The Lab - Episode 3: Papers

[@jimliu5118]

"Give him purse back. I studied Biochemistry too" :)

[@Amoebatirith]

"It's a tough job market." *laughs and cries simultaneously* Stop being so real.

[@manjitrana3608]

you had me at "Tough job market" LOL :D

[@jimliu5118]

"I dont have any money. I'm just graduate student" lol and sad same time.

[@Tetraglot]

I first watched this series when I was an undergrad, and now that I'm in grad school I re-watch it every year and realize I know more of the references

[@patriciapt]

so true xD "take the bus pass you need it" "i dont have any money"

[@OHOHOHCOME]

4:15 Close the door please, fucking classic. I also love how the big thug was chewing on a floss. That might have just became iconic.

[@kuromyou497]

That PI's smile.... gives me shivers.

[@matthewwestfall6999]

This is like the office but it’s “ the college” 😂

[@romaldomadrid8594]

Grad School

[@madeleinesutherland1623]

The whole PI meeting I was just shouting at him through the screen: "Ruuuuun! Run like the wind! This is when you suddenly have a dire emergency in another county!"

[@Penguinbjear]

This spoke to me on a spiritual level. My advisor did this to me over the summer and I was cringing from the induced anxiety of that meeting.

[@Felixkeeg]

Pesky undergrad chemistry student here! I just wanted to say this series is amazing (like very high quality production for such a small group) and I binge watch this to procrastinate studying for my finals

[@rogo9k92]

'When you have a moment can come by my office' sends shivers hah

[@gjms]

Looool! OmFG... the mugging... hilarious! XD

[@Hpfreak9206]

Oh god this is way too real.... that meeting though, you should do this method, umm do we even have this equipment... that doesn't mater you'll figure it out. way too accurate!

[@lifenoises]

I felt so unsure just now watching that meeting.

[@watchTheLab]

You never know what your prof is thinking...

[@CrushOfSiel]

That ending was just the best.. haha. Well done.

[@Se-pk8lg]

The last scene just killed me! hahahaha

[@curiosophy4241]

I laughed so hard when the man gave him a card. hahahaha

[@Matamune87]

Every single word/look from 4:14 to 7:02 sounds/looks like a death threat and the face at 7:04 looks like "I'm doomed" XD

[@bendriscoll6631]

It is soooo hard to tell if she's being serious or sarcastic.

[@LIDABEAR]

this episode spoke to me on so many levels. *slowly continues to edit my proposal*

[@krakent8791]

Grad yet?

[@LIDABEAR]

@@krakent8791 yes!! I work in industry now. 😊

[@krakent8791]

@@LIDABEAR Thank you for the reply! You have no intention to work in academia? Just asking.

[@DoWnAzZAzN]

i love these. i wish there were some for grad students in the humanities, though. i think grad students in the humanities are in more denial about the realities of grad school than science grad students.

[@learnerktm]

Following this series in 2019. Cool, it is.

[@itismetaphorical1016]

why is this series not famous !!!! the lead looks like a combination of Benedict cumberbatch and Chris Martin 😆!!!

[@oadka]

Yes!

[@TheCaptain14]

That comps section hit waaaaay too hard 🤣🤣👍

[@Censorededs]

I'm in Math, not in Biology - but the print out other papers and just getting a mountain of work is so real

[@psuedointellectualhunters2206]

Oh dear lord last scene make me cry in laughter😂

[@gabrielbarrantes6946]

That ending was a master piece

[@PeteSchult]

Tough job market, indeed.

[@TheMaxinfiniti]

Lol

[@figkinamura6894]

Adviser: "Can you stop by my office?" Walks in: "Close the door and have a seat..." *My brain*: SSSSSSSSSSSSh*********************t, I am so boned right now.

[@nbent4607]

"His name is not Chuck" LOL

[@reason4346]

The last scene... LOL

[@pavelradev1990]

So many times this felt like a set up for a porn.

[@romaldomadrid8594]

I know right?

[@anupamprakash2185]

I have a PhD interview next week and now I'm genuinely worried :/

[@aaatt268]

I expected Dave to ask the mugger if he knew how to do those experiments.

[@graysonsoldahl]

"Man, that's some trippy shit. Hey, give her the purse back. I studied biochemistry too. 'Seriously?' Yeah, man. I got a PhD. Yeah, bro."

[@Blazentity]

Dang, PIs be doing that. Dropping last minute nature and science papers on you the night before your presentation and expecting you to be experts. On a side note tho, EXCELLENT NETWORKING!!!

[@kathleenmelzer7499]

Surface plasmon resonance is great and dual polarisation interferometry sounds good. not a bad proposal for a science student.

[@jesseg6890]

my endonte was crashing for a final report due at midnight one time and so i went and did like 39 references manually in a 4000 word report for polymers and nanocomposites

[@youtubechannel5429]

This PI was highly unprofessional... How come the first time she’s giving feedback to his whole proposal just two days before it’s due?.. on a similar note, If I gave my proposal to my pi two days before it’s due I would be going to that presentation with no proposal lol

[@thundafundamentalist]

stop exposing our private grad student lives!

[@Brickkzz]

+Hamid Pasha hahaha its so relatable it hurts xD

[@thundafundamentalist]

I don't wanna hurt no more! #PhD #Student #Life

[@Dakarai_Knight]

This is scaring the crap out of me applying to grad school.

[@pamilerinalende7231]

This is me. I am just scared 🙀

[@kbee225]

Wow this really well made!

[@08waltew]

This is so accurate everyone I met in academia had a weird smugness about them

[@brentrichards1200]

BWAHAHAHA this mentor was like mine XDDDDD

[@samramdebest]

can somebody explain what's happening at around 6:00 to 7:10?

[@OHOHOHCOME]

+samramdebest She was breaking his bawlz.

[@Norie1115]

+samramdebest Pretty much the professors/mentors have so much experiments in mind that they want to do, they figure out ways to make u do it, like stuffing in some techniques he/she saw on an article and claimed it is good for your paper haha

[@M16xDr0pSh0tz]

@@Norie1115 really? what I got from that segment was she thought his proposal was bad and she is saying to pad it with some experiments to make his comps seem me sophisticated

[@thundafundamentalist]

"Can I have my bus pass back?!" "you got it man, you NEED IT!" #Burn! #PhDLife #NO1cries4Us

[@MrMetalHead1100]

that ending cut me deep

[@64standardtrickyness]

Idk about biochem but isn't that basically the most lucrative field right now? the kind of interdisciplinary applied stuff ? I think the classical "pure" noninterdisciplinary stuff

[@vikasrao1033]

This is so real because I studied biochemistry too xD

[@XiyuYang]

I've definitely known better to trust my advisor's compliments...

[@coolkmb3]

HAHAHAHA almost this exact thing happened to me the other day.

[@cheezenip2737]

Yeah the job market is tough... If you're gullible!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@kat8951]

Manual refrences only ✌

[@eligirl100]

How to I get out of this field? Seriously I need advice...anyone????

[@atheermmadlool2862]

There is no way to be in lab without safety staff, no lab coat, no glasses, and no gloves. I think it should be like a real lab. Thanks

[@minerofskies2451]

A lot of grad students (even undergrads), especially in structural biology, don't bother wearing lab coats if they aren't directly dealing with bacteria. Gloves, however, are always a must.

[@HarshitKumar-lg1ol]

Wait. You are not supposed to do references manually WTF!!!

[@christine2689]

arent enzymes supposed to be stored in something temp controlled and not in a pipette tips inside a ziplock?

[@scoutclapscheeks2203]

Call me doctor, post doc is my cousin’s name.

[@raghi428]

They wanna do meth, haha. Something similar happened to me. As soon as the guy found out I study chemistry, he suddenly got interested in me, haha. The conversation ended up like: The guy: tell me how to make meth (indirectly) Me: I don't know! The guy: insisting.... Me: |-: The guy: do you accept that they don't teach us anything at universities? Me: !!!!

[@ValisFan3]

Haha this series is funny. Its a great satire of grad school- grad students in biochem turn out to be street thugs. I'm glad I made the choice not to go to grad school.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Grade schole lukes like alotta funn. I thinck i m gona go. beck and finnesh hi schole.

[@anuvabmohanty1361]

Biochem Phd :D

[@slimakasilim]

My supervisor is also always on my case about using Endnote...*facepalm*. I wish thugs in South Africa could also be as reasonable as these thugs...hehehe

[@crisyorke1328]

Andile Mthombeni Forget it! In South Africa, the police rob you!

[@aaatt268]

Nah. Not relatable. The professor is too nice.

[@swoobertdoobert]

terrible