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r/labrats is a subreddit with 670k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has crazy activity.
Welcome to r/LabRats! A space for scientists, researchers, and lab workers to share experiment fails, lab wins, and PI woes. Do you need advice, a place to vent, or just some lab-life humor? Want to share your big successes, your awesome protocols, and tricks of the trade? Join your fellow labrats. We also have a discord server!
Popular Themes in r/labrats
#1
Pain & Anger
: "No longer able to purchase reagents using NIH grants at Harvard Medical School"
18 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Job Application process as a near completion PhD student in the UK"
8 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "I finally landed a job that I feel fairly compensated as someone who grew up poor my entire life!"
1 post
#4
Opportunities
: "Lab positions available in NYC"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/labrats
#1
Lab
: "Recycling Lab plastics..."
41 posts
#2
Research
: "Trump slashed US cancer Research by 31 percent: Senate report"
12 posts
#3
Pcr
7 posts
#4
Antibody
: "If I designed the Antibody vials."
4 posts
#5
Science
: "Are groundbreaking Science discoveries becoming harder to find?"
4 posts
#6
Trump
4 posts
#7
Career
: "I feel so lost in science and my Career"
3 posts
#8
Funding
: "PI constantly stressed about Funding, creating an unenjoyable lab environment — how to handle this?"
3 posts
#9
Cell Culture
: "The forbidden Cell Culture."
3 posts
#10
Contamination
: "What kind of Contamination is this? Found on my NGM agar, C. elegans for scale"
3 posts
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