Larson (@blarson.bsky.social) · Bluesky
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My take: Most labs bury their dead in a lab notebook nobody opens. These students put the body count on the door, and the causes run from spite to seasonal depression without one honest ‘contamination’ in the lot.
That’s the four. See you tomorrow morning.
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