Steve DiNardo
@SDFlies
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#sciOptimism Another view is we have agency to change that. As reviewers in obvious ways, and as authors by taking editors to task for allowing such comments influence
As a model organism geneticist if you try to publish a result confirming the established model in the field is true in an actual living organism reviewers tell you “we already knew that” and if you publish result disproving the established model they say “we don’t believe you”.
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This ⬇️ and more @pennbgs #pennbgs4u interacting w/ Josh over these years I saw that every principled position grew from his thinking about ‘what’s best for the trainees’
We are so grateful to Dr. Josh Gold for his 12 years of mentorship and service as NGG chair. Josh made great strides to shape our amazing program that we are so proud of today. Thank you, Josh, for everything you have done for NGG!
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Hey @pennbgs this ⬇️
My absolute favorite part of being a scientist is that few minutes after you get data back from an experiment and you are (most likely) the ONLY person in the whole world to know that little piece of biology. I just think that’s so neat.
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Let me know what questions and insights you uncover as you start to put these methods into practice. 🤓 And PhDs working outside of industry - any other JD "responsibility" insights I've missed?
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RT @academic_exit: Let me know what questions and insights you uncover as you start to put these methods into practice. 🤓 And PhDs working…
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Hey trainees @pennbgs, sometimes we faculty forget to say ‘why’ we do this. ⬇️this.
We had a fun moment just before leaving work. A postbac who started a few weeks ago is assessing the function of new mutants in our current favorite protein & got her first cool result! Being the first person to know something about how the world works is what science is about
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Hey @pennbgs This ⬇️ — it’s for you!
Are you interested in meeting the mentors of the Career Paths Mentoring Program? Join the CPMP Kick-Off Mixer on 9/28, where you will be oriented to the program & give you an opportunity to meet alumni mentors! Register here to obtain the zoom link:
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I ran into a former UCSF student who now has 10 yrs of experience in biotech (oncology). She said that the top companies hire people who are well-trained in how to think/ask questions rather than a specific technique or topic (which changes fast). #basicscience
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Hey @pennbgs ⬇️is for you; go for it!
Sign ups for this year's BGS Career Paths Mentoring Program are now open! Any BGS alumni who is interested in mentoring and giving career advice to current students is encouraged to join. The sign up and more information can be found here:
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Agreed
@SDFlies For the record, this wasn’t meant to be a complaint but to recognize the hidden work that goes into the final product. Students have no idea when they start out. Reviewers find it easy trash what’s in front of them and easily forget that there are people behind the work.
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That’s our collective faults. What’s missing is the ‘why’ we chose this and ‘continue to choose’ it. None of our excitement is stated (only moaning about reviewer #3). The inquiry, confronting puzzles, agency in choosing questions, launching mentees, etc
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@TanentzapfLab I understand the ‘move on’ votes, but also can assume it’s inadvertent (not unlikely in my optimistic VP); a brief note about about the neatness of the commonality, and a gentle query as to why ref ‘dropped’ is an option (I’d wanna know)
A paper comes out in bioarxiv citing our work which previously showed a very similar finding in a different system. In the final published paper they remove the citation to our work. The journal does not have a limit on citations. Tell me science Twitter, what would you do?
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Getting ready for our Halloween gig: ‘beware the hairy-handed gent, who ran them up in Kent…’
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Hey ‘model system’ and fruit fly tweeps, you use a database replete with genomic information; you should know this name - one we stand on the shoulders of Michael Ashburner (1942–2023): Current Biology
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