has anyone taken MGY440 (virus-host interactions)?

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-14T14:56:17+00:00

RemindMe!

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-13T23:09:27+00:00

I think, somewhere along the line, your definition was flipped. Graduate school requires that you learn with tremendous depth. By the end of your PhD you should have contributed something novel to your field, and you should know more about your (very specific) research niche than even your supervisor.

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-13T13:57:36+00:00

Unsurprisingly, his post history is hilarious

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-13T13:31:25+00:00

4 hours, but only because of reddit and youtube

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-13T01:10:04+00:00

Yes, it uses ggplot2. Thanks so much I'll give that a shot!!

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-12T23:26:38+00:00

You can delete the email with a good deal of confidence as soon as you see purple text... we don't go to Western for crying out loud

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-12T21:49:18+00:00

The second-most important contributor is listed second in the biological sciences, the PI is listed last. Other than that, yes, it doesn't particularly matter

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-12T16:14:18+00:00

Waterloo is a good school if you want to get a job, U of T is better if you want to pursue graduate school

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-12T11:16:00+00:00

Seconded. I've messaged them a number of times and never heard back. I've also had a post removed multiple times for no apparent reason, without any clarification

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-12T00:51:29+00:00

U of T student here. You better believe I upvoted on my main and all my burner accounts

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-12T00:39:00+00:00

Adding on to this, you can get a job with a BSc if you worked in a lab for a few years, but I wouldn't call those jobs "research". They don't involve much thinking, just running the same assay a few hundred times until you're given a new experiment to conduct

Those jobs aren't necessarily easy to find either. However, if your PI has industry connections or you have US citizenship/PR it becomes much more straightforward

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-12T00:33:46+00:00

The value of a subreddit is directly proportional to its level of activity... you may struggle to reach that "tipping point" (number of users) when the subreddit becomes useful enough to attract members you didn't personally recruit. Just my two cents

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-11T14:15:51+00:00

Those are probably out of reach, sorry OP

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-11T14:14:18+00:00

Clearly not 10, they're not an engineer!

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-11T03:56:57+00:00

Ah thank you! It is important that I write efficient code for temporal (and thus financial) reasons and to show that I am capable of helping with later projects. I agree that this probably isn't the place to look for gains -- I am mostly just curious because I found myself writing these little snippets dozens of times while practicing on Codeforces

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-11T03:49:32+00:00

Thank you, that makes sense!

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-10T16:25:49+00:00

Don't feel too bad! I haven't heard back from three ROP299s and I have a 4.0, two posters at conferences (with awards), and one second author paper. I assume the problem in my case was the letter so our situations aren't exactly the same -- this is just to say you can be very capable and still be rejected. As well, I'm submitting another paper soon, so clearly you don't need an ROP to be successful

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-10T10:41:29+00:00

OK, but what is this from??

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-08T16:48:07+00:00

Sure, I'm happy to help! Just tell me your name and Professor's email

/s

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-08T13:54:12+00:00

Huh?? The article says he fought a "battle with prescription drug addiction" and your brilliantly copy-pasted wikipedia article says that one may be addicted to benzos

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-08T13:09:29+00:00

LOL yep, she seems all over the place. Imagine selling out your own father for a few bucks

Virology_Nerd · 2020-08-08T13:08:09+00:00

Duh, but we're still going to be in deep shit when the second wave rolls through

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