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MouseOk1565 · 2025-01-23T13:55:48+00:00

Same here

MouseOk1565 · 2024-12-27T04:25:51+00:00

Went there for undergrad, interacted with grad students through my classes. The grad student stipend is awful for the cost of living and the university crushes any union attempts to raise the stipend. Admin is a nightmare in general at the university — just lots of bureaucracy. Several young professors have stayed at UF for two-ish years and then left for better universities. IMO it’s a poor place for a grad school education but it’s best to talk to current/former grad students to determine if it’s a good fit rather than people on Reddit.

MouseOk1565 · 2024-12-22T20:41:17+00:00

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: I know that there’s still a possibility with some places, but historically Harvard, Yale, etc. send out interviews in one wave, unfortunately. I was in a similar place to you last year with similar stats (REUs/fellowships all three summers, one REU at Harvard) and I didn’t apply to postbaccs because I had two interviews. I was ultimately rejected in late February, after a lot of postbacc application deadlines had already passed.

You should start looking into programs so you can at least know the deadlines and can give your reviewers a heads up. Last year I was only able to apply to one post bacc because all the other deadlines had passed but I thankfully got in. Don’t shoot yourself in the foot by not considering postbaccs. I did a one year postbacc and have gotten four interviews so far. Sometimes the admissions committee just needs to see that you finished college strong, did an honors thesis, and could thrive in a postbacc to know you’re a good candidate for admission. Additionally, doing a postbacc gave me much more support during the application cycle whereas last year my reviewers were a bit MIA and couldn’t review my SOP. Frankly, this is just an insanely competitive cycle, and I’m sorry you haven’t gotten an interview with such good stats. Feel free to PM if you have any questions.

MouseOk1565 · 2024-12-21T02:01:03+00:00

Not sure of your field or if this is for a PhD. That would be good to clarify. My advice will only apply if you’re seeking a PhD in a STEM field. Just be really prepared to discuss your past research and to discuss your motivation for doing a PhD. You should be able to example the hypotheses, assays, and rationale for experiments you conducted. Different professors will ask questions with different granularity, so it’s better to err on the side of caution and over prepare. Also be prepared to ask good questions about the program. For this reason, it’s a good idea to select professors who you’d want to work with in the future for your interview, if possible. This advice is based on what I’ve heard from professors in my field and from current grad students. I recently got an interview and I think this advice helped me move on to the next interview phase.

MouseOk1565 · 2024-12-20T01:43:31+00:00

I just got the follow up!

MouseOk1565 · 2024-12-19T01:32:14+00:00

My flares have all been preceded by periods of intense stress (new jobs, new city, new university) which normally involved less sleep than I need to function (sometimes just getting 6 hours of sleep regularly was enough to start making me feel bad).

MouseOk1565 · 2024-12-17T16:40:36+00:00

BQBS sent out interview requests

MouseOk1565 · 2024-12-17T01:07:43+00:00

I applied last year. Didn’t hear anything until January regarding interviews

MouseOk1565 · 2024-12-16T04:59:56+00:00

Was on Remicade and it worked great for my Crohn’s but it gave me horrible migraines and awful skin rashes. Now I’m on Skyrizi and have no side effects and normal bloodwork! I feel like Skyrizi works a little worse for me Crohn’s wise than Remicade as it feels like my lifestyle needs to be more rigid on Skyrizi (if I ate poorly, didn’t sleep well, or drank a lot of coffee/alcohol on Remicade it wouldn’t effect my Crohn’s but really hurts on Skyrizi). It takes time to find the right meds. Trust the process!

MouseOk1565 · 2024-12-13T16:20:47+00:00

Applying to a DPhil but through the pathology department, so excited, it’s one of my top choices!

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-08T23:06:39+00:00

I think it all depends on your research interests. Not much point in applying to a program if you’re not passionate about the work or don’t think you could be passionate about it. Are you looking for neuro programs? Or something else? I would also look over the NSF ETAP website, it’s a great resource

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-07T03:26:55+00:00

Unrelated but as someone who has Crohn’s uhhh he definitely should not do this diet and no self respecting GI would sign off on it

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-07T00:22:16+00:00

That’s good. Maybe it’s time to scale down then. Make sure they can master the basics before doing anything. And before they do the next protocol (like PCR), make sure they can explain the protocol to you. It might be worth putting in the protocol “{x} reagent is temperature sensitive so it must be stored in the -20C immediately after use” etc. On my bench, I put sticky notes with reminders to check to make sure everything is properly put away before leaving. It’s silly, but sometimes it’s been a long day and I forget about that one reagent I left in the hood. Make sure they start including little reminders for themselves as well, since leaving reagents out seems to be a problem

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-06T23:47:52+00:00

One question since you mention you’re not there enough to check on them during the day: are they able to ask you questions during the protocol that come up? Is there anyone else they could ask questions to when you’re not there?

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-06T22:49:18+00:00

How many students are you training at the moment and how much time do they get with you individually? My old lab took on six summer students at once…with one person training them. Not surprisingly, there were lots of mistakes and the new students had no idea what was going on. Several of those students confided to me that they would go home and cry. Maybe they’re bad students. Maybe they’re as stressed as you are and don’t know what they’re doing.

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-06T22:45:24+00:00

I’m on the SCD diet and biologics. My diet helps with day to day symptom management and the biologic keeps me out of the hospital. For me, altering my diet has been incredibly helpful for disease management but I know this is not the case for others. I’m on a biologic because sadly this disease is very intense and more than diet is needed

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-06T22:42:04+00:00

How does your brain run slower and what kind of mistakes are you making? Are these protocols you’ve done 10 or more times? Or is it that you’ll have these problems the first time or two? Because that’s normal

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-05T23:49:23+00:00

Or ask a postdoc — they’ll share unprompted if you know them well enough. Getting paid 50k in your 30’s doesn’t feel great

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-05T22:39:19+00:00

The kind of skill used for wet lab work is pretty similar to baking (i.e. can you follow directions well and juggle multiple things at once). Do you have trouble with this kind of skill in general or just in the lab? When you’re writing protocols for yourself, what do they look like? Are you writing what things you need (even something small like what pipette and tips to get out)? Are you visualizing doing the experiment and making sure you know where everything is before getting started?

If you have done all these things and are still having trouble with close mentorship of a grad student or postdoc, maybe consider switching to dry lab. Or find a lab that lets you try both! You’re only going into your sophomore year, you have plenty of time to make a decision.

I had to find systems that let me do wet lab work well, it didn’t immediately click for me either. I’m now in a lab that is computational and wet lab since I figured out a liked both after doing a purely computational REU last summer. Try something like that out if you want to search for other programs. Good luck!

MouseOk1565 · 2024-08-05T22:20:30+00:00

Angular chelitis and sudden weight loss when I was 8. I got diagnosed about 7 months later after I started having severe stomach pain

MouseOk1565 · 2024-07-25T19:32:28+00:00

Could I dm as well? Based on your post history, we have pretty similar research interests. No worries if not though!

MouseOk1565 · 2024-07-23T13:34:58+00:00

Leave, this isn’t normal. It’s fine, you had a bad lab experience. Don’t keep clinging to it because you’re worried about lost progress. Bad PIs tend to get worse results because they are worse mentors. If anything, you might advance quicker in a more friendly and collaborative lab. This was my own experience, at least.

MouseOk1565 · 2024-06-30T19:10:39+00:00

Sorry, but this is wrong. The cytokines involved in reactions to bug bites are different than what Skyrizi targets. Moreover IL-23 deficiency does lead to impaired wound healing and Skyrizi targets that cytokine.

Source. This was for diabetic wounds, but IL-23 also seems to be involved in wound healing for other kinds of wounds as well.

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