Sir Terry Pratchett was one of two people who I quoted directly in my dissertation. This line from Feet of Clay was the motto for my introductory chapter:
"This is where we’ve filled ourselves up with so many questions that they’re starting to overflow and become answers."
It resonated with me, because this is what doing research often feels like for me.
Finished meeting with supervisor, not much was discussed about my PhD and much time was spent on doing admin 
#PhDLife #work #stopThePointlessBusywork
It's been a while since the last time I posted something here. So, a little bit update. I finally had my doctoral defense and earned a doctoral degree in pharmacology-immunology field (my dissertation is examining the immunomodulator activity from several plants on lupus nefritis animal model). I finished my study and am now taking a month break before come back to teach in the university where I work.
Also, I am preparing to familiarize myself with this town again. #phdone #phdlife
I need to work on my PhD today. I was waiting for feedback from my supervisor but its been over a week. I’ll work on something else I guess. #PhDLife
Me, yesterday: “Peer review report submitted. Now I can finally focus on my own paper again. Let's go!”
Me, today: “Yes, OF COURSE I'm available to peer-review this new manuscript for you!”
What's wrong with me!? 
#Postdocs and #PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on #science, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
Month of repeated threats to #US science funding, many early-career researchers are fearing for their careers. #Scientists especially vulnerable: graduate students, postdocs and scientists just starting their own labs are the researchers most likely to be living pay cheque to pay cheque, most reliant on federal grants for their income.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00550-0 #PhDLife #PhDChat
Exploring in #OpenSim . My TA gig this semester is a virtual reality in education course. Students are learning to design and create lessons in immersive virtual environments. I'm enjoying the amount of work other creators put into their regions. (This is not a student's build). Big downtime coming up for the grid on March 21st. We'll be moving into Minecraft by then. My professor is letting me do a lot of decision-making, which, I appreciate. #GradStudentLife #phdLife
Just had my first academic paper peer-reviewed and accepted with minor revisions.
So excited to finally get my work out there!
Won't be published till the second half of the year, but still stoked! 
Gerade eine Stunde lang quasi "pair writing" mit einem meiner Bachelor-Studis gemacht.
Ich hoffe, hat ihm ähnlich viel Spaß gemacht wie mir und was gebracht :)
#pascodaGoDrrrr
#phdLife
Admin done, back to writing! #PhDLife
Je suis en train de faire une réponse au reviewer pour un article académique que j'écris dans le cadre de ma thèse et que j'espère publier. Vous pensez que si je mets ça ça passe ou pas ?? #phdlife
Did not write - but organised files, will write after lunch #PhDLife
Planning on doing a fair chunk of writing today 
#PhDLife
Eines der großartigsten Dinge in meiner Forschung ist ja, wenn ich den Informatik-Menschen Beiträge aus komplett anderen Feldern um die Ohren hauen kann (Redewendung).
Zum Beispiel Arbeiten aus den Medienwissenschaften, die sich mit dem Stereotyp des "Super Crip" (eine behinderte Person mit übermenschlichen Fähigkeiten) beschäftigen.
question: those of you who went abroad on erasmus during their doctoral studies, what was the experience like? would you recommend doing it? was it worth it?
it seems like part of my doctorate will benefit from archives and mayhaps oral history interviews in northeastern mediterranean and methinks it would make sense to just spend 6-12mo at someplace nearby, instead of many visas and travel back and forth home
@academicchatter @phdlife @histodons #academicchatter #phdlife #question #phdlife
Peer reviewing in the 21st century:
word count of my review: 3.3k
hours put into review: 30h
publishing cost for the authors: $2,134
what I received as compensation: a PDF certificate.
Wow.
#PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #ResearchPublishing #PhDlife 
