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It differs depending on the field. Biology has a reputation for being extremely competitive. I've heard of PIs telling their students what they're forbidden to
by soVeryTired 10y ago
It differs depending on the field. Biology has a reputation for being extremely competitive. I've heard of PIs telling their students what they're forbidden to reveal at conferences for fear of getting scooped. As a CS grad student it was a completely different story: I was delighted just to get someone who was willing to listen to me talk.
- Fomite 10y agoIt also differs based on study. Am I worried about getting scooped on the results of a major, multi-year cohort study that would take thousands of dollars to replicate? Nope. Am I worried about being scooped on the math modeling study that is perfectly reproducible based on two slides from a presentation? Hell yes.
- briandear 10y agoI agree. I was on the team at Texas A&M that cloned the domestic cat -- (circa 2001) and secrecy was very important (notwithstanding the very real physical threats we had from anti-cloning nutcases.) Even the lab location was secret. The lab itself wasn't hidden, but nobody but us knew what was going on there. It was simply called "Reproductive Sciences." There was some very high incentives to be "first" -- which we were. Unfortunately for me, as an undergraduate research fellow, my name didn't make it into the Nature paper.. but wow what an experience!