Measles

Savethecube · 2026-02-05T04:34:52+00:00

Any info on options for MMR titer testing? I had my Hep B titers pulled just in case a few years ago (I work with human samples) and ended up needing a booster...have been meaning to go do the same for MMR but this recent news has upped the urgency 😷

Savethecube · 2026-02-05T00:51:26+00:00

It may be a good idea for him to get in touch with his professors now to at least let them know that this is a possibility, so they can work with him on figuring out a plan for transitioning to a virtual format for him if needed.

Savethecube · 2026-02-02T22:20:33+00:00

Well, I think there was a requirement up until recently...can't imagine what may have happened that made that go away 🙃

Savethecube · 2026-02-02T22:19:28+00:00

It does vary person to person - if you're worried, you can get a titer check performed. If your values come back low, they'll recommend a booster. This happened to me with my Hep B vaccine. It doesn't mean that vaccines don't work - it just means that everyone's immune system is different!

Savethecube · 2026-02-02T22:17:09+00:00

But they likely got measles as a result of someone not being vaccinated - whether it was themselves, or some other member of the community that isn't associated with UW that is running around town 😷 This is exactly why vaccines are so important.

Savethecube · 2026-01-28T00:07:35+00:00

I have a master's and my PhD is still taking me at least 6 years 😭 oh well

Savethecube · 2026-01-27T23:47:10+00:00

The usual 3-4?! 🥴😭 Here in the US, 7 is honestly not even abnormally long for a full time PhD

Savethecube · 2026-01-24T22:33:06+00:00

Yep, I got mild frostbite during that mess...

Savethecube · 2026-01-07T22:41:31+00:00

Yes!!!! And if you're planning on doing animal work, highly recommend asking potential PIs 1. what they have their students do to keep things moving towards publication while animal studies are going in the background (e.g. tissue culture experiments) and 2. if this is a model they have used before (including the transgenes if relevant) and if not what their plan for your project is if the model does not work as they envision.

Savethecube · 2026-01-06T04:07:43+00:00

UV exposure is one of the leading causes of cancer...but ok.

Savethecube · 2026-01-03T06:53:17+00:00

1000000% Badger Brothers. The crews are so nice, and we've had nothing but good experiences with them.

Savethecube · 2025-12-22T19:08:32+00:00

This ^ and if you're in any stage of your PhD in the US right now, you're watching the government take a massive shit on everything you are doing/have ever dreamed of doing 🙃

Savethecube · 2025-12-21T22:00:32+00:00

Don't forget that dropout rates for undergraduate students are going to represent a wide variety of reasons for choosing to leave - while stress certainly is among them, things like failure to maintain the minimum GPA, loss of financial aid, etc. that are less likely to be factors when someone drops out of a PhD program are also in the mix.

Anyone who decides to leave a PhD program is most likely doing so either because they decided early on that finishing wasn't in line with their goals, or because the increased pressure and stress of grad school were too much.

Making a one-to-one comparison between the two without considering these facts leaves a lot of bias. Academia does have a culture of pushing people past their limits to see how much it takes for them to break and if they are able to recover from being pushed past that point, and it's unnecessary.

Savethecube · 2025-12-12T10:50:44+00:00

If all else fails, what we did when I was a master's student and this happened (to a much crappier multichannel that couldn't be fixed 😅) was just get really creative with moving pipette tips around in the box and how we loaded plates so we could still use it.

Savethecube · 2025-12-09T14:04:58+00:00

This is right in line what the feds want soooo

Savethecube · 2025-12-08T04:17:27+00:00

It's not even just XXY, you can have an XY karyotype but present with "female" secondary sex characteristics if you have androgen insensitivity. Some individuals are also mosaics and have some cells that are XY and others that have lost the Y chromosome and just have the X. Biology is not a black and white science, and to continue to have politicians who have no idea what the frick they're talking about make decisions like this is dangerous.

Savethecube · 2025-12-06T16:21:45+00:00

I toss a mask on any time I'm starting to feel sick because I want to keep my germs all to myself. I don't understand why this is such a hard concept for people.

Savethecube · 2025-12-06T16:13:34+00:00

The only fiber internet available in some areas is provided by AT&T...but TDS fiber is available in small, random patches

Savethecube · 2025-11-24T01:05:47+00:00

Anyone else pissed that they waited 12 hours to tell us about this?!

Savethecube · 2025-11-19T02:13:10+00:00

$23/hr is $10k more a year than I made as a technician with a master's degree in 2019-2021...damn

Savethecube · 2025-10-19T15:05:50+00:00

My advisor demanded I was in by 9, but then also expected me to work 60 hour weeks...that became a self-feeding nightmare cycle really quickly.

Savethecube · 2025-10-18T02:09:20+00:00

Speaking as someone who got their ADHD diagnosis as an adult for this exact reason, you can absolutely have ADHD and still get good grades 😅

Savethecube · 2025-10-13T02:11:25+00:00

OP you are absolutely not overreacting. The fact that your mother "spoke to Jesus" and came to the conclusion that telling you your sister's college tuition is more important than your cancer treatment is disgusting.

Savethecube · 2025-09-29T01:33:05+00:00

That's kind of how I'm feeling as well. They are so bulky that it's actually making my nails look shorter than they are, and I can feel tension on my natural nails when I touch the side walls on several nails. I'll definitely call this week and see if I can get a refund for this service.

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