And today we submitted another revised manuscript & another new paper. Sadly also got a grant LOI rejection.
Circle of #academicLife
Circle of #academicLife
October 27, 2026 at 11:55 PM
And today we submitted another revised manuscript & another new paper. Sadly also got a grant LOI rejection.
Circle of #academicLife
Circle of #academicLife
Today: submitted NSERC, submitted revisesd manuscript, attended departmental meeting, exec meeting, & 2 MedSci meetings, marked 3 honours proposals. Need to finish reading 6 AUPs.
And a student just got another scholarship!
#academicLife
And a student just got another scholarship!
#academicLife
Tired Baby on Play Area Floor
ALT: Tired Baby on Play Area Floor
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October 27, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Today: submitted NSERC, submitted revisesd manuscript, attended departmental meeting, exec meeting, & 2 MedSci meetings, marked 3 honours proposals. Need to finish reading 6 AUPs.
And a student just got another scholarship!
#academicLife
And a student just got another scholarship!
#academicLife
Don’t wait until you’re running on empty to recharge. 🔋✨
Taking a break when you first start feeling drained isn't laziness—it’s sustainable productivity.
Protect your energy before burnout forces you to stop!
🔖 #SelfCare #Productivity #MentalHealth #AcademicLife
Taking a break when you first start feeling drained isn't laziness—it’s sustainable productivity.
Protect your energy before burnout forces you to stop!
🔖 #SelfCare #Productivity #MentalHealth #AcademicLife
October 25, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Don’t wait until you’re running on empty to recharge. 🔋✨
Taking a break when you first start feeling drained isn't laziness—it’s sustainable productivity.
Protect your energy before burnout forces you to stop!
🔖 #SelfCare #Productivity #MentalHealth #AcademicLife
Taking a break when you first start feeling drained isn't laziness—it’s sustainable productivity.
Protect your energy before burnout forces you to stop!
🔖 #SelfCare #Productivity #MentalHealth #AcademicLife
Waking up to an acceptance after two rounds of R&R #socialscience #academiclife
Mindy Kaling Celebrates
ALT: Mindy Kaling Celebrates
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October 22, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Waking up to an acceptance after two rounds of R&R #socialscience #academiclife
These are some heady questions...
The mentoring Q&A in September's #TPhysMag focuses on inspiration, motivation and legacy-building.
Read more from APS members Carlos Zepeda & Owen Woodward: https://ow.ly/msFz5100AFy #ProfDev #ScienceMentorship #AcademicLife 🧪
The mentoring Q&A in September's #TPhysMag focuses on inspiration, motivation and legacy-building.
Read more from APS members Carlos Zepeda & Owen Woodward: https://ow.ly/msFz5100AFy #ProfDev #ScienceMentorship #AcademicLife 🧪
October 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
These are some heady questions...
The mentoring Q&A in September's #TPhysMag focuses on inspiration, motivation and legacy-building.
Read more from APS members Carlos Zepeda & Owen Woodward: https://ow.ly/msFz5100AFy #ProfDev #ScienceMentorship #AcademicLife 🧪
The mentoring Q&A in September's #TPhysMag focuses on inspiration, motivation and legacy-building.
Read more from APS members Carlos Zepeda & Owen Woodward: https://ow.ly/msFz5100AFy #ProfDev #ScienceMentorship #AcademicLife 🧪
Absolute genius, sums up perfectly the current state of academia in the UK.
👉🏼 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AcademicLife #HigherEducation #Research
h/t Andy Sewell
👉🏼 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AcademicLife #HigherEducation #Research
h/t Andy Sewell
October 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Absolute genius, sums up perfectly the current state of academia in the UK.
👉🏼 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AcademicLife #HigherEducation #Research
h/t Andy Sewell
👉🏼 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#AcademicLife #HigherEducation #Research
h/t Andy Sewell
Vonsattel's Beethoven: crystalline structure, ruthless tempi, revelatory analysi. https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/music/events/node/949195
October 24, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Vonsattel's Beethoven: crystalline structure, ruthless tempi, revelatory analysi. https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/music/events/node/949195
ICYM, a personal reflection on the last 25 years #academicchatter #academiclife
25 years ago, I moved to the UK. I was meant to do my PhD and return, after 3 or 4 years. Some thoughts and a short personal reflection on that journey. #academicchatter #academiclife
salgadolab.org/blog/uk-25-y...
salgadolab.org/blog/uk-25-y...
UK, 25 years later
Twenty-five years after arriving in Oxford for a PhD, Paula Salgado looks back on a research career, and a home, built in the UK.
salgadolab.org
October 22, 2026 at 11:28 AM
ICYM, a personal reflection on the last 25 years #academicchatter #academiclife
The exam does not get written in one sitting. It gets written in the three weeks before this one, in forty-minute blocks between office hours, between meetings. Three Mondays.
https://youtu.be/37ON1Lah2Y0
#AcademicLife #Writing
https://youtu.be/37ON1Lah2Y0
#AcademicLife #Writing
October 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The exam does not get written in one sitting. It gets written in the three weeks before this one, in forty-minute blocks between office hours, between meetings. Three Mondays.
https://youtu.be/37ON1Lah2Y0
#AcademicLife #Writing
https://youtu.be/37ON1Lah2Y0
#AcademicLife #Writing
Just learned that my research on antimicrobial use in aquaculture has made significant contributions to Power and Energy Engineering.
Apparently, my research has made significant contributions to a field I've never worked in.
#AcademicLife
Apparently, my research has made significant contributions to a field I've never worked in.
#AcademicLife
October 23, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Just learned that my research on antimicrobial use in aquaculture has made significant contributions to Power and Energy Engineering.
Apparently, my research has made significant contributions to a field I've never worked in.
#AcademicLife
Apparently, my research has made significant contributions to a field I've never worked in.
#AcademicLife
In Spring, a particle physicist colleague wrote a blog about teaching Claude his voice so that it can take a first pass at editing papers that he is co-author on but were drafted by one of his collaborators, often early career scientists.
I see how it could save time but also our job is to teach
I see how it could save time but also our job is to teach
October 21, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Heute in unserem Blog: Was unterscheidet den Forscher vom Pfau – wenn überhaupt? …
www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=15223
#ImpactFactor #AcademicLife #LabFun #Cartoon
www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=15223
#ImpactFactor #AcademicLife #LabFun #Cartoon
October 21, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Heute in unserem Blog: Was unterscheidet den Forscher vom Pfau – wenn überhaupt? …
www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=15223
#ImpactFactor #AcademicLife #LabFun #Cartoon
www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=15223
#ImpactFactor #AcademicLife #LabFun #Cartoon
One short email before an exam gives students a practical final check: what is covered, how topics are weighted, which resources they can use, and when grades come back.
It saves repeating the whole syllabus. What else goes in yours? #AcademicSky #HigherEd #AcademicLife
It saves repeating the whole syllabus. What else goes in yours? #AcademicSky #HigherEd #AcademicLife
October 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM
One short email before an exam gives students a practical final check: what is covered, how topics are weighted, which resources they can use, and when grades come back.
It saves repeating the whole syllabus. What else goes in yours? #AcademicSky #HigherEd #AcademicLife
It saves repeating the whole syllabus. What else goes in yours? #AcademicSky #HigherEd #AcademicLife
Day 6 of posting until Pubdro has 10k users
Quick question for researchers and PhD students: What is the most frustrating part of trying to keep up with new publications in your field? #AcademicTwitter #PhDChat #Research #HigherEducation #AcademicLife
Quick question for researchers and PhD students: What is the most frustrating part of trying to keep up with new publications in your field? #AcademicTwitter #PhDChat #Research #HigherEducation #AcademicLife
October 22, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Day 6 of posting until Pubdro has 10k users
Quick question for researchers and PhD students: What is the most frustrating part of trying to keep up with new publications in your field? #AcademicTwitter #PhDChat #Research #HigherEducation #AcademicLife
Quick question for researchers and PhD students: What is the most frustrating part of trying to keep up with new publications in your field? #AcademicTwitter #PhDChat #Research #HigherEducation #AcademicLife
Ever lost an entire afternoon trying to find that one paper where you swore you read a specific quote?
I’m researching the biggest time-sinks in academic workflows and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
3 mins • 100% anonymous
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Thank you! ❤️
#phdchat #academiclife #phdlife
I’m researching the biggest time-sinks in academic workflows and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
3 mins • 100% anonymous
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Thank you! ❤️
#phdchat #academiclife #phdlife
Academic Research Workflow Survey
Help us understand your research habits and workflow challenges.
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October 22, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Ever lost an entire afternoon trying to find that one paper where you swore you read a specific quote?
I’m researching the biggest time-sinks in academic workflows and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
3 mins • 100% anonymous
forms.gle/oDKBgkREsWPA...
Thank you! ❤️
#phdchat #academiclife #phdlife
I’m researching the biggest time-sinks in academic workflows and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
3 mins • 100% anonymous
forms.gle/oDKBgkREsWPA...
Thank you! ❤️
#phdchat #academiclife #phdlife
Using this morning of a not-teaching day affords time to polish & send a new draft of my book proposal to my literary agent. Then on to #GradingJail, departmental-service duties, & finalizing travel plans for an upcoming conference before prepping to teach tomorrow's classes. #AcademicLife
October 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Using this morning of a not-teaching day affords time to polish & send a new draft of my book proposal to my literary agent. Then on to #GradingJail, departmental-service duties, & finalizing travel plans for an upcoming conference before prepping to teach tomorrow's classes. #AcademicLife
25 years ago, I moved to the UK. I was meant to do my PhD and return, after 3 or 4 years. Some thoughts and a short personal reflection on that journey. #academicchatter #academiclife
salgadolab.org/blog/uk-25-y...
salgadolab.org/blog/uk-25-y...
UK, 25 years later
Twenty-five years after arriving in Oxford for a PhD, Paula Salgado looks back on a research career, and a home, built in the UK.
salgadolab.org
October 19, 2026 at 11:22 PM
25 years ago, I moved to the UK. I was meant to do my PhD and return, after 3 or 4 years. Some thoughts and a short personal reflection on that journey. #academicchatter #academiclife
salgadolab.org/blog/uk-25-y...
salgadolab.org/blog/uk-25-y...
Turnitin Similarity Score vs AI Score: Two Different Reports
textpulse.ai/blog/turnitin-similarity-vs-ai-score
#PhD #AcademicLife #ScienceWriting
textpulse.ai/blog/turnitin-similarity-vs-ai-score
#PhD #AcademicLife #ScienceWriting
October 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Turnitin Similarity Score vs AI Score: Two Different Reports
textpulse.ai/blog/turnitin-similarity-vs-ai-score
#PhD #AcademicLife #ScienceWriting
textpulse.ai/blog/turnitin-similarity-vs-ai-score
#PhD #AcademicLife #ScienceWriting
An AI assistant helped me resolve a stalled subscription dispute and secure a four-month extension. The bigger gain was one less task to keep in mind.
New blog post: quantitative-biology.org/get-your-mon...
#AI #AcademicLife
New blog post: quantitative-biology.org/get-your-mon...
#AI #AcademicLife
Get your money back with AI | Laboratory of Quantitative Biology
An AI assistant helped resolve a stalled VPN support request and secure a four-month subscription extension. The useful return was less time and attention...
quantitative-biology.org
October 21, 2026 at 12:05 PM
An AI assistant helped me resolve a stalled subscription dispute and secure a four-month extension. The bigger gain was one less task to keep in mind.
New blog post: quantitative-biology.org/get-your-mon...
#AI #AcademicLife
New blog post: quantitative-biology.org/get-your-mon...
#AI #AcademicLife
Ran a workshop on action research at uni today. The concept is easy, but practice is where we drift because we keep people at the centre of our narrative without really involving them. Writing about people isn't the same as researching with them #AcademicSky #ActionResearch #academiclife #university
October 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Ran a workshop on action research at uni today. The concept is easy, but practice is where we drift because we keep people at the centre of our narrative without really involving them. Writing about people isn't the same as researching with them #AcademicSky #ActionResearch #academiclife #university
The “Scholar of the Year 2026” award from the Ukrainian Institute of Arts and Sciences has arrived.
#OldTestamentStudies #Theology #BiblicalStudies #UGI #AcademicLife
#OldTestamentStudies #Theology #BiblicalStudies #UGI #AcademicLife
October 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The “Scholar of the Year 2026” award from the Ukrainian Institute of Arts and Sciences has arrived.
#OldTestamentStudies #Theology #BiblicalStudies #UGI #AcademicLife
#OldTestamentStudies #Theology #BiblicalStudies #UGI #AcademicLife
Cold morning, scholarly chaos. ♒📚 Halfway through journal manuscript research, started my next book, writers conference ahead, and capstone review before graduation.
Aquarius cosmic memo: focus on the long game. My HSP brain is booked and busy. 😂
#Aquarius #HSP #AcademicLife
Aquarius cosmic memo: focus on the long game. My HSP brain is booked and busy. 😂
#Aquarius #HSP #AcademicLife
October 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Cold morning, scholarly chaos. ♒📚 Halfway through journal manuscript research, started my next book, writers conference ahead, and capstone review before graduation.
Aquarius cosmic memo: focus on the long game. My HSP brain is booked and busy. 😂
#Aquarius #HSP #AcademicLife
Aquarius cosmic memo: focus on the long game. My HSP brain is booked and busy. 😂
#Aquarius #HSP #AcademicLife
Ran a workshop on action research at uni today. The concept is easy, but practice is where we drift because we keep people at the centre of our narrative without really involving them. Writing about people isn't the same as researching with them #AcademicSky #ActionResearch #academiclife #university
October 19, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Ran a workshop on action research at uni today. The concept is easy, but practice is where we drift because we keep people at the centre of our narrative without really involving them. Writing about people isn't the same as researching with them #AcademicSky #ActionResearch #academiclife #university
The lecture shifted to assignment Q&A. It is amazing how many different ways people can ask about the word count, as if a new phrasing will magically grant them an extra 200 words. #AcademicLife #StudentProblems #University
October 17, 2026 at 8:18 AM
The lecture shifted to assignment Q&A. It is amazing how many different ways people can ask about the word count, as if a new phrasing will magically grant them an extra 200 words. #AcademicLife #StudentProblems #University
Latin Editing Before Lunch, a manuscript puzzle that ate my mid-week, and dinner I didn’t have to plan. A glimpse of research life at HMML—with microfilm, autumn leaves, and more coffee.
silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
#nuntastic #AcademicLife #research @visithmml.bsky.social
silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
#nuntastic #AcademicLife #research @visithmml.bsky.social
October 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Latin Editing Before Lunch, a manuscript puzzle that ate my mid-week, and dinner I didn’t have to plan. A glimpse of research life at HMML—with microfilm, autumn leaves, and more coffee.
silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
#nuntastic #AcademicLife #research @visithmml.bsky.social
silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
#nuntastic #AcademicLife #research @visithmml.bsky.social