stemphdmentor.bsky.social
š Full prof at a U.S. R1, running a lab and managing millions in federal fundingā¦ for now.
š» This is the advice I'd give over a beer.
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Iām seeing it in academic science.
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Seems like a basic courtesy, especially by for-profit publishers, to run these checks and immediately desk reject. (And potentially ban the authors from future submissions, after some inquiryāmethods paragraphs excepted.)
I feel sorry for the reviewers and readers.
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Would be great to learn more from @leslievosshall.bsky.social
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How is this a response to "challenging times"--its the opposite of that. To me it looks like a capitulation to Trump. Shame on @hhmi.org
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This isn't to say assertiveness can't be valuable, but don't beat yourself up over it. Confidence tends to emerge from realizing you know your stuff, which takes time, experience, and some external validation.
(It can also come from realizing that others don't know as much as they think they do.)
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Beautiful words. Thank you.
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Sounds like the perfect place.
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3. Send an email describing what skills you'd bring and why you're excited to work with each group. Be specific and brief. Attach your CV.
If you email even a dozen PIs at once, you're hurting your reputation. Focusing on fit makes you a savvy and happy colleague.
#postdoclife #phdlife #phdsky
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2. Discuss your choices with your PhD advisor. Rank your list. Get your advisor on board so they can follow up with an enthusiastic email or call. (If they're not happy to do this, ask why. It's time for a frank talk of whether they can recommend you. Reconsider doing a postdoc if they cannot.)
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Good writing can be taught, but slowly and often painfully. You will save so much time learning what works well and what doesnāt by reading. It will help your presentations too.
I can usually tell how which grad students and postdocs have strong reading habits when they write a paper outline.
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This is much worse.
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#nih #academicsky #phdlife #nsf
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This is a wonderful skill, but we need to maintain our spirits too, and our good judgment.
Would love to know anyone elseās strategies. Keep fighting and resting, you all. šŖ š±š»
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Iāll report back.
This is an unusually self-centered thread, but maybe it will inspire you too.
It can be easy for us analytic types to spend so much time trying to reason our way out of things.
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Hereās what I am pledging to do:
āļø Not read the news >10 min/day this weekend
āļø Start each day with my own fortifying routine, only briefly checking email, texts, and Slack once in the morning, and then not until after noon
āļø At least 15 min of something fun and unrelated to work each day
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Itās important to get out of the headspace that I must never delay in trying to solve the problem of my current situation. I do have time. Being constantly āonā isnāt good if it makes me too tired to be strategicāif it makes me too tired to keep working on important but less urgent science.
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I am better at solving problems when I am calm and have had time to reflect. Although these potentially calamitous announcements come fast and at the worst times, I donāt have to respond in kind. I donāt even have to panic when the implications are dire.
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The story emphasizes Europe. IME so far exodus (or return) to Asia even larger. I can think of S America examples too.
The damage is happening now. Junior researchers are watching universities not stand up for them. They are seeing the funding evaporate.
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Conclusion: building a gender/racially diverse research group both improves diversity in the academic workforce now and enhances the capacity for further improving it in the future š: diversity begets diversity (and vice versa), above and beyond demographic trends and field-level effects /end
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/s
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He was such a force of order and peace during COVID.
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We all need that research. I am terribly sad to hear this news.
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Lots of people asking whether universities would have standing. The answer is yes, because the arrests injure themāeg by deterring foreign students from participating fully in university life.
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OMG thank you, Carl.
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Itās infuriating. Thatās important work. I hope some colleagues can band together for you to help with the next steps ā itās such a tough time right now.
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A perennially unpopular topic when I try to warn people. Glad this is getting some light.
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š© Wrong side of history, @royalsociety.org
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Yeah, I have seen how you handle those requests.
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Would be great if Paperpile had such a dashboard and maintained stats (along with more visual thumbnails of the articles themselvesāhave been hoping for this last one for many, many years).