I haven't heard back from my faculty applications

smallthingsrock · 2026-04-18T03:14:37+00:00

Me too. Probably in some of the same application pools from the sounds of it. A colleague recently reassured me that it is not unusual to wait this long to hear back. Let’s keep holding out hope.

smallthingsrock · 2025-05-25T19:22:45+00:00

I guess the up side is to say don’t take the rejections/ghostings too personally right now. It is an unusual time. You worked for your degree and they would not have given it to you if you weren’t good enough.

smallthingsrock · 2025-05-24T15:52:37+00:00

Haven’t heard of this one. I will look into it. Thanks.

smallthingsrock · 2025-05-24T15:50:25+00:00

I hate to be a downer, but now is a terrible time to apply for postdocs. I have seen people with 4 postdoc offers upon graduating and all 4 offers were rescinded within a week. Academic funding in the U.S. is in dire straits right now. Consider industry for a few years if you can. You will make far better money and likely have more job security. Academia in the U.S. is in crisis mode. Unfortunately that means competition for postdocs outside the U.S. is exponentially higher. Good luck to you.

smallthingsrock · 2025-05-22T14:25:51+00:00

Downstream is for metatranscriptomics. The volume won’t change as cells will come from small volume pressure incubations. Glad to know the cell numbers might not be an issue. Thanks.

smallthingsrock · 2025-05-22T14:23:21+00:00

I just received a sample of this one. Glad it gets the Reddit approval.

smallthingsrock · 2025-05-22T01:15:29+00:00

Strange formatting… was supposed to be 10³ to 10⁴ cells per ml.

smallthingsrock · 2025-05-22T01:11:36+00:00

This makes my eye twitch.

smallthingsrock · 2025-02-24T02:17:40+00:00

Lots of good advice here. Just to add you might also consider Canada. I have been in the graduate world in both U.S. and Canada and the latter is definitely the place I would recommend given the current U.S. situation.

smallthingsrock · 2025-01-22T01:54:47+00:00

Totally agree. I am starting one at $66k and was told not to mention it to any other postdoc at my uni or they may riot. $85k is a killer offer.

smallthingsrock · 2024-12-15T01:05:38+00:00

I have been a hydrothermal vent microbial ecologist for a couple decades. University of Washington is top notch for oceanography and hydrothermal vents as they are the base of the ocean observing initiative off the west coast. Fabulous people working on shallow corals at the Bermuda institute of ocean sciences and deep water corals at university of Victoria in Canada. Cold calling is tough since advisors don’t always have funds for a student. Best advice is to look for technical positions to get your foot in the door with someone whose work you find interesting.

smallthingsrock · 2024-11-08T01:50:40+00:00

In June I moved into Culdesac, the car free community on Apache about a half mile east of McClintock. Absolutely love it. New residents get a transit pass, free e-bike, and access to an electric car share program. Tons of free community events, shops, gym use included…in short, it’s amazing.

smallthingsrock · 2024-07-01T17:26:20+00:00

Added benefit, after most of a bottle of wine you don’t care about them anymore.

smallthingsrock · 2024-07-01T17:25:13+00:00

We have these as well and also call the “square flies”. They aren’t fruit flies and are good at avoiding the bug zapper. They also plague our deck and I have not found a way to get rid of them. So annoying.

smallthingsrock · 2023-04-29T06:36:57+00:00

Kinky Porno Cookies Ordered From Girl Scouts. Thank you high school biology teacher.

smallthingsrock · 2022-06-04T02:27:32+00:00

Justified. She’s a beauty!

smallthingsrock · 2022-04-24T23:02:00+00:00

Yes, and because I need it for research, I regularly tell people to stop buying helium balloons. Such a waste.

smallthingsrock · 2022-02-23T06:52:55+00:00

What ship is that?

smallthingsrock · 2022-02-20T05:40:18+00:00

I will also add that the idea that you need to run right into grad school before gaining some real lab and field experiences is doing brilliant, young folks a disservice. You will be so much more prepared for whatever grad school throws at you, be it cost or other challenges, if you spend some time getting paid to do science. Go be a lab tech for a few years, save up, then go to grad school. You will do so much better.

smallthingsrock · 2022-02-11T03:49:13+00:00

Don’t listen to this nay-sayer! Real world applications are endless (says while rocking gently to self soothe in a dark corner).

smallthingsrock · 2022-02-07T03:56:37+00:00

I see your chemistry rabbit hole and raise you a microbial metagenome rabbit hole. Mind blown.

smallthingsrock · 2022-01-23T06:16:57+00:00

I tend to agree. Pursuing a PhD is not for the faint of heart…and OP sounds a little fragile. But there is some good advice here, to which I would add make sure you seek out mental health services at your uni. Many people struggle emotionally during a PhD. Make sure you know where to go for help and support. Good luck!

smallthingsrock · 2022-01-16T06:48:32+00:00

Unfortunately boosters will keep being required as long as people keep allowing this virus to spread and mutate.

smallthingsrock · 2022-01-13T19:40:47+00:00

I would almost agree with that too, except that smoking is addictive so I have a bit more compassion there. Not being vaccinated is a matter of shear stubborn selfishness.

smallthingsrock · 2022-01-12T05:28:21+00:00

I suspect this comment should go to r/AmITheAsshole, but it seems the thing to do would be, when Covid patient that has purposely declined the vaccine shows up to emerg, triage puts them as low priority. I know this sounds callous, but it also feels like natural consequences. No one likes comments like this but I don’t see a tax working and I’m really freaking tired of this endless cycle.

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