LabRats

Greetings all! Already, some people have expressed distaste at the use of AI-art in the profile picture of the comm -- great start to my role as mod, I'm sure.

I have deep beliefs about running communities democratically (when I'm not pushing my own agenda), so I thought I'd set up a vote. And yes, if you vote for LabyMcLab Face, that's what we'll go with -- though, if I keep up on running this community there will be another vote eventually and something else can be picked.

This post is not for the vote, but rather a call for Profile and Banner Submissions. Please nominate images in the comments here.

I will exert a very small amount of influence by asserting that the image must be safe for work, and I will make the default rank of any image unrelated to science below and excluded from the lottery option in the vote (we'll talk more about how voting works on the voting post). My first day as mod and I'm already exercising executive privileges. What would my mother think...

I nominate the current image. Mouse + Rat + Science Worker seems right to me.

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American LabRats! Comment on OMB Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance -- or lose your research funding.

6d 8h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from www.regulations.gov
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PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Nucleosome

9d 4h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from pdb101.rcsb.org
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I swear I do work.

10d 23h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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What even is progression?

12d 4h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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They protec but they also attac

13d 9h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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China has research jobs.

14d 19h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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You're never above washing dishes.

15d 7h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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What dialog would a game like this have?

16d 4h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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PDB101: Molecule of the Month: HIV-1 Protease

16d 7h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from pdb101.rcsb.org
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Sometimes I talk too much...

17d 5h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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BioChem PhDs are Unemployable

17d 8h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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Livin Easy, Livin Free

17d 23h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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Cite me.

18d 5h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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Lab Grimlins

19d 9h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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Not my fault..

20d 10h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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There is no job market

21d 10h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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Rat Writers

22d 10h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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How to build your dragon (training sold separately)

23d 6h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from www.youtube.com
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Not a Vacation.

23d 6h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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Plants In Jars: Cloning Rare Plants from China 🇨🇳

24d 9m ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from www.youtube.com
10121

He catches flies...

24d 9h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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Open Papers Please

25d 1h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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Even “Boring” Ideas are Surprisingly Deep

26d 2h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from nikomc.com
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Glove problems

27d 5h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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[OC] Label or Instruction?

28d 10h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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When you've been on the same project too long...

29d 9h ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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"Basic Instructions"

4h 32m ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Collagen

4h 36m ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from pdb101.rcsb.org
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The things we'll do for funding...

1mon 1d ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Bacteriophage phiX174

1mon 1d ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from pdb101.rcsb.org
11031

Please Hire Me

1mon 2d ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
123332

Protein Design with Foundry

1mon 2d ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from github.com
7033

Labcoats in summer

1mon 4d ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from mander.xyz
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SpliceCraft: In-Terminal Plasmid Design Workbench

1mon 4d ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from github.com
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PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Myoglobin

1mon 4d ago by mander.xyz/u/tristynalxander in labrats@mander.xyz from pdb101.rcsb.org
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