I have established that I MUCH prefer writing papers >>>> writing grants. Someone else can get the money...let me just make all the data look pretty!

Women's bodies being turned into 'battlegrounds': UN news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/4/1…

Me: "Look! I finished the analysis! The figures are done!" PI: "Looks great! Wait...can you try redoing all this analysis but include this group? 🤠" Me: "Uh...yeah no prob... 💀" Me @ 11pm: *sees updated analysis results* 🤩 Me @ 9am: I still need to validate this... 😭

The decision of UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees today to completely defund all Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Programs and turn the money over to the campus police has me reeling. It's time for all who can to commit to reverse this decision, by advocacy on campus & at the ballot box 1/n

What a great first day for (part of) the Wirka Lab at #VascularDiscovery24! Thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster this evening.

Pretty sickening that the entirety of my mental stability rested on this qPCR...which failed btw....hence...I am not okay...

Fun acquiring and analyzing data for microscopy workflows and discussing core facilities and microscopy optimization with UNC PREP scholars! Very excited to have them on campus and hopefully back at the UNC Neuroscience Microscopy Core soon! 🔬🖥️🤩

My PhD thesis is due in a couple of weeks. With so many things to take care of, I have adopted more effective to-do lists to manage my tasks and I am never going back! Here are my tips for best practices to improve output (1/n)#phdlife #AcademicChatter #phdvoice #AcademicChatter

Highly recommended to anyone else healing from institutional racism: “Scholars of color are often pushed out of traditional disciplinary departments, forced through bullying, harassment, & hostile work environments… [R]aising problems becomes translated into being the problem.”

I'd like to hope that the nitpicking of these figures means we are inching toward "almost done".... And by "almost done" I mean just starting the journey of peer review 😅

Many congrats to this rising star Rubén García-Reyes !!!!! Truly the most deserving future Dr!

Is it normal to feel the urge to quit the closer you get to the supposed "end"? Like am I going to finish this degree at some point or is it going to finish me first? 🤔

Submitted!!!! This is only the beginning but at least one step closer to my first first-author paper! (Let the headaches begin...)

A mindmap for PhD students struggling with their thesis structure

Coauthors agreeing to write a “quick” and “simple” article that takes 5 years

When you're supposed to be reimbursed for a conference you attended in May by July, you follow up in August, and find out they never filed it so now you have to wait until September/October <<<< 🫠🫠🫠

Can someone please confirm whether chronic exhaustion is a thing and if that's normal for a (now) 5th year PhD student? Bc it's FDOC and I'm feeling the burnout from submitting a manuscript and juggling a summer internship... Any advice on how to shake this would be nice 🥺

First draft: “I’ve almost finished it” Final draft: “it’s almost finished me”

There are lots of questions, frustration, judgement, and name calling going around about masking so I just wanted to share some things I’ve learned as a person who’s been masking since April of 2020 🧵 And of course, if this doesn’t appeal to you, feel free to scroll on by 🍃

After 5 long weeks, I got my first official paper rejection today and saw this immediately after reading the email on my way to the 🐁🏠... Accurate description of how I'm feeling. Disappointed to say the least, but not defeated. But any advice would be great 😭