Disclosing the inner secrets of medical research industry, but for fear of retribution I must hide my identity. One part parody, one part brutal truth.
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What really shits me are the people who are ascribing the Bondi Junction stabbing to whatever groups they dislike or wish to deflect blame to. So far I've seen people blaming Jews, Muslims, Christians, racism from white people, males, video games, Marxism, mental illness, drugs..
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This is true ... It simply wouldn't have been possible to make an influenza vaccine before we could even grow the virus in the lab.
Good lord- RFK Jr. claimed on Rogan’s podcast that there is good evidence that the flu vaccine caused the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic. Slight problem with that claim: influenza had not even been identified until the 1930s and a flu vaccine wasn’t available to the public until 1945.
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A 7.4% increase in #ARC funding ... At least it's gone up with inflation ...
@arc_gov_au
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A 2.9% success rate for ECRs ... How can I honestly tell a prospective PhD student that there's any career path in medical research at this point?
2.9% success rate = 9 grants awarded from 307 applicants!
*For the stream specifically identified for ECRs*
And no assessor feedback!
This is a complete failure of policy, funding & leadership
"The MRFF aims to transform health and medical research" - yeah right ...
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How do you account for jobs where unpaid work is part of the package? For example, I read a research paper almost every night before bed, which contributes to my work knowledge base. Should I get paid extra for that?
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The Science Research Mole retweeted
13yr old: Why are you stressed
me: im applying for grants
13yro: do you like applying for grants
me: absolutely not, it's stressful
13yro: then why are you doing it
me: so I can run a lab & do research
13yro: But if you keep doing research dont you just have to write more grants?
The Science Research Mole retweeted
It’s very hard to get a professor to understand something when his grants depend on not understanding it.
Or everyone who has ever been on a grant view panel ...
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The Science Research Mole retweeted
The academic career ladder
ALT a ladder containing only a top and bottom step, the rest are missing
I think Dan will win today. There's a feeling you get before governments are thrown out. I just don't get that feeling today. I could be in a left wing echo chamber more than usual.
About time that the MRFF becomes transparent ...
Lift the secrecy around giant Abbott/Hockey era medical fund.
Must-read investigation @MrRexPatrick on $20bn #MRFF
#covid secrecy @ceo_nhmrc
michaelwest.com.au/mrff-medi…
This is a good point. No one is going to say this on their personal account, but the reality is almost zero people are going to read your entire paper, let alone read it in the formatted order. Scientists simply don't have the time to read everything in full detail.
A well-written scientific paper does not build up suspense, it blasts the main results in at least 7 ways, starting with the title. The main results are also stated in the abstract, the introduction, the results section, the discussion, the conclusions, and of course the figures.
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