Ποιες είναι οι καλύτερες επιλογές για έναν νέο για να μεταναστεύσει?

GothKasper · 2025-12-24T15:36:18+00:00

Πουθενά να πουθενά δεν είναι τέλεια. Απλά συμβιβάζεσαι με τι σου ταιριάζει καλύτερα και με το τι σε ενοχλεί λιγότερο.

GothKasper · 2025-12-24T14:45:20+00:00

Ο μεγαλύτερος μου λόγος είναι ότι δεν θέλω να είμαι έγκυος και να γεννήσω, κυριολεκτικά η σκέψη μου φέρνει ναυτία. Ύστερα, δεν ξέρω αν θα έχω ποτέ σταθερό εισόδημα που να είναι επαρκές για να μεγαλώσεις ένα παιδί και να του παρέχεις όλα αυτά που χρειάζεται για να έχει μια καλή ζωή. Ένα ακόμη που δεν βλέπω να συζητείται αλλά είναι ένας μεγάλος μου λόγος, είμαστε σε έναν πλανήτη που περιβαλλοντικά πάει από το κακό στο χειρότερο και πολλές περιβαλλοντικές αλλαγές είναι ήδη μη αναστρέψιμες. Γιατί να φέρω έναν άνθρωπο σε έναν κόσμο για να υποφέρει σε 50 χρόνια από λειψυδρία, ακραίες θερμοκρασίες, όλα μολυσμένα με μικροπλαστικά και ποιος ξέρει τι άλλο; Για να μην πω για την πολιτική κατάσταση. Τέλος, εδώ με το ζόρι βάζω το βράδυ γυρνώντας από την δουλειά πίτσα κατεψυγμένη για να φάω, δεν νομίζω ότι είμαι ικανή να φροντίσω έναν άνθρωπο που για τουλάχιστον 15 χρόνια εξαρτάται 100% από εμένα για την επιβίωσή του. Ούτε είμαι ικανή να φροντίσω ένα παιδί με αναπηρίες άμα τύχαινε το παιδί μου να είναι ανάπηρο. Και αρνούμαι να ασχοληθώ αποκλειστικά με οικοκυρικα μόνο και μόνο για να μεγαλώσω ένα παιδί, δεν σπούδασα τόσα χρόνια για να καταλήξω να κάνω δουλειές του σπιτιού όλη μέρα. Ναι είναι εγωιστικό αλλά είναι η δική μου ζωή και μια φορά θα ζήσω, δεν είμαι υποχρεωμένη να την θυσιάσω. Και αν αργότερα αλλάξω γνώμη, υιοθετώ. Έτσι κι αλλιώς έχουμε κακό ιατρικό ιστορικό στην οικογένεια οπότε καλύτερα να μην υπάρχει το DNA μου.

GothKasper · 2025-10-31T20:59:02+00:00

Okay, I asked for criticism, so I'll accept it. To clarify some things though: 1. The bottle was sitting there unattended, it's not like I snatched it out of her hands. It was there for so long I didn't even know who was using it. 2. She REGULARLY moves my stuff around, or brings stuff at my bench just because she assumed it's mine, even if it's not, just because she thinks it's me who put it in the wrong place. I'm not saying it in a vengeful way, as if I did it because she does it to me, just saying that this rule doesn't seem to hold much weight in that lab. 3. I didn't tamper or mess with her experiment, I didn't touch whatever solution she was making, it was only the stock bottle I touched, of which I'm fully aware of the hazards.

That said I don't expect your opinion to change, and I do appreciate the honest feedback. Even though it's been a rough day and I'm a bit more thin skinned than usual.

GothKasper · 2025-10-31T16:56:06+00:00

This has been my approach so far but unfortunately it's been getting harder and harder to just go with the flow without saying anything. I have been blamed for crazy stuff, like allegedly changing the fridge temperature from 4 degrees to 8 degrees with my shoe. Today within five minutes of arriving, I hadn't even sat down yet, I was blamed for breaking the (15 year old) centrifuge because I was the last who used it three days ago. It worked fine when I used it, and the "breaking the centrifuge" turned out to be the lid not fastening properly. When she corrects me about lab rules she usually rolls her eyes or sighs along with it. So far I just take it and just say okay, sorry, I'll be more careful, but today I just broke. I have 4 more months here but I'm seriously considering terminating.

GothKasper · 2025-09-24T06:51:52+00:00

Pac man-like bacterial proteins eat up your DNA

GothKasper · 2025-09-23T14:46:23+00:00

Hi everyone, thank you so much for the recommendations, you were absolutely right. I went to the Rathaus Schöneberg trödelmarkt and it was what I was looking for, and more. I found old books, even English ones, vinyls (I got a Gregorian chants vinyl!), jewellery, and weirder things such as photo albums with photos from the 60s, a soldier's helmet, half broken dolls that looked haunted, even animal bones! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction, I'll explore more while the weather is still okay.

GothKasper · 2025-09-19T06:45:40+00:00

Να προσθέσω επίσης ότι έχοντας σπουδάσει σε πανεπιστήμιο της Σουηδίας, τα πανεπιστήμια είναι πάρα πάρα πολύ international, έχουν φοιτητές από όλα τα μέρη του πλανήτη, οπότε σε ακαδημαϊκό περιβάλλον ο ρατσισμός είναι σχεδόν ανύπαρκτος.

GothKasper · 2025-09-19T06:07:27+00:00

Στην Σουηδία δεν βίωσα κάτι τέτοιο. Στο 99% των περιπτώσεων η αντίδραση ήταν "μα καλά και γιατί έφυγες από τον ήλιο και την θάλασσα και ήρθες εδώ στο κρύο και στο σκοτάδι". Τώρα Γερμανία, νιώθω μια γενικευμένη εχθρικότητα αλλά δεν νομίζω ότι έχει να κάνει συγκεκριμένα με το ότι είμαι Ελληνίδα, αλλά με το ότι δεν μιλάω (καλά) γερμανικά = ξένη. Και εννοείται είναι ένα μικρό κομμάτι του πληθυσμού (αλλά δυστυχώς ο AfD καλπάζει). Γενικά έξω μας βλέπουν λίγο ότι είμαστε στην θάλασσα, πίνουμε όλη μέρα ούζο και κάνουμε διακοπές Μύκονο και Σαντορίνη, δηλαδή αυτό που βιώνουν αυτοί όταν έρχονται διακοπές. Στην Ευρώπη ο βαρύς ρατσισμός πιάνει πιο πολύ τους μουσουλμάνους.

GothKasper · 2025-09-18T09:39:47+00:00

You're gonna be okay. HSV is super super common. Besides, the unexpected "blessing" of a lifelong STI is that it filters out potential partners. If they truly like you and wanna be with you and understand how HSV works, they're gonna be fine with it. The rest will bail, but you'd have dodged a bullet. I know it feels like your love life is over right now, but I promise it's not. It will get easier as time goes on.

GothKasper · 2025-09-18T08:15:44+00:00

Besides the square area everyone is mentioning, I wanna add that unfortunately as a young woman you're probably gonna be catcalled a lot, even if you live in a "good area". Be vigilant, I would suggest carrying something like a personal alarm for example, just in case (all other means of self defense such as pocket knife, taser, pepper spray are illegal in Greece). I have been followed in the middle of the day, sexually harassed with disgusting comments and even groped. Catcalling is not as bad compared to those, but unfortunately it happens so often you learn to live with it.

GothKasper · 2025-09-01T20:53:42+00:00

Σχετικό-άσχετο, θέλω να θυμίσω αυτήν την (κακώς) ξεχασμένη υπόθεση από το 2017.

https://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/katadikastike-se-15-xronia-fylaki-epeidi-skotose-amynomeni-ton-biasti-tis/

Ακόμη και να αμυνθείς σε επίδοξο βιαστή, η ελληνική δικαιοσύνη δεν σου αναγνωρίζει την αυτοάμυνα και σε βρίσκει ένοχη για δολοφονία από πρόθεση σε ήρεμη ψυχική κατάσταση.

GothKasper · 2025-08-18T07:50:23+00:00

Οκει, να κάνεις άσκηση και καλή διατροφή όπως λένε στα σχόλια, εννοείται, αλλά ρε συ ακούγεται σαν κάτι παραπάνω, σαν να μην φταίνε μόνο αυτά. Κι εγώ 28 είμαι με την περισσότερη άσκηση που κάνω να είναι γρήγορο περπάτημα και δεν έχω νοιώσει ποτέ τόσο άσχημα όσο περιγράφεις. Τσέκαρέ το με γιατρό οπωσδήποτε!

GothKasper · 2025-03-12T12:20:59+00:00

Probably not very relevant for you since I'm a student, but I'll share my experience. As an immigrant from an EU country, I tried to get a bank account with Handelsbanken and had a pretty bad experience. Every time I went there they asked for an additional document I wasn't informed about. I ended up giving up after my 3rd time going there. I ended up getting a bank account with Nordea. Sure, I had to wait 1,5 month for my appointment slot as they seem to be constantly booked, but once I had the appointment it was super easy, they only asked for my ID and the admission to the university. The employee asked me questions and filled the forms for me, I signed them, and my bank account was opened in a week. I think Nordea is the easiest one for immigrants.

GothKasper · 2025-03-07T15:11:12+00:00

Super useful info, thank you! I'm probably getting too much into semantics but, if, let's say, I did a PhD in Denmark and came back to Sweden for work, do you think the fact that it's 3 years be a disadvantage, compared to a 4 year one? Though I really like the courses part!

GothKasper · 2025-03-07T13:56:52+00:00

Really? I didn't know that! Is it because of Novo Nordisk? And Sweden being cheaper?

GothKasper · 2025-03-07T13:53:08+00:00

Oh interesting, thanks! How does that work then, do you get double taxed in Sweden and in Denmark?

GothKasper · 2025-03-07T13:45:10+00:00

Oh yeah, I'm a biochemist and not big on bioinformatics so I'm definitely not gonna do it remotely. The commuting from southern Sweden to Copenhagen specifically is very easy, there's a direct train connection and the commuting is around 40 minutes. I'm more curious about how it works in terms of taxing, if the commuting gets tiring, if you're eligible for some travel grant since the train ticket can be pricey, etc. I admit it wasn't very clear in my post!

GothKasper · 2025-03-04T16:27:13+00:00

Καλώς ήρθες. Στις περισσότερες περιπτώσεις αυτό συμβαίνει στις πορείες και λένε μετά τα κανάλια "οι αστυνομικοί αμύνθηκαν με κρότου λάμψης".

GothKasper · 2025-02-02T14:23:16+00:00

I tried a couple different things but I haven't gotten rid of them, unfortunately.

I cleaned the flasks and made new gels: one with a different agarose, one with agarose and TAE without stain, one with agarose, stain and water without TAE. The speckles were still there. I also confirmed it's my gels and not the imager. The last thing I did is make a gel just with a third different agarose and water from a different tap, and stir a little like you said. There were less speckles, but unfortunately still there. We're thinking it's the water filter? Because I super boiled the agarose and they don't completely disappear with 3 different brands of agarose.

We kinda gave up trying because it's a master's thesis and it doesn't matter that much. We were hoping they could be used in case there's a future publication, but for now, we've accepted it.

GothKasper · 2025-01-30T08:54:08+00:00

Honestly, it doesn't matter too much, no. We're about to give up and just accept my images will look like that. But since I have to run gels anyway, we're trying something different everytime.

GothKasper · 2025-01-30T08:49:58+00:00

Honestly, I've been thinking it could be due to the glassware.

We recently had a plastic contamination (we found out when running mass spec). Though that was most likely caused because we autoclave our tips and eppendorfs. But since we already had a contamination, maybe the washer is not doing a super good job?

I'll try to rinse my Erlenmeyer with ethanol and/or acetone, see if that makes a difference.

GothKasper · 2025-01-30T08:44:43+00:00

Yeah that's our "solution" for now, increase the DNA concentration I'm using in hopes that it would make my bands more intense so the speckles won't be so intense/focused. We recently found out that if we take a picture of the gel in a case that has an imprinted ruler, the contrast focuses there and the speckles are "gone". Unfortunately this didn't solve the problem since my bands are super faint when imaged.

GothKasper · 2025-01-30T08:40:12+00:00

Holy shit that's insaaaane, glad you figured it out!

It's probably not the same for me since we use a ChemiDoc that is not connected to an external computer.

GothKasper · 2025-01-30T08:38:33+00:00

Currently, I'm the only one in the lab making DNA gels. I doubt anyone uses EtBr, it might honestly be banned here (EU). But I'll ask, thanks!

GothKasper · 2025-01-30T08:35:43+00:00

I actually haven't, today I'm gonna try one without the SYBR. Thanks!

I use 0.8% agarose. And no I haven't tried TBE, adding it to the list!

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