Samantha Wuebker

she/her • typical caffeine dependent grad student interested in #craniofacial and #tooth development • #firstgen (tweets=my views)

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

Me explaining a potential mechanism to my PI and the experiments I want to perform

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@SigmaAldrich How about a haiku about the elusive chocolates?

Velvet, rich, and pure,
Sigma-Aldrich chocolates melt,
Sweetness in each bite.

#SigmaAldrichChocolate

[Jimmy John’s @jimmyjohns]

an xtra crispy diet coke couldn’t even heal me rn

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

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[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg Bruh…

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg If you do TFAP2 then I’ll do MEMO1…

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

Following the trend

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg Congrats dude

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg No more cut and run

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg @nicole_recka @jackie_olb Yes congratulations is incorrectly spelled. We did it on purpose

[Rafeeque @rafeequemavoor]

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍

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[IV. @ivourth]

imposter syndrome is hilarious bc how am I doubting things I’m quite literally doing?

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg I wish is could thumbs down because for the 100th time you are NOT allowed to graduate

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg They target pathways (love a good miR)

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg No graduating allowed 🙅‍♀️

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Strong evidence showing that getting a PhD is extremely bad for your mental health.

A new paper uses Swedish medical records and matches them to the full population of PhD students for which the authors could get gender and birth year data from 2006 to 2017. After some exclusion criteria, they end up with a sample size of 20,085 individuals.

The paper compares PhD students to those who have masters degrees and don't start a PhD program.

Before starting a PhD program, people who stop at a masters and those who go on to seek a PhD have similar rates of psychiatric medication use and hospitalization.

A few years into a PhD program, however, 40% more individuals are on psychiatric medications, before the number falls off as people leave or finish their studies.

You see the same pattern with psychiatric hospitalizations. PhD students are up to 150-175% more likely to be hospitalized after starting a program!

These are incredible numbers, too massive to be the result of chance or a flaw in the methodology. This is comparing the same people over time.

If you're considering a PhD program, and the terrible job prospects and waste of time aren't enough, here's yet another reason to stay away.

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

>come to lab
>colony screen (no insert 🥲)
>yap with @7imNg and @jackie_olb
>image western find out it didn’t transfer
>leave

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

I’m still in shock but happy to announce I received my NoA. A big thank you to everyone at @uicod and @UIowaACB for the helpful feedback and support.

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

Little scientists first impact score 🧬 🦷

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg @BarstoolB1G Roll storm bby 🌩️

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg A three drink girlie! Welcome to the club

[Samantha Wuebker @Sam_Wuebker]

@7imNg Me in lab on Monday mornings