/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.8434865]

How many people on /sci/ actually do research? What fields do you work at?

[Anonymous No.8434875]

>>8434865
Personally I investigate sRNA regulation networks in bacteria, anyone else in the field?

[Anonymous No.8434885]

I started a PhD focused on Raman microscopy

[Anonymous No.8434900]

>>8434865
Astrophysics, neutrinos, cool shit.

[Anonymous No.8434907]

Super-resolution microscopy

[Anonymous No.8434908]

>>8434865
Telecommunication

[Anonymous No.8434914]

>>8434865
memes

[Anonymous No.8435338]

>>8434865
OPs image smells of IFLS

[Anonymous No.8435354]

>>8435338
OMG I STAY INDOORS ALL DAY TOO I'M SUCH A DORK LOL I WANT TO BE A SCIENTIST TOO IT'S SO COOL #SAGAN4LIFE!!!!

[Anonymous No.8435464]

Organic tin catalysis
>muh life expectancy

[Anonymous No.8435482]

>>8434865
I mean I have published math research.

[Anonymous No.8435749]

>>8434865
I'm doing grad research in microtubules

[Anonymous No.8435783]

>wearing gloves on the scope
lol what a nerd

[Anonymous No.8435795]

I'm a field biologist. Getting paid to hike around and collect data is pretty awesome.

[Anonymous No.8435800]

>>8434865
a PhD said he'd put me as an author for fixing his shitty math.
It'll never see the light of day cuz DoD

[Anonymous No.8435802]

Stable isotope geochemistry

[Anonymous No.8435804]

Statistician for clinical trials. That counts right?

[Anonymous No.8435989]

Alzheimers

[Anonymous No.8435991]

>>8435795
>glorified bird-watching
>science

[Anonymous No.8435993]

>>8434865
Neuroscience, working on two projects: visually guided behavior in one group, and development of hippocampus in another group

[Anonymous No.8436002]

>>8434865
Archeology if it counts

[Anonymous No.8436061]

>>8434875
no, but could you use biomedical engineers?

[Anonymous No.8436067]

I was working in an immunobiology research lab, researching anti-inflammatory gut bacteria

[Anonymous No.8436192]

>>8434865
I research new memory architectures, and memory performance modeling.

[Anonymous No.8437821]

>>8435991
>t. undergrad

[Anonymous No.8438129]

>>8435991
>bird-watching
>amphibian in picture

unstoppable imbecile

[Anonymous No.8438309]

>>8434865

Biophysics. Interested in NMR methodology for protein structure and dynamics.

[Anonymous No.8438823]

Quantum computing using solid state systems.

[Anonymous No.8438848]

>>8434865
Political business cycles

[Anonymous No.8438858]

>>8434907
Where ?
Some people in my group are also working on super-resolution microscopy

[Anonymous No.8438867]

>>8435354
Don't stop pipetting

[Anonymous No.8438885]

Climatoogy, focus on extreme events, heatwaves and storms

[Anonymous No.8438970]

>>8434875
>>8435993
>>8438309
What degrees did you guys get? I'm planning on majoring in biochemistry/biophysics when I get my basics out of the way.

Most interested in proteomics so I figured this would be the degree to get me closest

[Anonymous No.8438991]

>>8438970
pls respon

[Anonymous No.8439003]

>>8434865
Plant molecular biology/genetics

[Anonymous No.8439009]

I don't do research, there's no money in it.

I do work for a pharmaceutical company doing quality assurance routine lab testing. It's boring, easy, and pays well. No regrets.

[Anonymous No.8439010]

>>8434907
>>8438858
>Super-resolution microscopy
Is this a meme?

Literally get fucked you retards. Current "High" resolution microscopy cannot be beaten - it's already atomic scale

I bet you are Americans

[Anonymous No.8439012]

>>8439009
>It's boring, easy, and pays well.
/biz/ is that way. This board is for /sci/ence not salaries

[Anonymous No.8439042]

>>8439010
Yeah seriously, we're kind of limited electron wavelength and if not that then we can already make literally atom-defined topographical maps with AFM, SICM. No idea what the fuck they're on a bout

>>8434865
I'm in biomedical research. I synthesis candidate molecules against a lead that's been shown to have enzymatic inhibition activity and then I go and culture infected cell lines and see if my compound improves anything. We've got really good activity at the moment but shit hepatic clearance, solubility, few others

[Anonymous No.8439051]

>>8439010
>Current "High" resolution microscopy cannot be beaten

Why do you have such strong opinions on something you obviously know nothing about? Super resolution literally gives a tenfold increase in the resolution of optical microscopes.

[Anonymous No.8439056]

>>8434908
Suffering

[Anonymous No.8439060]

>>8439010
>>8439051
Should also add that it one the nobel prize in chemistry in 2014. And no, I'm not American.

[Anonymous No.8439064]

>>8439010
>>8439042
Super resolution microscopy literally gives you a tenfold increase in resolution on optical microscopes. It won the nobel prize in chemistry in 2014. Educate yourself.

[Anonymous No.8439075]

>>8439009
define pays well

[Anonymous No.8439273]

I'm an undergrad that thinks I know most things about most topics, and reacts violently when disagreed with.

[Anonymous No.8439313]

>>8439273
sounds arrogant to me

[Anonymous No.8439519]

>>8434885
For what application, anon?

[Anonymous No.8439642]

>>8434875
That's literally what I'm proposing to study in my qualifying exam in November

[Anonymous No.8439808]

Undergrad research in 2 dimension materials research. Been doing it since I was in highschool. :)

[Anonymous No.8440229]

Cp-theory / Function spaces (topology)

[Anonymous No.8440402]

>>8439010
Lets all take a second to appreciate just how retarded this guy is

[Anonymous No.8440482]

>>8435795
Is it hard to get a job as a biologist?
Currently in my first year of my biology bachelor. I'll have to decide between macro and micro at the start of my next year. I've heard that jobs are harder to come by for macro.

Netherlands, btw

[Anonymous No.8440498]

Does undergrad research count? Ill working toward a publication in active noise cancelling algorithms

[Anonymous No.8440503]

>>8434865
does computer security count?

[Anonymous No.8440515]

My current research topic is finding robust estimates on the probability that OP is a faggot. Currently we have some preliminary data which suggests that the probability for this particular thread is very close to 1.

[Anonymous No.8440519]

i did research all summer in computation fluid dynamics
t. undergrad

[Anonymous No.8440532]

>>8438970
I majored in biology (animal physiology), minor studies in biophysics, biochemistry and math. That way I got into neuroscience groups.

[Anonymous No.8440541]

>>8440482
There is competition in the job market. The key is to specialize wisely, try your hardest, and make connections. Get to know a lot of important people.

[Anonymous No.8440913]

>>8440482
Do you study at Leiden University?

[Anonymous No.8440919]

I make some gender studies.

[Anonymous No.8440926]

I investigate molecular mechanisms of metabolic adaptation in development and in cancer

[Anonymous No.8441209]

>>8440482
Macro is pretty difficult, at least here in the states. Take any undergrad research positions you can, do internships, TA a lab if you can. All of it helps. Getting a masters/PHD increases your chance of success as well.

I know another anon said to specialize, but I find that having a wide skill set and a varied amount of experience working with all sorts of organisms helps because more than likely you won't just be studying one thing for your entire career and many times you'll be studying multiple organisms in a field season. For one temp job I had, I tracked bats at the beginning of the season, went on to collecting soil samples and work with salamanders mid to late season, and finished the season out looking at flying squirrels. Throughout I also did stream water quality surveys and electrofishing.

I've also worked with: sea turtles, invasive plants, prairie dogs, raptors, black footed ferrets, wood boaring beetles, fungal diseases of trees, forestry, guineafowl, and ticks.

Don't ignore the plant side of macro either and make sure you learn ArcMap or something similar and work statistics into your degree plan.