What happens to someone who is “swallowed up” by work commitments? You start to imagine–or think you do…
The departmental hallway, recently
Steve
I'm a biomedical researcher with a lab working on endocytic protein trafficking. I've recently (self)-published my first LabLit novel, "Matter Over Mind" (http://www.stevecaplan.net/). My second LabLit novel, "Welcome Home, Sir" has just been published by Anaphora Literary Press.
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I think he’s (for it must be a he) saying “Nope, there’s no glass ceiling up here”.
His head must be in the clouds…
Ah, I see we’re not the only ones to send work-shy post-docs to the ceiling space. We have a scale of punitive measures that operate in the lab, beginning with a brief but humiliating 20 minutes on the ‘naughty step’ for a messy western blot, all the way up to an hour in the ceiling space for infecting a culture of valuable primary cells. Good to see you have a similar no nonsense code of practice on the other side of the pond.
It’s easier than tying them to a centrifuge and sending them for a spin. Hard to get it balanced properly, too.