Thanks for the post; it really brings me back to those good (and stressful) old days. One thing that I would tell any starting grad student is that finding the right lab is more important than jus...

The good news for us at the team is that there was no non-disclosure clause on selling gossip about you to the tabloids. Hello, alternative revenue stream...

They actually brought in goats to Boston a couple years back to help clear out a huge patch of poison ivy in a park they were redeveloping. Human workers just couldn't access the site for its shee...

Super cool, but world-tilting. It's like finding out your parents were once hippies or something. 'You mean, you were once wild and interesting?!'

Incidentally, I think this could be the start...

Ok, that's officially super cool. I wonder if other cyanobacteria call them 'four eyes'.

Very interesting; I hadn't come across the work.

From a 10,000 foot view, I think the issue of persisters and the fact that many of the current antibiotics requiring active cell growth and meta...

I'm rather afraid to know the results of the 16S sequencing... But couldn't be worse than the NYC subway, at least.

Late reply, but I agree that the thoughtful reviewers are the ones that really drive research forward. I also had a paper in grad school where a suggested experiment changed one of our conclusions...