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By @aheadofthenerve

[(((Dr Hannah Wirtshafter))) 🔬 @AheadOfTheNerve]

super stoked to announce my first doc paper with @DisterhoftLab : we did the 1st (to our knowledge) CA1 calcium imaging recordings in freely moving rat! We found some really cool stuff-- 1/n
https://t.co/8qrOHPr7Ai

[(((Dr Hannah Wirtshafter))) 🔬 @AheadOfTheNerve]

My *new* manuscript with Matt Wilson, "Differences in reward biased spatial representations in the lateral septum and hippocampus," came out in @eLife today! The tl;dr is LS has fewer place cells than HPC CA1 but they are more reward biased. 1/?

https://t.co/FsqHwzAUnq

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Q11) Is it a red flag that my advisor wants me to suck up to him?
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Answer to Q11: Is it a red flag that my advisor wants me to suck up to him?
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[Praachi Tiwari @PraachiTiwari]

@AskAcademx Yes.. please turn 180° and run as fast as possible. This is not a person who can mentor anyone.

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Answer to Q11: Is it a red flag that my advisor wants me to suck up to him?
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[Chan No @cocculin]

@AskAcademx (True in the sense that supervisors really have way too much power, not that your actual job is pleasing your supervisor. It is not.)

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[Chan No @cocculin]

@AskAcademx Might be true, but saying it out loud and phrasing it like that seems pretty threatening.

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Sorry everyone, kind of dropped this account for a while but I'M BACK to post your anonymous #gradstudent questions!!
#academicchatter #gradschool #gradchat #gradlife #phdchat

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@AcademicChatter He to!

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Thank you @SuperScienceGrl for your excellent advice on Q10!
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[⌬Nessa Carson @SuperScienceGrl]

@AskAcademx I wonder if this is something you could get a trustworthy mentor to state very clearly in a recommendation letter, so your own efforts can be focussed on showing the great work you have been doing?

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Q10) If my personal life has impeded my ability to do my academic work, how open should I be about it?
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Q10) If my personal life has impeded my ability to do my academic work, how open should I be about it?
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[WE live this life once @stefan_rucman]

@AskAcademx RUN, dont walk.
Poisonous relationship.

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great advice from @stefan_rucman on when you know you're ready to start your own lab!
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