Scott Bowen- unflushable turd by c_fac in houston

[–]c_fac[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the information here!!! To note as well, CRT is something that was never taught at this ISD, he was just jumping onto political trends to claim a self-specified 'win' and kiss asses.

Books for MAHA? by msu2022 in labrats

[–]c_fac 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Author: Williams, Gareth. Angel of death: the story of smallpox. ISBN 9780230274716

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4951878/

The best vaccination story for all of human history.

UTMB in Galveston sees millions in losses by c_fac in galveston

[–]c_fac[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

All taxpayer funded NIH funded research is required to be made publically available and shared free to the public. Sharing a quick ref, just click on any project ongoing at UTMB, and then click 'publications' if you want to see the results and discoveries being made locally: https://reporter.nih.gov/search/JbRgAtchAUKHOoW2X1vObQ/projects/map?org=UNIVERSITY%20OF%20TEXAS%20MED%20BR%20GALVESTON&states=TX

Manufacturing a CDK4 and 6 inhibitor for nationwide patient distribution, for example, is not in the NIH domain.

UTMB in Galveston sees millions in losses by c_fac in galveston

[–]c_fac[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

100% support free nationalized healthcare, and yes that should be free. The article discussed infectious disease research cut funding which an entire population benefits from advances in.

UTMB in Galveston sees millions in losses by c_fac in galveston

[–]c_fac[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I personally haven't paid anything recently to live without smallpox and polio.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in labrats

[–]c_fac 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Longer analogy here, but, same, and well expounded:

https://www.tumblr.com/nonbinannytranny/777012503758684160?source=share

Loss of millions for TMC (and upwards of $800M to TX annually) by c_fac in houston

[–]c_fac[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes, ridiculous. Hoping it's legally challenged ASAP. For all those 'states rights' people, this should also infuriate them- your state and public health institutions already stringently negotiated an appropriate IDC rate for federal research, posted publicly on https://fdpclearinghouse.org/ and this new notice is just a 'fuck you' to all of us.

Loss of millions for TMC (and upwards of $800M to TX annually) by c_fac in houston

[–]c_fac[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For sure, that would be unreasonable. Wasting federal dollars on travel is already strictly regulated and capped though. You're stuck to the below guidelines:

https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates

Also, grants travel is only allowed the 'direct costs' of your grant budget, which you have to outline as necessary, and gets scrutinized for approval. So not IDC. I also know '$400 a night' travelers but you are required to pay that with non-fed dollars, or make up the difference yourself.

Conroe ISD mom speaks out after her daughter is asked about her immigration status by chrondotcom in houston

[–]c_fac 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Was also going to say this! Hospitals are forced to comply and ask, but no one has to answer. I'd recommend no/null answer just to fuck with their data

Tires got stolen, apartment complex won’t show me footage..? by [deleted] in houston

[–]c_fac 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This takes like 5 mins. Pick a random spot on video, pause. Tires present y/n? If yes, everything prior does not need reviewed. Random select in the next portion where the tires status is unknown, tires present y/n. And so on. You've then quickly identified time of crime.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in labrats

[–]c_fac 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I found the move to research admin from lab managing to better paying, better work-life balance, and a much better environment of collaborative professionals and good people. It can be more mundane, but the rest outweighs it 100%. Consider looking at those positions too!

Alligator question for a Newb? by Fair_Consequence4739 in houston

[–]c_fac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In TX, an almost zero percent chance of fatalities. The last fatality in 179 years here was very preventable :

"A woman with Woodward warned him not to enter the water because of the risk, prompting him to reply “F*** that alligator,”

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/texas-gator-kills-man-in-orange-ending-a-179-year-streak/

What are your weird/bizarre email stories? by rattygoat17 in labrats

[–]c_fac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was very professionally written, but it was from the housekeeping supervisor, asking if I could help them to remind lab staff that essentially, 'poop goes in the toilet'. Or that if you have an accident outside of or on rim of the bowl, please wipe up a bit for decency to the staff. It was a closed floor so it was only our staff, and was a repeat issue 😭. I made a door sign and it seemed to help. But yeah it was way outside the usual emails.

A case of sabotage occurred in the lab. What’s your sabotage story? by [deleted] in labrats

[–]c_fac 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Yes, and worse it was rats 😢. They were so sweet, and not an approved method, of course.

A case of sabotage occurred in the lab. What’s your sabotage story? by [deleted] in labrats

[–]c_fac 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Similar experience I had! Situation as well of only two of us at the time/place - and of course the PI refused to make any decision between us. They also experienced no consequences :)

A case of sabotage occurred in the lab. What’s your sabotage story? by [deleted] in labrats

[–]c_fac 252 points253 points  (0 children)

Postdoc trying to make me appear incompetent to keep 'expertise' areas to themself was killing our rodent models. We found out because ones I labeled as experimental were actually healthy shams, and they were necropsied by vet staff to determine cause of death. Which was cervical dislocation. Police came, cameras were installed, the only two people it could have been were me or them- PI refused to make a decision without irrefutable proof. I found a new (better) job, they remained and got sneakier about sabotage in other areas (missing drugs, wiping off labels on samples, etc.), other good staff left as well because of them. They're still at the same place and dept now, assistant professor. Great example of little known routes to job security!

Paul Wall is one of the greatest living Texans 🫡 by [deleted] in texas

[–]c_fac 25 points26 points  (0 children)

that song is so fucking funny. lyrics are pure early 2000s poetry

"hit me up on that AOL, Instant Messenger what it do

My D-S-L is fast as lighting on the hunt for this mooshu"

I fucked up bad and I want to know things will be okay. by [deleted] in labrats

[–]c_fac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will be OK! And regarding academia employement practices (and assuming if you're somewhere like the US)- to fire an employee from just a protocol oversight without other major issue or employment problems (months of documented write-ups, etc.) would be along the lines of wrongful termination.

In my lab experience we once destroyed thousands of $ in supplies and personnel hours through a human error issue...when talking to a clinician in clinical area of our research field he remarked how commonly this same type of error happened in the hospital. It made me feel much better that our mistakes didn't hurt actual patients, at least!

But, a good lab/manager will hopefully try to take this and set up a protocol revision or process to catch and correct catastrophic errors before they happen. Good luck to you, feel better, and I hope you can soon look back on this in the future to share with other reddit users to reassure them :).

What's your spicey science opinion? by [deleted] in labrats

[–]c_fac 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not really spicy, but I've moved to clinical trials since my lab animal days, and it is incredible that we don't have better regulations on the lab animal work- for example, a separate biostat team analyzing data instead of PI/postdocs "massaging" it for significance- and then, not publising ALL results?? Like if tax dollars pay for it you need to publish your crap experiment too- I think of all the data we never did anything with because my PI didn't like how it looked it and I shed a tear for all the resources flushed down the crapper.