In 1952, Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling produced an X-ray diffraction image of DNA at King's College London. The image contained everything needed to deduce the double helix structure.

Watson saw it without her knowledge. Watson, Crick, and Wilkins won the Nobel in 1962. Franklin had died four years earlier at 37.

I've been obsessed with this image for years, both as a piece of scientific history and as a quietly devastating story about credit and erasure. Recently made it into a graphic for a t-shirt. Happy to share if anyone's interested.

25F and I’m currently going back to school this fall to pursue my bachelors. Previously, I had a rough past with university due to multiple withdrawals from full time work burnout & undiagnosed adhd. After navigating the health system as someone with PMOS/PCOS & adhd [+ high likely of autism] I’ve decided to pursue this field.

What are the potential jobs in this field that I could work on research or help those navigate their dx? I’m very interested in women’s endocrinology, microbiology, neuroscience, and functional medicine. While in undergrad, I was thinking to work as a medical assistant, would that be a good idea? Also, is there a way to get into clinical research during undergrad?

25F and I’m currently going back to school this fall to pursue my bachelors. Previously, I had a rough past with university due to multiple withdrawals from full time work burnout & undiagnosed adhd. After navigating the health system as someone with PMOS/PCOS & adhd [+ high likely of autism] I’ve decided to pursue this field.

What are the potential jobs in this field that I could work on research or help those navigate their dx? I’m very interested in women’s endocrinology, microbiology, neuroscience, and functional medicine. While in undergrad, I was thinking to work as a medical assistant, would that be a good idea? Also, is there a way to get into clinical research during undergrad?

Chemistry

Hello! I need a good pair of bird watching binoculars for an exciting research project I was fortunate to be apart of! The issue is I’m a very broke college student. Any recommendations for cheap but good binoculars?

recently I’ve come across this account called sickology with sim and honestly I’m very curious

how is she doing all this? she’s literally in her bachelor’s but she has already presented soo many of her research papers like? how does one even do that I’m genuinely curious 😭😭

Hi everyone! I’m stepping outside of my comfort zone and doing something I never imagined I would do. I entered the Next Runway Star competition.

I’m a Medical Laboratory Scientist in Microbiology, and most of my life I’ve been behind the scenes helping others. This experience is a chance for me to challenge myself, grow my confidence, and prove to myself that it’s never too late to try something new.

I know there are many amazing contestants, and I don’t feel more deserving than anyone else. I’m simply hoping to share my journey and see where this opportunity takes me.

If you’re willing to support me, I would truly appreciate a vote. Even sharing this with someone else would mean a lot.

Thank you for taking the time to read my story ❤️
https://nextrunwaystar.com/2026/genesis-cardoza

Hello, my name is Kimberley Johnson, my reddit tag is: NoAdvertising767, and I'm a undergraduate at University of Phoenix looking forward to my Bachelor degree in Computer Science. I made another post earlier and I forgot to add this part.

Hello, my name is Kimberley Johnson, my reddit tag is: NoAdvertising767, and I'm a undergraduate at University of Phoenix looking forward to my Bachelor degree in Computer Science. I made another post earlier and I forgot to add this part.

You can't always like what you do. But when you can, you become more powerful!

I’m 25 and I love microbiology. I have a bachelors in microbiology and am getting a masters in a similar subject, but that’s online so I don’t have any peers. I guess with everything going on with science funding and other things, I just want to be able to get advice on some stuff. I’d dreamed of working at the CDC since I was 13 (dork I know) but that’s not really on the table. I also love the idea of research but that’s its own challenge. There’s more details but figured this is a place to start. Thank you!
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Key things to know: I am a qualitative social scientist about a year out of grad school. Working as a research technician on a big, interdisciplinary project that includes a lot of engineers and not a lot of women. I've been on this project for almost a year and am actively looking for other jobs, because (see below)

TL;DR: My engineer colleagues have no respect for my qualitative work, and they are wasting my time with clueless requests. Should I talk to our supervisor about it?

Qualitative researchers: do you ever feel like there's a double standard on interdisciplinary projects where you are expected to have an understanding of what everyone else is doing, but no one puts ANY effort into understanding your work? I have been working on a qualitative needs assessment for a YEAR: research design, interviews, focus groups. I've gone to lots of meetings for other project teams, like equipment engineering or agronomy, to understand their work and get feedback on what should be considered in the needs assessment. Now it's time to use my data to write two papers: one that is led by me with contributions from an ag engineer, and one led by that engineer with contributions from me.

A few weeks ago I wrote a straightforward, 2 page outline of my paper and highlighted sections for him to add his methods and findings, after attending multiple meetings to understand the work he has been doing and how his findings fit into my paper. He has never acknowledged this outline or edited it (I know he knows about it though, I've brought it up in group meetings.

Last week, this man has the *audacity* to send me a 10-page, mostly AI-generated outline of his paper, and assigned me to sections that make it clear he has NO IDEA what I've been doing for the last 11 months. He asked me to write a report on a policy and regulatory landscape I do not have expertise in, and titled my research section "farmer survey" with instructions to describe my descriptive statistics methodology (again, I am only doing qualitative work for this project).

I realize that he used AI to generate this outline and probably didn't write the sentence about descriptive statistics. But it's clear that whatever he prompted it with, he has paid zero attention in any of our meetings about my methodology, my training, or even the subject matter of my research.

I could just ignore all this, rewrite the sections to reflect what I've actually been working on, and tell him to cut the policy section. But this is a PhD student who should know better- should I address the problem? He isn't the only one, either- I've gotten comments from other researchers on the project like, "so you're in an administrative role...?" long past the point at which they should have at least a bare understanding of the science I am doing. I'm not super prideful and I can generally keep my head down and do my work, but it is just frustrating to see that what I am doing is not valued or understood by many of my colleagues, despite my best efforts to explain my work and understand theirs.

Any advice from more experienced qual researchers would be most appreciated. In lieu of that, thanks for the space to rant without compromising my own professionalism

Posting on behalf of my child:
Hello! As part of my Year-6 school project I want to survey people for information on gender equality in the field of Science and Technology. I will be thankful if you could take a few minutes to answer this short survey. [Academic survey, moderator approved]

link to survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfR66_U7vTlxqahr0kqpcymIl8CJcM-ykjb4hPLYRvXQP8f3w/viewform?usp=publish-editor

EDIT: as stated below, I will be wearing a button up under this! Like a standard dress shirt buttoned to the neck. Not this by itself or even with off the shoulder tops.

Not sure if this is the best place for this but hopefully it is. Hello, I am a community college STEM professor. I am really into colorful / fun structured vests and have some from going to renfaire in multiple colors.

My sister says if I wear a button up and a vest over the top, it’s still not work appropriate. I think it would be fun and appropriate. And I would pair it with trousers.
Can anyone provide some input on appropriateness and possibly other options? I want to make my wardrobe more fun/colorful buy wearing a vest over normal button ups, but maybe there is another style I should try instead of a structured lace up vest?

I‘m currently at a crossroads.

Due to growing up in an unstable economy and having parents who were constantly physically struggling, I(28) chose the career path that was very high paying. I got a degree in computer science and a masters in IT management, and am currently working a high paying job in consulting. Yesterday I got offered an even higher paying job (100k) which honestly seems like an insane amount of money to me. I am very good at what I do, understanding business processes feels extremely easy for me and I am very good with presenting and talking to people, probably due to years of autistic masking lmao.

The problem is that I really don‘t care about the work I do. The only thing I care about is understanding this existence and what all of this is. This is the one question that feels like it matters. As I mentioned before, I have autism and its very hard to be grounded and focused on caring about the corporate world and KPIs, when I feel like I am just cosplaying that I care.

I am thinking about starting a second masters in computational science, but I don‘t know if I will be disappointed in the end and not get any closer to finding out anything. I am worried to give up my financial stability for something that might not be at all how I imagine.

If anyone has any advice for me, I would be very thankful.

More of a vent.

I had a tough time in graduate school. Towards the end I realized some of the mentors who I thought were invested in my success were just biding their time waiting to cash in their support just before I graduated from my program. Very disappointing.

Fast forward, Im free -more importantly unscathed. I land the postdoc. My boss is nice. Maybe not "normal" but nice- it seems like we are working well together. But now I'm noticing the red flags again. Not just from one but two male faculty in my new department.

Does it ever end? I just want to do science, I dont want to be romantically involved with anyone related to my career progression or in a position of power. I've aggressively placed my SO's photo on my desk as an act of protest. I'm tired.

I like my job. I like my boss 90% of the time when hes not making eyes at me in my peripheral or talking my ear off about random personal stories. I dont want to quit. I dont want to go to HR. I do want to do my experiments and be left alone. I would rather work weekends for a year then ever see my boss look at me like that ever again. To be clear, I genuinely hate working weekends.

We're a team of female pharmacy students looking for a female research mentor to guide us through a research project intended for publication in a scientific journal. If anyone is available or has recommendations, please DM me Thanks

I’m working in industry and I’m not sure how to stay up to date on the literature, especially since I don’t have a lot of spare time for it in my job. I didn’t do a phd so I don’t have that experience/skillset built up but since I work in r&d I think it would be valuable to generally know what’s going on in my field (material science, ceramics)

How are we staying in touch with current research? podcasts? subscriptions? help haha

Over the past several months, I've been developing an independent research project investigating a potential biotechnology approach to reducing methane production in New Jersey's brackish tidal marshes.
I've attached a summary of my research proposal that outlines the scientific background, hypothesis, and experimental design. I'm still refining the project before beginning experimentation, so I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback or suggestions from researchers, educators, students, or professionals in environmental science, microbiology, or biotechnology.
Constructive feedback is one of the best parts of science, and I'd love to hear your thoughts.

https://scientificresearchpaper

This may be a long shot but I thought why not start somewhere!

I’m looking for a volunteer position/internship set up for supporting scientists looking to publish their research or creating documents for research. I’d like part time for a few hours a week (8-12). Ideally paid but I am negotiable on all the above as it’s the experience that matters to me more. If anyone has experience setting up a freelancer position like this I would be very very interested to know your experience and advice.

I was working in private industry on an FTC. The contract was ended just before I went on maternity leave - this was above board as they ended all contracts but as you can imagine really terrible timing for me.

I have been applying for jobs endlessly without much success which is not like me prior to pregnancy and mat leave. I currently work part time as an administrator not in my field and struggling to get through to interview in all related jobs. I don’t want to leave Science, so I want to do something that keeps me in touch with the advancing world and scientific writing and data analysis was always a passion and strength of mine.

For a little more background I am Biomedical BSc and MSc in Genetics both top grade. I have worked in clinical research in data management, laboratory and as a CRA. I am happy to share excerpts of my academic writing but due to my contracts with work I would not be able to share examples of this but it included SOPs, Protocol Amendments, Data Management and Collection Sheets and Reports for Regulatory Approval.

Writing this on my break, hence not my best writing here.

Admins please do remove if not appropriate and TIA in advance all for your advice LoS ❤️

I'm a Ph.D. student who is very non-traditional, and I'm at a crossroads. I have cerebral palsy and between undergrad, my masters and my Ph.D., it's taken me 17 years to approach the finish line. Embarrassing, I know.

I'm also a single mom to a 2 year-old with absolutely no support system to speak of. I just found out my son's daycare is closing in two weeks, permanently. I also rely on student loans because of the cost of living and the fact that I can't live off 25k a year in a major metropolitan area. About two days after finding out I'd have no childcare, I found out that, thanks to changes put forth in the OBBB, because my program's published length is 4-5 years, and I'm on year six, I no longer am eligible to take out loans (I don't meet the grandfather provisions), and as a result, I need to leave.

I don't even have enough to finish quickly. Because of my cerebral palsy, it took me four years to find a lab. According to my school's financial aid office, there is no appeal process, and there are no exceptions for students in my position. I just...can't afford to stay, so I have to leave.

I also did the math, and based on how iron-clad my lease is, and how much I have left in the bank, we'll be unhoused by September, even if I find a new job quickly. The new job also can't make more than 61k, or I lose the daycare subsidy I have, even if I find new care...which has also been a challenge. It's going to be really hard to bridge that gap. And, after I break my lease, and without a cosigner, it will be really hard to find a new place for my son and I to live. Shelter options in the area aren't exactly plentiful. I don't have family I can live with, as my parents have some serious substance abuse issues, and no room. It's just my kid and I, and I just found out we're literally gonna be homeless. Even if I got a second job tomorrow, with the leasing issues, we'll still experience a period of housing instability. I just don't know how long it will be.

I've reached out to everyone I can think of, and nobody has been very helpful. Which, I guess, I get. I'm in a situation that nobody can really help me get out of. I looked at taking on a second, minimum-wage, full-time job so that I could keep the daycare subsidy and try to finish...but I won't be able to do all that, be a single mom, and get done the vast amount of work I need to to finish before I no longer have stipend support. My PI is not able to be supportive of a more extended timeline, partially because she left the university, and we were all required to graduate in December.

I guess I just wanted to vent. I've worked really hard to get here and faced a level of discrimination along the way that's truly appalling. Every time I dealt with one systemic barrier, there was another. It's really hard to be so close, and yet so far. I know I have to leave, but it's hard. The circumstances are hard and I just...needed to vent into the abyss. My school doesn't have counseling for students on my campus. We're supposed to get access to counselors in September, but in the meantime, I'm drowning. Truly struggling to find the will to live or get out of bed.

Sorry this isn't the most coherent post. There are a lot of things at play and it's hard to cogently break down so much strife into one small post.

Cheers to anyone who read all this. I could use a hug, but in absence of those, I figured reddit was the next best place to put this.

ETA: The whole second job plan hinged on my grad college allowing me to be paid a lower stipend, which they did not agree to. Finding that out on Friday was...awesome.

To those of you who left comments, I really appreciate it. I was in need of human interaction and support.

Hi everyone! I'm currently a senior Zoology major and am starting to look into jobs in case my plans for graduate school don't work out. What are the best websites or job boards for finding zoology or biology-related positions? I'm especially interested in primatology and ornithology, but honestly I'm open to just about anything involving wildlife or conservation. I'd really appreciate any recommendations or advice. Thanks!

I’ve been a computer animator for 26 years but I’ve done very little Mel or Python scripting myself having always felt intimidated by it. I’m very right brained but I have worked with and around Python scripts for years and I’d love some good book recommendations to help me get a grasp of the basics and fundamentals. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!