Paul Donlin-Asp 🏳️🌈
@PDA_PhD
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ESAT fellow SIDB University of Edinburgh. opinions solely mine and very 🏳️🌈.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined October 2010
Really excited to share my lab has received an 8 year Wellcome CDA. This long-term funding will allow my group to dissect the molecular logic underlying local protein synthesis during synaptic plasticity. (1/3)
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This will be absolutely devastating. For trainees- all I can say is there is a whole world doing amazing research.. and if you can, consider moving abroad. I did and it was the best decision I ever made. We and others are hiring and happy to have you in these dark times.
Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above what many major foundations allow and much lower than the 60%+ that some institutions charge the government today. This change will save more than $4B a year effective immediately.
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@JasonSynaptic @Kaochar2 @StephenMaren It’s the loss of a generation of trainee scientists that worries me the most. As much as I can engage in gallows humour for American based trainees to think about expatting it for a postdoc to weather the storm.. in four (+?) years what is the landscape stateside going to be?
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I do apparently still have biochemical skills from my PhD. UV cross-linking and RNA pull-down optimisation experiments with silver staining. Inputs vs with/without crosslinking.
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Interested in: Post-transcriptional gene regulation in neurons? The soft murmur of rain on cobblestones accompanying you on a stroll through the moody twilight? The ability to afford eggs? Come join us in Edinburgh!
I don’t get it. In Mexico eggs are $2.30 In Canada eggs are $4.35 In the United States eggs are $10.00 Trumps economy.
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Woke up to news a lab member was accepted into an imaging course in Quebec… so now the lab will be force fed bougie baked treats.
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RT @SepiKeshavarzi: Research Assistant positions with potential PhD continuation are now open! We're seeking two candidates with slice patc…
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Dolly just repeatedly smacked the page of a grant I’m reviewing. Not sure how I’m supposed to integrate this into my review- or how to give her appropriate credit.
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RT @ezgi_hsuleyman: We are thrilled to announce our third biennial symposium, "RNA: From Biology to Drug Discovery," organized in collabora…
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Also important to clarify for those unfamiliar with working abroad- all visa associated costs will be covered by the lab.
A plug that my lab is currently recruiting a postdoc. 5 years of funding, the lab has steady funding for the next 8 years, and no active attempts to burn down the scientific enterprise in your potential new home.. Plus the occasional bagpipe player rocking a kilt on the street.
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