RNAseq is commonly performed. We compared N=30 wild-type Bl6 mice to an N=30 heterozygotic knockout with a phenotype, and then downsized. We found you need at least an N= 8-12 to avoid a >50% false positive rate. A 2nd line confirmed the finding. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Alarming numbers indeed - read more about postdoc experiences with workplace harassment and discrimination in our 2020 National Postdoctoral Survey Report: capsacpp.ca/resources/publ…

Not saying I'm leaving academia (yet) but... out of curiosity, philosophers who left academia, what are you doing now, and are you happy? Could we make the replies to this post a database of alt-ac jobs for philosophy PhDs?

idk maybe instead of taking a wrecking ball to academia as soon as the working class got in y’all should have had us doing the teaching the whole time

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I make 50,000 a year as an Assistant Professor in a town where the median price for a single family house is 659,000. I (was told I) had zero choice in where I could live. I love my job & dept. I love my students. I love my non-human animals. I need mo' allowance.

I think about this a lot... This week I'm specifically thinking about how Postdocs PSAC 901 at Queen's University are on the verge of being locked out by their employer after a year of bargaining to raise their minimum postdoc pay from just under 36k CAD (27k USD)

A central mistake in biology was to name genes. This over-simplification made reconciling what is happening on the molecular level a mess - it's not rare to find reports of opposite mechanisms in different contexts, claimed involvement in dozens if not hundreds of different

Frog skin antimicrobial peptides FTW! Peter Walentek @FrogWranglers (Thanks to Marina Venero Galanternik (BioMarina) for showing me this cool thread!)

I post about the girls, the twins, nonsense, the good and bad of academia and industry. My post about the unsustainable situation of PhD students is my highest liked post ever, by about 4K likes, and this makes me profoundly sad. Be kind to everyone: people are really hurting.

Rule #1 about leading a project: if the first author does not believe it can work, then find another project.

Hoping for a good deal for the postdocs at Queen's!

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