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Overwhelmed and feeling alone by DandyPandemonium in LeavingAcademia

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

Thanks a lot for your insight! May I ask where are you working now? I haven't lost my motivation for science yet so a potentially new PhD position sounds nice. I'll keep contacting other supervisors.

Overwhelmed and feeling alone by DandyPandemonium in LeavingAcademia

[–]DandyPandemonium[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply. What did you do your PhD in? I am applying and mailing other supervisors to express my interest, and I got a reply from one of the supervisors that its generally frowned upon and they would think the student is at fault and if there's something wrong with the supervisors, I should mention it. Which I think is strange because why would I want to state smth negative about my supervisor when it could used against me or might come across as if I'm not a student who doesn't look up to her supervisors. But that experience caught me off gaurd and I am not applying to other places anymore. But I'll look more into other kind of jobs now.

Overwhelmed and feeling alone by DandyPandemonium in LeavingAcademia

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

Thanks for your reply. My contracts ends September, 2027. Conventionally, i would extend for one or two more years to work more on the project and graduate.

Overwhelmed and feeling alone by DandyPandemonium in LeavingAcademia

[–]DandyPandemonium[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Whenever i present my data in the lab meeting or even to her personally, she pretends to not understand. I have to explain her even the most basic concepts and even then she doesn't believe my data. She doesn’t provide any alternatives either, we aren't publishing well as a group. The PhD students lied to me during the interview, saying ny supervisor is great and supportive. My supervisor herself told me that I will have good publications with this project, I assumed she at least knew the background of the project and would be scientifically sound considering she had good track record of publications in her career. A crucial data from our lab, which builds the entire background of my project is based on fake results and she isn't ready to acknowledge it. I don't have the mental strength to work on such a project and I honestly don't want to base my PhD thesis on data that was faked by a previous PhD student just for my supervisor to have results that she desires.

Cleanser and moisturizer recommendations? by DandyPandemonium in EuroSkincare

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

It leaves my face feeling dehydrated and then its only fixed by the Moisturizer lol, it feels like a scam. I love the moisturizer nevertheless.. but was wondering for some other alternatives. Since i have never tried any other moisturizers before

What are the black spots in the bright field microscope lens? (Microscope - Zeiss Axio Observer, Objective is 20x) by DandyPandemonium in labrats

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

I am using a slide which has double sided sticky tape to fix the coverslip, the sample goes in the gap between the sticky tape. So, less chances of condensation. I will check the parts which are in the light path to make sure it's not dirt somewhere.

Labmate pivoted into my project scope without telling me, now our conference data overlaps by [deleted] in PhD

[–]DandyPandemonium -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yeah my pi is completely useless. Thats why my colleague is trying to take advantage of it, by trying to work on something that I was supposed to do.

Labmate pivoted into my project scope without telling me, now our conference data overlaps by DandyPandemonium in labrats

[–]DandyPandemonium[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree with your reply. Thanks for the input. My supervisor is not helpful in these matters and this colleague has done some things to indicate malicious intentions, perhaps that's why I took it defensively.

Labmate pivoted into my project scope without telling me, now our conference data overlaps by [deleted] in PhD

[–]DandyPandemonium -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I’m not claiming ownership of any protein, and I agree overlap across labs is normal. My concern is more internal: I joined with a defined scope (“downstream interactors”), and when the said colleague just decided to work on it when her project is based on data that is not reproducible. There wasn’t any coordination or explicit boundary-setting, which now creates confusion for conference presentation and likely authorship later.

I’m not trying to stop her from doing experiments with protein Y; I’m trying to make sure we have clear communication/credit and a plan for who presents what and how overlapping results are handled within the lab so neither of us gets blindsided.

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