vdincale Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Full disclosure this is a blog I am writing. The cliff note's version is that it is a blog about working in a lab 9-5. My hope is to give other undergrads an idea of what " The summer of an NSERC student" would be like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeping_sickness Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 hey! I'm also currently doing a summer NSERC and i'm definitely not in the lab even close to 8 hours a day. there are full weeks in between experiments where i literally have nothing to do. not to mention equipment sharing and malfunction which really puts the brakes on productivity. What area are you doing your research in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leap87 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I think one of my students can tell you all about that...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoE Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I look forward to reading your blog and living vicariously through your lab work. Hopefully your minipreps go well! A tip for journal club: complain about a lack of positive or negative controls, profs love that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psqu Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 For some reason your signature is not showing up in the first post. Maybe you could edit it so the link shows up? Good luck with your research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdincale Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 LoL posting the link might be a good idea http://summerofansercstudent.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdincale Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 hey! I'm also currently doing a summer NSERC and i'm definitely not in the lab even close to 8 hours a day. there are full weeks in between experiments where i literally have nothing to do. not to mention equipment sharing and malfunction which really puts the brakes on productivity. What area are you doing your research in? My research area is epigenetics. What is yours? Also to say I "work" 9-5 isn't really true. My lab is about 30 minutes from home so I go to work everyday around 9ish and leave around 4 but I probably spend 50% of the day on my laptop waiting for experiments to run their course. I would leave and come back but it's just not feasible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeping_sickness Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 i do research in geochemistry. i haven't set a run in almost 2 weeks because all of my equipment is being remachined, it's quite frustrating since i'm feeling quite a bit of pressure from my supervisor to produce results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<abstract> Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 If there is one thing I can communicate to you guys about research is that it is full of setbacks and surprises. All of my equipment is out for repairs for about a week so I have nothing to do.. once it comes back I will have to calibrate it all and start all over.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeon Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 you have been ca-"liberated" from research If there is one thing I can communicate to you guys about research is that it is full of setbacks and surprises. All of my equipment is out for repairs for about a week so I have nothing to do.. once it comes back I will have to calibrate it all and start all over.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<abstract> Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 you have been ca-"liberated" from research Ugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostLamb Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I look forward to reading your blog and living vicariously through your lab work. Hopefully your minipreps go well! A tip for journal club: complain about a lack of positive or negative controls, profs love that. They also like it when you question if drug/chemical concentrations used are physiologically relevant or not. It will make you look like a superstar to ask these questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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