tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387100009341358284.post4763528723705607021..comments2024-03-12T09:55:15.923+01:00Comments on Curly Arrow: Making the cutDaniel Sejerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12498255536497699232noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387100009341358284.post-33767638047606893762009-10-15T14:55:26.336+02:002009-10-15T14:55:26.336+02:00I have just returned from UK to Germany to start m...I have just returned from UK to Germany to start my independent research career here. In UK I had a secured place in a renowned Uni but could not find any form of funding from any funding agency because I was either not british, too young, or had too little postdoc experience or too much. But what I found out was that the main reason for me failing to secure funding in UK was the lack of contactsStefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387100009341358284.post-9873773590736002922009-10-04T01:06:29.746+02:002009-10-04T01:06:29.746+02:00That article made me want to throw up. I'm BEY...That article made me want to throw up. I'm BEYOND grateful that I'm still in graduate school for 2 more years and have time to seriously rethink my little-girl dreams of teaching at a small school and having a cute little lab where I can share my overwhelming wealth of organic chemistry knowledge with more little chemistry babies. A prof at my school is untenured and amazing but despite Crystallinityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02099736218991483469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387100009341358284.post-21308634491964118732009-10-02T16:03:28.515+02:002009-10-02T16:03:28.515+02:00Thanks for rubbing it in man. Could I have a bit m...Thanks for rubbing it in man. Could I have a bit more salt and vinigar in the open wound please? So I guess I just have to wait another 4.6 years and I'll be all sorted. D'oh, D!Daniel Sejerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12498255536497699232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387100009341358284.post-31088265329190164702009-10-02T15:39:02.479+02:002009-10-02T15:39:02.479+02:00This is exactly why I never once considered going ...This is exactly why I never once considered going in to academics. Sure, the intellectual freedom and coffee drinking with smart peers was enticing, but dealing with the BS to get funded and stay funded was a little too much for moi. <br /><br />The average age of a PI's first R01 is 42.6 <a rel="nofollow"> href="http://report.nih.gov/NIH_Investment/PDF_sectionwise/organikchemisthttp://chemicalcrosspatch.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387100009341358284.post-13474899169379114332009-10-02T13:44:15.420+02:002009-10-02T13:44:15.420+02:00I just spotted essentially the same post at the bl...I just spotted essentially the same post at the blog: In the Pipeline. Apologies to Derek for ripping him off. D!Daniel Sejerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12498255536497699232noreply@blogger.com