So this paper was submitted to a very important Journal. It had 7 figures and for each figure it had 5 supplementery figures. I had been trying to read the paper for a week. By the weekend I understood it and was optomistic, by today, in the morning I was not so optomistic, between the things that they would say in the paragraphs and the things that were in the figure...
The way a paper is reviewed in this lab is that each and everyone of us says if they like it, what do they think the relevance is, and how it flowed... Then a leader talks about the paper, going figure by figure saying what it is they think is wrong with the figure and what they like/don't like.
It took 2 hours to go thru this paper. I barely said a word. There was only 2 figures I spoke of and my opinions were hardly heard. But before I had joined the meeting I had sat down with my post doc and told her the things I thought were wrong. It was a bad and good thing to do. First, it was good because she got to see that I had caught ALOT of the mistakes that she had caught and second it was bad because at the meeting she just said what I said along with all the other stuff she'd caught.
It is not that she stole my opinion it is just that most of them were obvious. She actually mentioned my name on some of the statements.
Anyways. I like that about this lab. The fact that the PI actually shares reviewing papers with you cause that way you get to see why papers get rejected. It makes you even MORE critical. So I caught some stuff but at the same time I got to see and listen to what other experiments could be done.
Since I didn't say much I am pist off at myself for having stressed so much.
Today when my PI entered the meeting room he looked very upset (mad) but then he immediately lightened up. I thought he would take his stress out on us like SOOOOOOO many PI's do but NOPE. So far my PI is a sweetheart. GOD I hope he stays that way!
Palabras prestadas de Ana María Shua
2 months ago
2 comments:
I'm glad to read that you have a PI that is a "sweetheart." That is the opposite of mine.
I think it's good to get feedback that way. In my lab, the whole writing process, critiquing, submitted, everthing is just done between the student and the PI. So if you haven't written a paper yet, like me, you're kind of going in blindly as to the rigors of writing and editing.
You say "so far" - how long have you been in grad school, if I can ask?
Hey,
My hypothesis is that there are no such things as sweethearts. All PI's sooner or later show their true colors. I believe that one of the questions on their applications is "can you be a real big jerk at times for no good reason?" And if they answer NO then they get blocked out of Academia research.
I am a first year Graduate student. I just began to rotate thru this lab. I've only been here for 3 weeks!
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