Reimbursement culture is used to ensure that you don't have too many of "the poors" getting access to graduate school or becoming professors. Reimbursement culture also banks on people giving up on the process and supplementing the bottom line of the institution.

I worry that students see me sitting in my nice office in a nice school, and think that if you're talented and put in the work, this is what you get. The line between my having the nice job and having nothing was so thin, & had little to do with anything in my control (18)

Interlude: If you'd like to learn more about climate science, impacts, and solutions, read the full report here: nca2023.globalchange.gov I was a coauthor of the Mitigation chapter (@Davis_StevenJ): nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/32/

My 2 cents having managed lab budgets at 3 institutions: - Benefits and tuition vary greatly. More transparency needed on what this actually covers! - We are ~$25k per trainee (not counting mice!) - I add $3k for a new laptop. Not fair to ask trainees to buy work equipment.

You in September: “let’s finish these projects no later than the end of November, so we can all enjoy a restful December” You in late November:

Bitch, I just drove most of the southern border, from San Diego to east of El Paso, and there is no fuckin invasion happening. There is some really good brisket tacos, though.

On this, we don’t necessarily disagree. What we do disagree on is is whether the current metrics actually do recognize the best and most promising science.

Very few stands of elkhorn coral survived the last summer’s heatwave in the Caribbean. On of them is in Tela, Honduras. This summer promises to be even worse that the last. Help genbank Tela elkhorns so they don’t go extinct: givebutter.com/UuYH3V (please rt)

Interested in corals, ancient DNA, symbiosis, or just wondering what I've been doing for the last five years? Tune into my dissertation defense Friday, March 29 @ 9am CST. utexas.zoom.us/j/3030358315?o…

🎉 Big change from U.S. Department of Transportation: If your flight gets delayed or canceled, airlines now have to refund you automatically in CASH. Refunds cover: - Delayed flights (3+hrs domestic, 6+ hrs int’l) - Airport changes - Added connections - Service class downgrade - Accessibility changes

I wrote a little piece briefly summarizing the last ~30 years of research on how coral-algal symbiosis works. Long story short: algae and corals are NOT friends. (illustration by Rush Dhillon ) cell.com/current-biolog…

Here is a comparison between Qubit and nanodrop for 39 total RNA samples (from petal tissues).

Why should you clean your data with code, as opposed to manually manipulating your data in a tool like Excel? Here are a few reasons. datamgmtinedresearch.com/clean#cleaning…

I love being a PhD student. it feels like I’m expected to be miserable or overwhelmed. but as a first-gen student, I’ve had to overcome a lot worse to get here. to read and write and learn for a living feels like a gift that I hope I never take for granted, inshallah 🙏🏽

This is one of the ways in which academia still has a long way to go towards creating inclusive and welcoming environments. ‘Allowing’ people to exist in your space is not the same as working to make the space more welcoming. We have a long way to go.

Even if they do, do they select them for heat tolerance? If yes, it is misguided - Caribbean coral problem is not lack of heat tolerance, it is inability to make larvae that would reseed damaged reefs. doi.org/10.1093/biosci…

4/ Why time stamps changed everything: "2hr experiment" = 6hr reality "5 min inoculation" = 30 min when I factor in gathering supplies & waiting for the hood to open up No more staying till midnight because I "thought it'd be quick"

Devastating Coral Loss at Puerto Morelos Reef Park rivieramayanews.mx/puerto-morelos…