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by omnisci 13y ago
Agreed, you write the same stuff over and over again. This isn't "plagiarism", it's "I've been working on the same topic of 20 years and there is nothing new to report about it in this portion of the paper, but
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by omnisci 13y ago
Hey Delirium, very well put. I’m curious about your experience (phd program, country etc) as I have a different perspective and I frequently wonder if it’s just my experience in the biology side of academics. “In theory I agree, but I very
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by omnisci 13y ago
The NYC hackathon was a good time, I'd recommend it:)
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by omnisci 13y ago
[bill lumbergh] I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you on that. [/office space] (My PhD is in behavioral neuroscience, so YMMV) I've found that if people want to learn, then they will learn. You don't need a Ph
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by omnisci 13y ago
Your answer is correct, in order to get any pictures, you typically have to shine light through a sample (unless it is fluorescent, then you can bounce light off of it). Also, in order to stain the sample, it needs to be thin(in this case
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by omnisci 13y ago
This may be really helpful :) Thanks a bunch! Keith
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by omnisci 13y ago
Just to bump this, I was at angelhack and saw the demo for streetcodr, it was awesome! I could totally see this being a useful tool for interviewing. Congrats on an awesome app guys Keith @omniscience
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by omnisci 13y ago
"Toxic workplace, what do I do?" quit. F' that noise. It isn't worth the frustration. I did the same thing about a year ago, working for federally funded science. The worst decisions on earth were made, money was wasted AND they complained
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by omnisci 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Ended up in the finals and almost took the crown:)
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Ask HN: Doing my first hackathon as a non-developer
2 points by omnisci 13y ago|3 comments
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by omnisci 13y ago
Is there an option for "other people?" Speaking with people about the future is difficult when they don't really have a full perspective on what we've accomplished in recent history. If technology continues to move at the rate it's moving
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by omnisci 13y ago
This is a skill that should be taught to everyone. I'm in neuroscience, and our meetings can be super awkward at times. Thank god for booze :) It's a shame that people don't speak about this as much though. We have a huge conference every
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by omnisci 13y ago
And that is the exact problem with certain researchers. I just had to explain this to my undergrad who's project resulted in negative results (his 1'st study). I congratulated him, as he discovered that the treatment he gave did NOT effect
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by omnisci 13y ago
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/05/nih-detail... Already funded grants are getting cut ~20% across the board. There is a ton of cuts going on right now to the NIH budget, google it and take a look. This has been happening
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by omnisci 13y ago
You don't have to do the entire experiment, you can just do a proof of principle and then build on it. For example, a lot of studies in science have 1 big idea, and they show it works using a variety of different methods. Pick 1 method, sh
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by omnisci 13y ago
After seeing how much of the research is done, I'd agree with this more. This is a problem that is getting worse as funding is getting cut more, people feel they have a need to get a paper out, regardless of the results. You get positive re
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by omnisci 13y ago
I found myself, but some of the info was incorrect. I created an account and edited the record. I wasn't sure where the info came from, but I see it pulls from neurotree (which is also incorrect). Nice front end though, much nicer than neur
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by omnisci 14y ago
3 views (I had 2 views last time and got rejected, so I'm not sure it matters too much)
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by omnisci 14y ago
because, they did:) Don't think too much into this. If you find out now, or in a few hours that you did/didn't get in, nothing is really going to change. (now, let me get back to refreshing my email every 5 seconds) :) best of luck to ever
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by omnisci 14y ago
I'm going to add to this, your letters of recommendation are critically important. Furthermore, getting into grad school is the same thing as any other job. It's not about what you know, it is about WHO you know. People will get you into g
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by omnisci 14y ago
This is actually quite simple,pick up a minor that interests you. If you like basket weaving, take a basket weaving minor, maybe you can disrupt the whole basket weaving industry in the future...who knows. What you take as a minor has litt
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by omnisci 14y ago
This is a perfect example of taking a simple idea and making it big:) We always clear our brain sections prior to imaging, it's a common practice, but doing this throughout the whole brain is...well...f'in awesome:) Looking forward to seei
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Bioengineers turn mouse brains almost completely transparent(wired.co.uk)
2 points by omnisci 14y ago|1 comments
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by omnisci 14y ago
I think it's super awesome that you did all of that! Kudos to you, and I wish more people were doing stuff like that. My viewpoints are limited to life sciences, where people have no idea what FTP means, let alone GIT. Also, what you did is
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by omnisci 14y ago
This is exactly what I'm working on. Also, publications by federally funded grants are required to be made public as well (for 1 year). However, even doing that, you are still stuck behind the political pressures, journal bias, and the peer
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by omnisci 14y ago
One of the many problems with academic publishing is that it's holding on to an antiquated idea behind publishing and not progressing with the way communications are moving now. In a sense, publications are moving at 1970s speed and this hu
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by omnisci 14y ago
Yes, I actually do:) Me: Neuroscience PhD at Columbia w/ some a technical background but not a coder.I'm working on going up against academic publishing right now. I have a YC application that is currently being reviewed and I'm in need of
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by omnisci 14y ago
Thank you! I hear this all the time and it drives me nuts! "Omg, I'm sooooOoOooO busy.... I've been working (on my facebook profile) for 10 hours today :sadpandaface:" I have no problem with posting cat videos to facebook, more power to you
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by omnisci 14y ago
Uhh, I may get hated on for this one and it doesn’t help that I just got out of a meeting with a bunch of academics, so I’m kind of annoyed right now, BUT, take note that I'm a PhD working in an academic environment. [angry bold]Stop whinin
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by omnisci 14y ago
My boss (Academic scientist) told us that we had to work a 70-90 hour work week to be successful in this business. I found that funny as I don't count my productivity in hours work, but in the amount of "product" I produce. "Working hard"

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