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If I could give aspiring scientists and trainees one piece of advice it would be this: Find a mentor who cares enough about you to do this 👇
#Mentorship #AcademicChatter #PhysicianScientist #CareerAdvice
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Histologist preparing a sandwich.
Source: @O_Satisfying
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Genuinely caring about students should be a non-negotiable qualification for a career in academia. Full stop.
No amount of research achievement or creativity can substitute for caring about the professional development and well-being of those we teach and mentor.
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Had a great time building my miniature #lab set I got from @ScienceGrit! A great gift for any scientistist in your life...or keep it for yourself 😉
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When my paper is published and ResearchGate tells me I have a new citation (I cited myself)
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Out of curiosity, if you joined the lab of a #NewPI as grad student, what were some reasons to do so instead of joining a more established lab?
30%Research topic
4%PI’s prior pubs
33%Mentorship style
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4,054 votes • Final results ScienceGrit retweeted
After ~7 yr of work, it's finally out! We present a molecular phylogeny of butterflies sampling >90% of genera & >2000 spp. Butterflies emerged ~100 million yr ago in North America and first fed on legumes. Thanks to all 87 co-authors from 28 countries! rdcu.be/dcaVU
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Science is hard.
Good research makes you feel stupid.
You're inadequate for the task at hand.
How else would it be? You're pushing the boundaries of knowledge.
Get used to it. This process is immensely rewarding.
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Today we finally published the genomic analyses of hair locks from world-famous music composer Ludwig van #Beethoven. The #genome offers clues to his health and family history! 🧬💇♂️ @CurrentBiology buff.ly/3YZEVY0 (credits: Beethoven-Haus Bonn; T. Begg)
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I don’t usually post personal news but Clinicians have told us to pull every lever.
Our daughter has with #dipg Brain cancer. There is no cure and typically 9m life expectancy.
If anyone knows of trials then please get in contact! #braincancer #childrenscancer @CR_UK
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Science brag:
I recently wrote a python script to automatically design primers to create cloning constructs for eventual mutants.
It looks like all of my products are the correct size except one! Gibson cloning tomorrow!
#Science #Python #MolecularBiology
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Whether you are asking for:
-advice for a research experiment
-mentoring for a big career decision
-support in a difficult situation
...or any other number of things, asking for help is a sign of strength and wisdom, not weakness or inability.
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Scientists of Twitter!
I have a question for you...
...name some words / phrases that mean different things to scientists vs their use in everyday life.
I'll start...
Culture
Media
Digest
Cleavage.
Please add your examples below⤵️, let's see how many we can get!
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Rebecca Lancefield joined Rockefeller in 1918 where she spent 60 years studying streptococcal bacteria. Her research laid the groundwork for understanding how diseases such as strep throat, scarlet fever, impetigo and rheumatic fever are transmitted. #WomensHistoryMonth
