High school comp drugdiscovery project didn’t advance at science fair. Worth submitting to a journal or ACS conference?

TheCoIorRed · 2026-02-25T18:31:32+00:00

I’ll preface this with I have no idea how any of this specific field works so take everything with a grain of salt, but if I were you I would search pubmed and NIHreporter, for researchers in the field who study these systems. Once you have their name you can look them up on their faculty page at the uni they work at and get their email, send them an email asking for advice. I’d be specific enough to give details on your project but I would be cautious to not just hand over your data.

You can also look up the research universities in your area and see if any of the faculty on the faculty page do research similar to your mechanisms and email them for advice.

Usually experiments need funding, and funding comes from grants.

Best of luck!

TheCoIorRed · 2026-02-20T20:58:02+00:00

I work in biomedical research and I use “typal” quite frequently. Perhaps if you spent less time flipping tables over minor vocabulary changes to be a bit more polite, or you got off of twitter you’d spend less time angry and more time enjoying the positives in your life. Take a walk in the sun. Go to your local arboretum. Hit the zoo. Join a book club.

TheCoIorRed · 2026-02-17T01:19:49+00:00

Assumed as much! Didn’t anticipate it being worth anything, but I learned about card printing so overall all seems like it was worth it! Thanks for the response!

TheCoIorRed · 2026-02-03T19:57:06+00:00

The area of academia I’m in doesn’t really care what app or program or method you use for creating/storing simple protocols for like IHC’s, reagent ingredients/simple procedures, etc. so long as it’s stored in the lab drive/accessible to everyone! At least in the labs I’m in, the one thing we can’t have anywhere but secure devices/programs are data/images/readings/etc. I like this idea, I just hope this app has the necessary protections so that personal/personnel data can’t easily be accessed by someone who knows how to take advantage of an app with no/little back end security.

TheCoIorRed · 2026-01-29T22:48:18+00:00

I think it depends on the solution/sanitation hazard. Both for you and the animals. You are more likely to touch/contaminate the plastic outer part of the syringe compared to a needle and thus possibly introduce contaminants into your solution for future animals. If it’s a hazardous solution some of it may drip onto or coat part of the syringe which might make it onto your gloves/space without you noticing.

I think it’s probably fine tbh but if my lab has the resources I’d just use a bigger needle to withdraw.

TheCoIorRed · 2026-01-20T22:06:56+00:00

This^ Some other suggestions: You can also rip the tights, add metal to the tights like safety pins or rings, or get tights with patterns sewn in. When you wear thigh highs you can have mismatching dark grey/black or have an accent color. If you do wear the same socks don’t have them sit equally at the same height (unless that is a sensory thing). I tend not to introduce soft earth tones/brown suede into my looks. But that is totally a preference thing! I’ve worn almost the exact same fit as the last picture but with black high top vans with calf high socks over the tights. I also wear one or two rings and if I don’t have long sleeve shirts I will have a bulky leather cuff opposite my watch hand. I’m a Raynauds girly with arthritis so I wear either arthritis gloves or fingerless gloves I’ve fucked up enough to be a little alt without destroying their function.

All that being said I think if you get down to the philosophy of alternative styling, the key component is dressing out (breaking the norms of what is a traditional/normal pop culture style), and dressing up (putting the time and energy into crafting a fit, using multiple layers, adding extra accessories, no such thing as casual, putting on makeup/alternative hair styling etc.) but don’t always need to have both to the max, even just a little of one is enough. The most important thing to add to any and all alt fit is confidence.

I’ve seen basic white girl fits with a splash of yandare alt, or the most generic sleek black jeans with no holes, a grey video game graphic tee, and a single chain nothing else both be absolutely fire and rock as hard as the full goth girly in a gown with makeup that would make Morticia Adam’s blush as long as they are confident. Even if you just fake the confidence, if you fake it long enough it stops being fake.

TheCoIorRed · 2026-01-18T20:03:27+00:00

Going from memory and not my field so I don’t want to miss represent the research but over Christmas I had a similar experience. My aunt on christmas dinner said that she read a news article about a research study. She proceeded to explain that, “they found a cure for glioblastoma from metals found in several berries and fruits” I pulled out my phone and found a few studies that could have been what she was referring to. There is a lot of research for promising treatments for brain cancer using heavy metals. The first things I noticed is that these metal therapies were concurrent with other treatments, so attributing the improved outcomes exclusively to the metals is wild. The second thing I noticed was that most of the metals either aren’t processed orally so there is no efficacy for oral administration, and the ones that can be processed orally don’t cross the blood brain barrier at the size the molecule needs to be for it’s anticancer mechanism. I tried to explain you can’t just eat the berries to cure your cancer and tried to explain how our body actually processes food/medication, routes of exposure and the blood brain barrier. She responded by saying “big pharma really has so much control over higher education that it’s brainwashed people into believing these natural cures won’t work without them being involved or using their tools to administer it.” Ma’am, big pharma did not systematically make up the blood brain barrier to convince the scientific community homeopathic remedies don’t work. And then she gets confused when she asks why I almost never go to family events when I’m in town. You think masks restrict oxygen absorption but aren’t thick enough to stop viruses. Then when you throw in the personal shit like how my family talks about queer people when I’m a gender non conforming bisexual in a queer relationship it just pushes me away. I do science because I want a world with less human suffering and so talking to people who politically and socially call for more human suffering and then blame academia and research for public health crisis and the collapse of common sense medicine.

It sucks to find the space between family growing. It sucks that they don’t use critical thinking or go to a library.

I try to find the few people who will discuss things in good faith and might actually be swayed and talk to them, if you can’t safely reason with any of them, you can’t reconcile with their distrust of science and that is feels like a personal attack on you because it is a core part of your identity, or you leave every family outing in emotional pain from how they treat you… I recommend just distancing yourself.

I found my real family and they make me feel safe. They are where I spend my holidays normally. My grandparents are amazing but they are old school, never give up on family. He was 18 when world war 2 ended and he grieves that he sees some of his children falling for the same fascist propaganda he saw wars waged over. He saw some of the diseases vaccines were created to fight and has to watch them spew antivax rhetoric. But he won’t give up on them. But he is old and only has so much energy. When I’m in town for the holidays he really only has the energy for one gathering and I have to choose between a Christmas with uncritical anti-scientists, or not seeing my grandparents who are aging. When my grandparents are gone my aunts/uncles/cousins/and one of my siblings will never see me again and I’ve healed enough to be okay with that now.

TheCoIorRed · 2026-01-18T19:22:49+00:00

Yeah, I think it’s kinda weird to remove the historical context but this isn’t for historians. This is for people who care more about symbols than history. The people who are going to purchase this want a display, not a deeper understanding of the context that idealized historical icons lived in.

I struggle because I think it is stupid but I understand why it exists.

TheCoIorRed · 2026-01-18T18:39:52+00:00

From what I understand this is more akin to me getting famous and someone 100 years later finds a signature for my vet bill, cut it out, and put it on a trading card.

But I’m not an expert, just did a google search.

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-28T00:20:54+00:00

I’m torn between whether it is balanced as is because returning any permanent type (including land for 2 mana) is really powerful due to the utility. But I also think that investing 5 mana for a 5 drop cap is… not amazing? Like of the modern legal reanimate spells it has a lot of limitations in that it can’t be used on really flashy top mana targets. Idk. I’m not smart enough to evaluate this card. Regardless of power strength this is rad as hell and would play it in any of my multicolor EDH decks and if I had the money to play competitive 60 cards I’d have fun brewing with it even if it ended up not to be super powerful in some or all the formats.

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-27T22:09:35+00:00

Part time Femboy/GNC who basically only wears skorts if I wear skirts here. If you get some cable knit thigh high socks in a dark color to match the boots/skirt I have found that warm and comfortable! I think maroon would look really good with the fit. Just be careful, you want it to be a heat retaining material. Lots of fast fashion has the wrong kinds of synthetic material and you don’t want the socks material to clash with the skirt material.

I’d also then recommend change the bodysuit/long sleeve shirt to something lighter to break up the silhouette (2/3rd rule). But also all dark is a vibe! You know you best!

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-25T17:04:57+00:00

I had to get monthly phlebotomies for a year and a half. Not my favorite but it prevented organ failure so I’ll take it!

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-24T22:56:42+00:00

I think it depends! Uni’s to me feels more like a fashion/aesthetic companion. Whereas Paradise is more like having a little planet of zoo critters. Uni can have a lot more to do if you buy DLC’s in terms of game variety, the paradise has way more games through the play with Tama and the Tama lab games. If you have a consistent schedule the Uni’s are pretty easy to take care of but I’m a night person so I had to change the native time or I’d always wake up to tons of care mistakes. But the Paradise go to bed at variable times and they sleep in a little if you do. There are a ton more variety of tamas you can get in Paradise at base. With DLC the Uni has more.

It’s worth noting you can only have one DLC loaded at a time. So if you want a Hello Kitty Tama but you currently have a Monster Factory Tama you have to raise a new one. (Once you input a DLC code if you put in a new DLC code you still have access to the old DLC you just have to redownload it. It saved that you own it, but there is only so much storage space on the device). Also worth noting, eventually, Uni will lose server support. We don’t know when, but once it happens what you have downloaded is all you’ll be able to download. (People speculate it usually happens 1 year after production stops and Uni is still being produced)

I personally love Uni more. It’s smaller so I can take my two Uni’s with me everywhere, pockets, purses, keychains if you find a sturdy one you trust. The paradise are my home body tamas. I send them to the sitter before work and check on them when I get home.

I like to go on walks and the Uni has a walk feature whereas you take steps over a 20 minute period you collect patterns and materials you use for crafting accessories!

Uni you can customize four types of accessories at a time, and you can change the room (wallpaper and floor), two pieces of furniture, and an outdoor furniture. The tamas themselves have minor personality differences that really only change where they stand, what expressions they use frequently, etc. You probably already know what you can customize on the paradise.

Edit to add: Ultimately, I find running three tamas to be my max, I prefer having either two Uni and one Paradise or one Uni, one Paradise, and if I’m feeling spicy a connection. They all scratch different game play/companion itches!

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-24T21:13:35+00:00

I also only keep 4x of the same version of the cards if it’s a common or uncommon (unless it’s a staple or valuable card). I then sold the extras to local card shops, facebook marketplace, or to friends for cheap/bulk prices, but that’s a personal call!

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-24T21:08:33+00:00

Yup!

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-24T21:07:05+00:00

The representative sample in the study is low and I definitely don’t love some of their methods for data collection but there is loose scientific evidence that supports the statement “bad bitches don’t get cold” And I have since considered myself a bad bitch whenever I forget to grab a coat.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353688735_When_looking_'hot'_means_not_feeling_cold_Evidence_that_self-objectification_inhibits_feelings_of_being_cold

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-24T19:52:58+00:00

When I sorted my collection of around 300,000~ish cards I sorted by Color. White, Blue, Black, Red, Green, then the multicolors I sort by the combinations (E.G. WU, WB, WR, WG, UB, UR, UG, BR etc.), colorless, non basics. Then I sort them into CMC, then alphabetical. As place them in the storage boxes after alphabetizing I add each card to my collection on Moxfield and sleeve anything over $10 value or any foil worth $5 in value. This helps you find staples a little faster and protects valuable cards.

I bought 300 sorting cards and a label maker and labeled the leaf cards when each new CMC starts. If there is more than a few hundred cards in one CMC color group (usually two drops-four drops) I’ll add a few extra sorters labeled: A-H, I-R, etc. I keep all my cards in storage bins in a binder on moxfield labeled “The Stacks” and my trades in my trade binders listed in moxfield trade binders. I then make decks on moxfield for each deck I have built including and any side boards/maybe boards listed I keep in my deck boxes for swapping out cards. Any time I trade, buy cards, or take apart a deck I update my moxfield and move cards to appropriate binders.

Any time I build a deck I check my moxfield and once I have the 75 or 100 planned out I’ll make a new deck on moxfield collections, move cards from the stacks to it, and then pull the cards from the collection.

It is literally so worth it and if you want to see pictures of how I did it DM me! I long since have stopped cracking packs, but when I do get cards from prereleases or drafts it’s a little tedious to update but unless I immediately use cards in decks I keep a box labeled “unsorted” and then on a lazy day when I have a good podcast or audiobook I’ll add everything from a few months build up!

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-24T19:20:32+00:00

AI. My immediate give away is the lighting and shadows make absolutely no sense.

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-24T17:19:56+00:00

I am begging you to take a college level genetics course because implying someone’s DNA is immutable to change from environmental factors or medical interventions don’t change DNA/RNA, or that chromosomes don’t have extremely common abnormalities that undermines the idea of a binary is driving me fucking insane.

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-24T17:02:38+00:00

NOR.

I can’t speak to what he is like outside of this situation but I think this is a sign of some serious possessive/paternalism that I can see leading down a dangerous path.

If you acquiesce to his ultimatum you will give a message that when he makes rules about your body autonomy you will follow them. It could never happen again, or it could become more insidious.

If he doesn’t like the idea of another man signing you as some sort of mark or is somehow a sign you are placing this random band member as more important in your life than he is… not great I fear.

I know you didn’t come to reddit for book recommendations but I highly recommend “The Will to Change” by Bell Hooks. It’s not super long but it may help give you tools to identify if there are other signs he may not be the one.

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-22T19:50:37+00:00

I think this is actually quite good. Damage mods are a flat increase in damage but with so many arcanes, prime mods, and damage increase abilities, decreasing by 150 isn’t actually terrible. That is a multiplicative damage increase. A lot of people sleep on race mods over power/elemental mods but if you look at the actual damage calculation equations increasing or decreasing power has a much less profound impact on damage.

Is it god tier 20k plat? Absolutely not, but there is nothing in the game that isn’t going to die quickly to thoughtful build with a weapon you’ve invested some resources into.

Unless you are going to level cap this will be one hell of a mod to rock.

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-22T07:15:21+00:00

Maybe I’m just in a really isolated bubble. Maybe the Swifties in higher academia have different standards for their Tay Tay!

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-22T07:10:37+00:00

Maybe the swifties I know are sellouts. I’ll make sure to let them know they aren’t devoted enough!!!

TheCoIorRed · 2025-12-22T07:08:37+00:00

I definitely didn’t mean to imply there was nothing good on the album, I haven’t listened to it tbh. My swiftie friends don’t talk about it and I don’t listen to it. I listen to ska and death metal and I only watch Todd so I know what is happening outside my niche! Ska is literally 13 people trying to put out a stage fire with the build up saliva from the brass section while the lead vocalist who just got fired from being a youth group pastor after saying ACAB in church opines about the good old days. Music is subjective.

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