Neha Chatterjee

@SoilandGas Absolutely!! I’ve too found writing in big but structured chunks with one big goal like this helps me immensely! For years I tried to write in fragmented time frames in vain :\

Just finished a four day writing retreat and I swear I have written more in four days than I have in four months. What an immense difference some enforced structure makes to my #ADHD brain.

@FromPhDtoLife Feel like I should thank Dunkin for the copious amounts of coffee I have been consuming 🫡

I mentioned my favorite band in my PhD dissertation acknowledgments. Did you thank anyone or anything surprising in yours?

@ThePhDPlace I was quite excited to study soils! Was making a context switch from my MS academic background and it was exciting to do something new for a few years.

Anonymous Question Why did you start your PhD? I’m asking because I’ve genuinely forgotten why I’m even here.

@scholarcy @MushtaqBilalPhD Makes sense. Thank you!

@MushtaqBilalPhD @NehaC2359 Hi! We convert tables in PDF files to Excel so that you can download and analyse them there. We don’t have an explain feature for tables or figures.

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@MushtaqBilalPhD I didn’t see the Tables and Figures explanation feature. Is it excluded from the trial version?

If there any tables in your article, Scholarcy will explain them for you. It will also give you the option the download the data as an Excel sheet.

@vboykis Visual Basic HTML C++ Java R

1. SQL 2. SAS 3. R 4. Python 5. Scala 6. Java 7. PHP 8. Go (next up)

@parulia Aappakadai, Pleasanton & Saravana Bhavan, Fremont. Tirupathi Bhimas, Milpitas - sometimes :/ But awaiting results :)

I’m starting my quest for best west coast dosa. Who’s got recs? SF or east bay to start. First attempt, not a disaster 😋

@Melterialsgal I recently went through this phase and can attest - it is extremely nerve wrecking and ‘anxiety inducing’! To be fair to the manuscript decision scenario - I feel the anticipation anxiety is mellowed since it takes a bit longer and meanwhile we are busy with other projects.

Should PLFA or NLFA C16w5 be used to assess arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass? A recent opinion authored by a number of colleagues previously involved in development and use of fatty acid biomarker assays for roots and soils is now online at rdcu.be/cWQyZ

@SoilandGas They are beautiful. Is the second one Amanita?

I have to stop taking pictures of all the fungi I see, I don’t have mushroom left on my phone 🍄 #Fungi

@isakoditomassi Haha- true. Or having to avoid corn leaf blade bruises! Great that you are having fun!!!

@NehaC2359 @BeantKapoor @AnyiMelisaReye1 @epp_tn I was telling them today about doing fieldwork in corn fields with you! Hahah- At least I can't get lost in a field full of oak saplings.

Anyone need some plants measured? I am kind of an expert now. Fun field day with the awesome @BeantKapoor, @AnyiMelisaReye1 and Emma! Reminding us of all the work that goes into data collection. #BiGGUTK @epp_tn

@mayankb92 @TarasPogorelov @steveczimmerman @diwakarshukla Congratulations!!

After a long grueling journey of 6 years, PhDone! @TarasPogorelov #GruebeleLab @steveczimmerman @diwakarshukla (I really thought I might have something more profound to say - but it’s still all sinking in and might take some time)

@fikriyahwinata @meipokwan @jlcidell Yay!! Congrats Fik!

Making figures for publications is an often neglected stage - and in many situations we resolve to simplest figures made in PowerPoint etc. Aa a #science_designer I'm often commissioned to revamp such figures. Here's an example processes. #sciart #viz thread of 10

@lab_shenanigans First 2 years of PhD - paper Post that - everything’s digital from documentation during experiments, meeting notes to ideas. Life is so much better now that I do not have to sift through 4 lab notebooks to find what was the conclusion from this one specific trial 8 months ago!

How do y’all prefer to document your experiments?? 👀

@docnikitawagle Congratulations Nikita! Great culmination (or maybe a revamp now) of your vivid #phdlife IG handle.

@ZamigaKh What is the duration for capturing this?and which microscopy?

Long-term imaging of plant-fungal interaction (best part of my thesis!😁). Fungal "firework" 🎆 #arabidopsis #Microscopy

@tallguyinlab I have begun backing up photos on my computer now with separate folders for field and lab analysis!

Grad student camera rolls be like

I'm recruiting Ph.D. students (Fall 2022) to work on an NSF project (nsf.gov/awardsearch/sh…) studying soil carbon across CONUS and a DOE project (ess.science.energy.gov/summary-of-env…) studying greenhouse gas dynamics in terrestrial-aquatic interfaces. DM me for more information. Please RT!