I don't know a single biochemist that puts in 16 hours of work a day. I know of plenty of biochemists that routinely start and end their days 16 hours apart bec

I don't know a single biochemist that puts in 16 hours of work a day. I know of plenty of biochemists that routinely start and end their days 16 hours apart because they have a growth protocol that takes 12 hours to complete prior to harvesting, so they get to the lab, prep, set up the experiment, then leave for a large chunk of the day while their flasks are hard at work, then get in at 8pm to finish the protocol, record results, tidy up and head home for sleep. The above timeline is common and routine as are claims of having just done a '16 hour day' by those who are on the above schedule. I'm not saying biochemists couldn't run 16 hours of experimental protocols at their bench per day, but I've never seen it happen.