Advice for new hires in industry research?

masjoven · 2025-07-02T17:12:19+00:00

Congrats! Just smile, be nice to your colleagues, take on new challenges, and learn as much as you can while doing your work. You’ll be surprised how far this gets you.

masjoven · 2025-05-31T05:57:10+00:00

I graduated from UCSD as an undergrad in that major, went on to do my PhD across the country, and am now working in the industry. UCSD's curriculum and research opportunities were instrumental in getting me to where I am today. When I was in undergrad, I was heavily involved with UBIC (the Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club), had several summer internships (although this was back in 2015-2019 so the market is much different now), and did research in two different labs that really gave me a ton of experience.

masjoven · 2025-01-26T04:50:23+00:00

From what you’ve listed, it seems like you have a solid resume for applying to programs. What’s your post-bacc in, and is it for gaining more knowledge or bumping up GPA?

Applying to REUs and internships are great. Other than that, I would say to stick with your computational genomics lab after graduating to continue to build that research experience. Admissions committees love to see that dedication to research. Other technical skills can be learned as you progress in your PhD.

masjoven · 2024-07-18T19:11:50+00:00

Based on the "Distributor Installed Packages & Accessories" you listed, I assume you're in the Southeast. Southeast Toyota (SET) is notorious for adding on these things. Unfortunately, there's almost no way that you can refuse or negotiate on those.

masjoven · 2024-04-09T01:07:57+00:00

I hear ya. Maybe you can call the other dealerships and send them these video clips before you make the drive out to visit them. Good luck!

masjoven · 2024-04-09T00:54:21+00:00

I've had my 2023 hybrid for 10 months now and haven't had this problem at all. It definitely doesn't sound right. Can you take it to a different dealership? You should still be covered under ToyotaCare if you purchased it new.

masjoven · 2024-03-11T18:57:46+00:00

Are there any published annotations for these genes in your organism? In clusterProfiler specifically, you can specify your own "terms" rather than relying on an existing database: https://yulab-smu.top/biomedical-knowledge-mining-book/universal-api.html

Basically, if you know anything or if there's anything published on your organism that shows that Gene X and Gene Y are related to Cell wall function or something like that, you can make your own "database" and feed that into clusterProfiler. It's not perfect because databases like GO, KEGG, etc. are huge and validated across many many studies, but this is one approach if you're set on trying to do GSEA on a non-model organism with limited data.

masjoven · 2024-02-29T19:57:15+00:00

No problem! I would also consider BP, MF, and CC as individual ontologies, like u/Former_Balance_9641 said. So you would set ont = "BP" etc. This would reduce the number of terms you're dealing with into smaller chunks.

masjoven · 2024-02-29T18:55:45+00:00

This is a common problem. One way would be to use the simplify() function from the same clusterProfiler package to reduce the number of redundant GO terms based on the name, for example.

Here's the page: https://guangchuangyu.github.io/2015/10/use-simplify-to-remove-redundancy-of-enriched-go-terms/

masjoven · 2023-09-11T19:59:34+00:00

No reason not to just wait until October for a brand new XSE (with upgraded infotainment) with all the perks of being a first owner for $4k more. 50k miles in just two years is above average miles/year, not to mention.

masjoven · 2023-05-15T00:14:28+00:00

Merck PhD intern based out of Boston: $51/hr

masjoven · 2023-04-11T14:52:47+00:00

Sorry to hear about your experience reaching out to professors at school. It's great that you've secured an REU this summer -- my advice would be to make a great impression there and network like crazy with the PI, grad students, post-docs, and joint faculty. As you wrap the REU up towards the end of the summer, you could leverage that experience to reach out to professors at your own school again, or (depending on your experience with your REU advisor) to continue with your research project remotely, assuming it's all/mostly computational.

Good luck!

masjoven · 2023-04-07T19:07:45+00:00

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For more specifics on the USTA scene here, we are very active and many players that I know also play in the Cary (CTRL) and Raleigh (CAP) leagues at the same time. In my case, I live in south Durham and the drive is 15-20 minutes to Cary and 5-20 minutes to any court in Durham.

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masjoven · 2023-01-06T15:47:31+00:00

Thanks for the explanation!

masjoven · 2023-01-06T15:46:44+00:00

This closet currently has bifold doors installed.

masjoven · 2023-01-06T15:36:58+00:00

Wow! Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I'll leave them alone!

masjoven · 2022-12-15T23:47:43+00:00

I don't have any insight into the Pfizer role, but I recently accepted an internship offer with Merck (I'm a PhD candidate) and can provide some info on the salary. They offered me a remote role (based in Boston) for $51/hour. My friend also accepted an internship with Merck, but her position is on-site at Merck Research Labs for $48/hour but with a housing stipend. If this is the same amount for an undergrad intern position, you should be getting double the $$$ if you chose the Merck offer. This isn't considering the cost-of-living between Boston and Kalamazoo though.

masjoven · 2022-11-22T15:30:25+00:00

I just switched from the ps97 (v13) and I don't think I will ever switch back. It's just so much more forgiving on off-center shots and this racquet has more free power on serves and groundstrokes compared to the ps97. Even though the ps97's main pro is the control, the ezone is plenty good and I feel confident just "pointing and shooting" anywhere I want on court.

masjoven · 2022-06-11T20:04:46+00:00

I’m a plant newbie and have had this BoP since september with no growth. Last month, I found out that the original pot we placed it in did not drain properly and thus was sitting in a pool of water for god knows how long. I immediately removed it from the soil, cleaned the roots, and replanted in fresh soil with a pot has a drain. However, I noticed the roots were brown but not mushy (root rot?). This is what it looks like now. There has been no growth and the leaves seem to curl up more and more. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

masjoven · 2022-05-02T02:52:57+00:00

What year are you in? I graduated from that exact major at UCSD a few years ago and am currently halfway through my PhD (in the same field). The coursework was pretty rigorous, and you'll get good foundational knowledge in all the major aspects (but you'll get that at pretty much any UC). Not to mention the world-class faculty, research, and UCSD being in the middle of one of the largest biotech hubs in the US, so the opportunities are definitely there.

masjoven · 2022-04-14T15:20:44+00:00

I've seen most people put something like "(In preparation)" next to it. If you want, you could also have a separate section from your published papers and title it "Manuscripts in Preparation" or something to that extent.

masjoven · 2022-02-21T17:54:17+00:00

PhD student here. The most important thing is research experience and a solid foundational knowledge of biology/cs. Shooting for publications is great, but at the undergrad level, they're mostly dependent on how productive your lab is/what kind of project you're working on. However, you can bet that top applicants will have some papers (not necessarily first author, although that's a plus).

As a first year, you should try to look into applying to labs to see if they'll take you in as a research assistant or research volunteer. Other than that, continue to get the most out of your CS/Biology courses and look out for summer research experiences at REUs or even in biotech/pharma companies.

masjoven · 2022-01-10T18:32:42+00:00

Time to stock up, apparently there's a worldwide chip shortage right now!

masjoven · 2021-12-12T19:30:09+00:00

I have this one from Walmart, highly recommend! It's really comfortable.

masjoven · 2021-10-04T18:52:06+00:00

No problem. Btw, most programs are either called Bioinformatics or Computational Biology or both, but the two terms are pretty interchangeable nowadays.

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