Piia BartosSep 8, 2025

I usually try to be nice to the students who want to go for a PhD...

But then some days they send me this kind of AI slop:

"My dynamic academic system has harmoniously gravitated towards the frontier of drug discovery"

No human would come up with this shit. Maybe I will use AI to answer with similar shit.

#AcademicChatter #aislop #cv #phd #pilife

Prof Paula SalgadoAug 4, 2025
TFW when you wake up to good grant news: no cost extension approved = more time to wrap things up! #academiclife #PIlife #littlewins

a woman in a white shirt says ...
Prof Paula SalgadoJul 17, 2025
I'm in this post and I don't like it... #academicchatter #pilife

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rbwawbxavpgowi3sy5ukcnwh/post/3lu6sisjk3225
Ko-Fan Chen 陳克帆May 16, 2025
#accademicchatter #pilife
For years my R fluent colleagues (and my wife ) told me that commercial software like GraphPad is an addiction, I knew that but I was addicted. Dragged and kicking for two weeks, since May 1st, I am glad to report I quit GraphPad and I am free !!! #opensource
MCDuncanLabNov 8, 2024

Ugh, sorting through some old alpha-fold predictions and find something that looks quite strong but have no clue why I was looking at that protein pair. *sigh*

#PIlife #StructurePredictions

MCDuncanLabSep 6, 2024

Hi, All. I'm looking to join/nucleate a support accountability group for mid-career molecular biosciences people. Basically, it would be a weekly or more frequent check-in on goals and struggles. Do you have any suggestions?

#AcademicChatter #PILife #Science #MolecularBiology #CellBiology

Ko-Fan Chen 陳克帆Jun 13, 2024
#lablife #PIlife had a tricky conversation I need ( but dread ) to have with the lab members, it took me 3 days to compose and rehearse with a senior PI. Super happy it went well and everyone is onboard and happy to adjust. Having an AF beer on my commute home for this!
Prof Paula SalgadoMar 31, 2024
OK, having spent 3 days reviewing comments from colleagues and adding details in response, I'm now 1200 words over the limit. Now to cut it all back to 3000 words then - easy, right?... #grantwriting #Pilife #AcademicChatter
heeedMar 26, 2024

So...rather annoyingly...onedrive appears to have an issue with Firefox on Raspberry Pi OS.

Works fine with chromium though

<shrugs>

#PiLife

Ko-Fan Chen 陳克帆Mar 22, 2024
#pilife #lablife
PhD student went home for EID. Repaying my successive supervisors and following the long tradition, I am in charge of continuing their #Drosophila crossings....it is simple 3 generation crossings but it is so much more fun than marking, replying emails and firefighting equipment fault.....