Isabel Pochet Pimentel, PhD
@isabelpochet
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PhD in Molecular Genetics @ucatolica | @ASPB @plantae_org Plantae Fellow 2024 | Now Technical Sales Rep @AntonPaar | She/her
Santiago, Chile
Joined June 2021
It is normal to feel that you know nothing at the end of your PhD? I’m on my last year and I feel dumb because I still don’t master techniques and tools such as Golden Gate, R, bioinformatics, genomics, transcriptomics, CRISPR, and many others @OpenAcademics @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice.
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What if you don’t meet all the selection criteria for a postdoc, e.g. you have no expertise in a certain technique/have no publication record/but still meet about 85% of the requirements? Should you still apply for the position? @ThePhDPlace @PhD_Genie.
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@herryplank67431 Never. Doing a PhD has been one of the best experiences in my life and I loved every moment. I will do it again and again. I learned a lot, but well, now I see all the red flags 🚩 in Academia and that’s a big shock.
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Never though a lot of people would feel the same way! Thanks for your words. Now, let’s create a support group and get drunk together.
After almost a year of looking for a postdoc position I’m stopping here. I have to say…I am extremely disappointed of all the processes I participated. If +5 years of research experience and a PhD in the area of interest is not enough to get a position then what?.
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Do you hold a PhD in 🌱 sciences? Would you like to be featured in an @ASPB @plantae_org article about plant-related jobs? We are looking for people who work in non-Academic positions and that are willing to share their experience!. DM me if you are interested to be interviewed!.
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How to get a part-time remote job in the biotech/other industry while doing a PhD? I have tried so many times to get this but it's difficult. I know I'm asking too much, but it would be wonderful to have an extra income + professional experience! Thoughts? @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice.
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@courtney_herms @PhDVoice Don’t take side jobs in retail stores, cafes or things like that. It’s mentally and physically exhausting. Instead I would suggest to find projects like blog writing, tutoring or stuff you can do online and self-manage.
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Here you can read a piece I wrote: How to use Notion to make literature reviews a less-tedious task :). @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie @OpenAcademics.
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What kind of extra activities should a PhD student do to develop and improve important skills for their upcoming postdoc/industry job? @PhDForum @PhD_Genie @thephdpeople #AcademicChatter . I’m always feeling like I’m not doing hard enough 🤪.
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My energy for today has been just: drained. I have Hashimoto’s disease so I often feel like this. Is anyone there with Hashimoto’s or any other chronic disease? How do you cope with PhD duties when you’re so tired to do anything? @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie.
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PIs over there, what do you expect the most from your PhD students, academically speaking? Something that if they don’t meet that criteria you’ll be extremely disappointed @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice.
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This beautiful figure is an example of what I want to create:.
Soil organic matter dynamics mediated by arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi – an updated conceptual framework. #Viewpoint by Songlin Wu, @mrillig et al. 📖 #MycorrhizalResearchNow
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@neurotonimd @AcademicChatter It’s never too late 😌 yesterday I worked from 1PM to 10PM + 3hr reading and it worked super for me, a night owl and a person who hates waking up early in the morning.
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Very cool presentation by @JeanMichelAne taking about exciting approaches to improve cereal nutrition by biological N fixation 🥳 thanks @PhytoBiomes
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Mine are:. - Outline the review .- Use tools that facilitate the search for papers (Research Rabbit, Connected Papers).- Organize your references: Excel tables, Notion, whatever fits for you .- From each reference, annotate main findings .- Connect ideas, synthesize them.
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I am considering upgrading my laptop for the next 4-5 years and my budget allows me to choose between a Macbook Air M2 Chip or a MacBook Pro M2 Chip. Now, which is more convenient for a last-year PhD candidate & future postdoc? @AcademicChatter #phdvoice #phd.
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I loved the How to Read a Paper webinar hosted by @plantae_org @ASPB 🫶🏼 It’s always a good time to learn new tips & feeling more secure about my own process and method to read a paper.
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Do you have any tips on how to organize your first international seminar as a grad student? 😌 How many days should it last? How many speakers? How to organize the presentations? How to invite people? @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie.
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PIs over there. Generally speaking…When you ask for a postdoc applicant with experience in bioinformatics, how much experience is enough experience? Fluent in R and Python? Or just familiar with bioinformatics concepts and pipelines? #phdlife @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie.
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How important/desirable is having teaching experience when looking for a postdoc? 👀 @PhDVoice @OpenAcademics.
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I will be participating in this event on June! If you want to hear my talk and also the other awesome talks you can register here to be an assistant 🙌
Registration is open for the #ISMPMIShowcase! Join us June 8 – 9 and September 20 – 21 to hear new research from a diverse group of early career MPMI colleagues working in the field all around the world.
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A question for all the PIs over here: Do you like it when students reach out to you showing interest in working in your lab? Do you find this a green/red flag when evaluating prospective postdoc candidates to work with you? 👀 @OpenAcademics @PhD_Balance @AcademicChatter.
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I’m very happy! I was selected to participate in the @MPMIjournal showcase! Thank you very much for nominated me @SonaliRoy_ ✨🥹.
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What would it be a good pize to draw at the end of a seminar? We’re planning a raffle for our event and we are thinking of a Kindle. What would you like to receive? 😌 @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie.
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@chrmosimann @McKinneyFreeman You have said it well. It’s very sad but the US is currently my last option to looking for postdoc because visa issues + safety.
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@elAlexDutch Según es porque cuando van dando vueltas muy rápido se salen y empiezan a volar como locas 🤣.
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I’m about to finish this and I just wanted to let you all know that this was the best Python essentials course to start learning! It was amazing + I feel more confident with my learning process.
@isabelpochet Have a look at the "Plants and Python" Teaching Tool! I worked through all the exercises and got a good basic understanding of how Python works. Bonus is that it uses plant examples 💚.
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Let's talk about leadership in Academia because it's interesting. What does the word "leader" mean to you? What are the good qualities of a good leader in Academia? How to improve yourself to be a better leader? @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie @PostdocVoice @AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics.
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@PhD_Genie I’m too naive and idealistic. Academia can be a very dark and sometimes malicious place, but I still think that you can be successful and change the system with kindness. Also, to understand things and be curious > the journal you get to publish.
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@ATinyGreenCell The world would be a sad place without the South and Central American crops 🥲.
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Amazing webinar and talks! Thank you very much to our speakers @thelma_madzima @burcuplants @gilienv , moderators @PrakshiAneja @AbiraSahu @alicevpierce and @plantae_org 💪🏻.
Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on March 21 at 11 am Eastern Time, hosted by the 2024 Plantae Fellows. Free registration at
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I'm very happy to have had the opportunity to present my work at the @ISMPMI #ISMPMIShowcase This was my first international event as a grad student :)🤍 Thank you so much for nominating me @SonaliRoy_ !!!.
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What’s the reason of having bands that fade like this? 🤔 The quality of the agarose? Didn’t the gel solidified well? The chamber? “Obstacles” in the gel? @PhD_Genie @ThePhDPlace @PhDVoice
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What is the difference between a «Professor» position in a university and a «Group Leader» working in a research institute? Are functions the same or they vary depending on each position? . @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice @OpenAcademics.
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Do you recommend an iPad for PhD/postdoc work or it’s just a waste of money? I want to read papers in a more comfortable and practical way but apart from that I don’t see other use for it, it is still worth it the money? 👀 @ThePhDPlace @PhD_Genie.
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@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.Great research topic, great lab, great lab mates, cool PI. But funding and scholarships pretty shitty tbh. Also, the covid ruined the experience a lot 😔.
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@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice I can mess up in the lab (failed experiments, honest mistakes, ideas that didn’t work) and nobody is going to yell or fire me. This is very different from the industry lab I worked some time ago, where you was expected to not to waste reagents and time in “failed” experiments.
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I’ll be the head TA in the plant physiology and biochemistry course for this semester! It’s my first time coordinating part of a course. I’ll be in charge of the TA team + seminars. Any advice on how to rock it as a head TA? 😀. @PhD_Genie .@PhDVoice .#AcademicTwitter.
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BEAUTIFUL, and it’s one of the most exciting instruments from one of the brands I represent. Automatic instruments are the future 🥹🥹🥹.
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Im looking for the best labs and PIs on plant sciences/plant—microbe interactions in New Zealand 🇳🇿✨ Any recommendations? @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter 🥰.
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@_bethyork @meowbitch80 @courtney_herms @PhDVoice That’s a point. But also take into consideration that you can face a lot of disgusting situations in those kind of places – that was what made me drop the job. Mistreatments by customers, managers and so on.
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@GarciaLabMS Moreover, science is about learning! It’s absurd to be called a trainee just because you’re learning new stuff. In industry jobs you also have to learn and train new skills periodically and you’re not called a trainee.
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Dk you guys know about any conference or congress on molecular plant-microbe interactions, root communications or Arabidopsis occurring late this year? I want to present my research so much! @OpenAcademics @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice.
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