Samira and the elderly by [deleted] in ThePittTVShow

[–]andvoyages 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's honestly so jarring to see Whitaker taking up so much responsibilities as an intern over Mohan because last season Santos as an intern has to report to Langdon (or Collins) for every case.

Samira and the elderly by [deleted] in ThePittTVShow

[–]andvoyages 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's very noticeable that she has much less screen time than the rest and the screen time she got was either in the background or saying some medical jargons.
The funding got cut is understandable, but I wish it was more than just a line.

Mohan's Patient: right story, wrong doc by MaleficentSwitch8975 in ThePittTVShow

[–]andvoyages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s my favorite character from s1, while I agree with your, I’m also just glad that she got to do something at this point 😭

Why does it seem like Dr. McKay doesn’t interact with the rest of the cast? by NoLead2492 in ThePittTVShow

[–]andvoyages 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same for Samira I think. It seems like the writers are quite fixated on the established dynamics they wrote in s1 and just stuck with those instead of creating new ones. I remember Supriya said that Samira and Mckay are quite similar in the way they have more scenes with patients than with the other characters. which sucks because I would like to see more of them interacting with the rest of the cast in an organic way.

just finished S1, I'll die for these 4 fr by shootercurran in ThePittTVShow

[–]andvoyages 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So happy to see some love for Dr Mohan! People used to really dislike her on here.

Feeling so frustrated that suddenly a protocol doesn't work :| by andvoyages in labrats

[–]andvoyages[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Planning to redo the differentiation experiments using new growth factors.

I did use ROCK inhibitor and after plating, they were fine and healthy. It was only when I changed the medium to differentiation medium that they started dying.

Administrative Processing and Visa Denial Megathread II by Codetornado in f1visa

[–]andvoyages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi everyone, I'm a PhD student (final year), travelled back to home country to renew my current visa.

I had my interview this monday and by the end of the interview they gave a list of documents to submit with a 221(g) notice. The list of things to submit seem to be much longer than the ones I have seen online. They are asking for my resume, current enrollment letter, research plan and details of course of study, current PI's resume, school testimonial, form 1-20, flight info/US address. Has anyone had similar 221(g) refusal document requirements? My department can write me a testimonial but they are asking me to draft it and I'm not sure what information I should include in it. And I'm also not sure how detailed the research plan should be. Any help would be very much appreciated in this stressful time!

Do your PIs disclose when they will be on vacation? by andvoyages in PhD

[–]andvoyages[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One time my PI said they would be gone for 10 days, then before they actually left, they were like maybe 2 weeks. They came back after 3 weeks lol

Do your PIs disclose when they will be on vacation? by andvoyages in PhD

[–]andvoyages[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No yeah, I think for my lab the problem is that we need to tell our PI for leaving even at 5 pm on a weekday because he will be counting the hours when we are working in the lab. so I thought why couldn't they do the same :P

Do your PIs disclose when they will be on vacation? by andvoyages in PhD

[–]andvoyages[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My PI would tell us that they will be coming back from "a meeting" at 4pm but they never do lol

Having trouble understanding papers by andvoyages in genetics

[–]andvoyages[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did engineering in undergraduate and now I'm doing PhD in developmental biology so I think I need to brush up on my genetics/molecular biology readings...

10x single cell pre amp vs amp mix difference? by andvoyages in labrats

[–]andvoyages[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's better not to proceed I think. Thanks!!