Our favorite four posts about life in science, not the literature.
Four posts, zero papers, one box of chocolates.
By Ran Blekhman (@blekhman.bsky.social) · Bluesky
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My take: Years of reviewing for free, and the market finally clears at one box of chocolates.
By Mike Feigin (@mikefeigin.bsky.social) · Bluesky
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My take: Everything I actually know in this job, I learned holding a pipette. The papers told me what should happen. The bench told me what does.
By Annika Barber (@annikabarber.bsky.social) · Bluesky
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My take: Every lab has exactly these two photos and no others. The posed one goes in the annual report, and the other one is the real reason people stay.
By Maaz Asher Khurram (@maazasher) · X
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My take: Rule 7 is the only one I would put on a poster. Be nice to the core facility in March and your October timeline survives; every other rule on this list is just a good life.
That’s the four. See you tomorrow morning.
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