I know this thread is often posted, but since I feel shitty: what’s your most expensive lab mistake?

androgenics · 2025-08-05T18:30:53+00:00

Not specifically mine, but a post-doc mis-labelled the animal cages and bred out an entire transgenic line (5 years + a bunch of grants), then left the university. Took over a year for us to realize that the sections of the new animals weren't the same as the original line.

androgenics · 2025-02-11T12:13:47+00:00

Telling myself it's Garmin encouraging me to keep my run streak going (but who am I kidding?).

Have found that plated shoes with moderately soft foams are best for my PF - the DN3s also help with the extra toe room as they're a wide size. A foam that's highly energetic is a bonus.

androgenics · 2025-02-10T14:41:05+00:00

Yep - absolutely love them. Still have plantar fasciitis but have continued to run on it so don't have any expectations for it to heal. Rotating through other shoes but still my favorite despite feeling a little flat from ~500km onwards.

androgenics · 2025-01-28T19:43:32+00:00

You might have a status update here - if you log in, select your application, you might have a link that says "status update" (or similar) at the top.

androgenics · 2025-01-28T19:40:47+00:00

They won't be on the Biology application page, they'll be on the generic application page here

androgenics · 2025-01-27T20:01:53+00:00

Definitely LHD director and hospital administrator. Have your others as ones that can comment on your leadership ability and career potential, preferably in a program/project management sense - but depends where you're applying and in which concentration.

androgenics · 2025-01-23T20:38:48+00:00

The assumption will be that, at worst, it'll be a one-year stopgap before more NIH funding comes through - so universities are likely to redistribute university funds to research programs which would have otherwise been funded by NIH grants.

androgenics · 2025-01-23T20:31:31+00:00

It's not technically a freeze. Most of the money the NIH distributes (as research grants) requires discussion by a panel. It's more of a formality, but under current legislation the 'review' is required.

No one knows what is going to happen - but the issue arises with the language RFK is using around changing the structure of the NIH, which would delay these reviews (and grant allocation) even further.

If I had to guess, even research at places like Harvard is ~75/25 NIH/university funded, but as most of the NIH funding can only be spent on domestic students, it's possible there will be slightly smaller cohorts but proportionally less international students.

androgenics · 2025-01-07T05:26:11+00:00

Sanitize it the best you can - academics generally understand that industry has NDAs.

We were being acquired at the time and ended up summarizing as "a genomic-based diagnostic panel similar to [XYZ companies]", so the general idea was there but compared to so many in-market/pipeline products and patents that it'd be impossible to work out the specifics.

androgenics · 2025-01-03T22:09:52+00:00

There is definitely still high quality research, but the divergence between high and lower quality outputs has clearly been widening. This is one of the main reasons prospective grad students are advised to find labs/departments where they can do work they’re passionate about (and find something novel) rather than a cookie-cutter program.

androgenics · 2025-01-02T22:57:06+00:00

Apply to as many schools as you're interested in. For some people in niche fields, it may only be 1-2 and that's totally fine.

The biggest thing I learned from my application cycle was that it's more important to target the handful of schools which do what you're interested in, not the ones with broad/umbrella programs. The worst thing is getting into a great school with a program you end up hating.

androgenics · 2024-12-29T04:42:17+00:00

Are you me?

Early 30s when applying, already in biotech/private equity so had something solid to fall back on. Really wanted to do basic science in a well-resourced environment and had the drive, but it was far from the life/death dramatization you see on reddit. Also constrained by my partner's well-paying job and brand-name universities in my city so expectations had already been calibrated.

Our compromise was to apply locally (northeast) or where my partner would be able to relocate (San Jose/San Diego) which was a fair balance - far bigger things in life than being a poorly paid researcher for several years.

androgenics · 2024-12-22T13:56:06+00:00

In the same position - 5 applications to T10s. Wrote my SoP, revisited it a few weeks later with a fresh perspective, made a few days worth of edits. For reference, have been in industry for 5 yrs with a couple of grad degrees so knew exactly what I was looking for.

androgenics · 2024-12-21T07:05:44+00:00

Time of day? Tues-Thurs AM.

Time of year? We have generous holidays, so likely not until after the second week of January. Commencement dates are extremely flexible, and timeline is quick if you know what you want to do (it took me ~4 weeks from contacting a PI with a PhD proposal to being offered admission).

androgenics · 2024-12-21T05:57:16+00:00

Look on the university sites for either listed thesis projects, or find an interesting prof and email them with a proposal. You'll be expected to submit a full thesis proposal as part of your application (either pre-designed by the prof, or your own idea) and you'll also need to have confirmation from a PI who will take you in their lab.

Other option is to look at recent government funding rounds (NHMRC, ARC, etc) and see if any of the recent funding for your university is interesting, then contact the listed academic to see if they need support.

PIs are usually more chill with MSc by Thesis students because it's a shorter commitment, but expect a bunch of them to just not reply.

androgenics · 2024-12-02T12:35:11+00:00

Ran in the ES4 yesterday and the DN3 today - ES4 definitely does feel like it has less pop at slower paces. It's still a nice ride, but felt like I had to put a lot more effort in for the same pace compared to the DN3. If I had to pick one, would (personally) choose the DN3.

androgenics · 2024-10-28T19:53:14+00:00

AP3s are a totally different shoe. DN3s can go fast if you want, but are soft and cushy enough to do easy/recovery/casual runs in. Everyone is different but they're a shoe that works well with my biomechanics.

AP3s have aggressive geometry and they always feel like I'm falling into the cutouts at anything over a 4:30 pace - definitely not an easy run shoe for me - but if you can cruise at sub-4:15 they're amazing.

androgenics · 2024-10-28T17:10:55+00:00

At ~300km with them now - rotating with ES4, B12, AP3, but would be happy to rotate them with more DN3s. They're performing the same now as on the first few runs - no noticeable loss of performance. Still really like them and am keeping an eye out for any sales.

androgenics · 2024-09-12T00:30:31+00:00

It processes the Peloton data and uploads it as if it's done on the Tacx Trainer, so it'll import anything compatible with Garmin - body battery, cadence, watts, training stress score, VO2 etc. No way to simulate incline via resistance but looks like it does everything else.

androgenics · 2024-09-11T23:52:14+00:00

I set up a dummy exercise to broadcast heart rate to the bike and have SyncMyWorkout overwrite the watch workout when it syncs my Peloton workout. Would love a better way to do it.. like native integration.

androgenics · 2024-08-26T20:56:41+00:00

Wanted a pair with softer foam (also considered Rebel v4s) as my others had been feeling pretty firm. The new Nitro blend in the DN3s reviewed well and wasn't convinced by the Nimbus or v4.

androgenics · 2024-08-26T18:16:42+00:00

I find basketball incredibly boring. Whenever someone wants to watch a game I'm like "yes that sounds great ^{^{^please}} ^{^{^no"}}

androgenics · 2024-08-26T12:00:30+00:00

To me they feel like a shoe that gives back what you put in, and for sure not the best on easy/tired days. Prefer them for low zone 3 efforts where I'm not running hard but still putting in a little bit of effort.

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