On this week's episode of Basically Doctors, we are back with our PhD advisor Prof. Jared Shaw to talk about what to do once you have gotten in to a chemistry graduate program. In this episode we talk about what to do at graduate school visitations, what NOT to do, questions to ask professors, and more. Hope you enjoy!

Music: Fireplace by Joakim Karud

We're back!! On this week's episode, we chat with our PhD advisor Prof. Jared Shaw about how to get into a chemistry graduate program. In this episode we talk about how to pick a graduate program to apply to, undergraduate research, letters of recommendation, and other important aspects of your graduate school application. Hope you enjoy!

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00:00:00 We're BACKKKKK

On this week’s episode of basically doctors, we have our first guest of the podcast, Aidan Looby from Synthesis Workshop!!!! (https://www.youtube.com/c/SynthesisWorkshopVideos) In this episode, we talk about why Aidan decided to start his own podcast (formerly Under the Scope), his recent merge with Synthesis Workshop, and how we feel about science communication, the state of publishing, and much much more!

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Music: Fireplace by Joakim Karud

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On this week’s episode of basically doctors, we discuss dealing with conflict both in real life and in graduate school! We talk about how we dealt with our personal conflict in graduate school, what we think leads to conflict and disagreements, and spill the tea on how we eventually made up!

Getting to Yes - https://amzn.to/3UpiSeG

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On this week’s episode of basically doctors, Nina and Anna discuss how they wrote their dissertation featuring productivity tips and organizational tools. You don’t want to miss this ;)

Check out some of Nina's other thoughts about data: https://ninaperryman.com/blog/my-biggest-mistakes-in-grad-school

How to Take Smart Notes: https://amzn.to/41XOeuu

Building a Second Brain: https://amzn.to/48zHaH1

Getting Things Done: https://amzn.to/3O5eqxB

Tiago Forte's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TiagoForte

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On this week's episode, of basically doctors, we talk about our process for studying for our PhD qualifying exams at UC Davis! We cover what a qualifying exam is, how we prepared, and how we dealt with our stress and the stress of the people around us. Hope you enjoy!

00:00 - The shoe's gonna drop!

00:11 - Introduction

03:49 - Qualifying exams at different schools, UC Davis vs Yale

06:13 - Qualifying exams at Yale

10:47 - Was it hard to prepare for the research part of the exam?

16:04 - How Anna prepared - how teaching helps you prepare

31:53 - How Nina prepared - fielding questions

35:46 - IMPOSTER SYNDROME!!

42:42 - Make yourself proud and believe in yourself :)

44:22 - QE's are a cool opportunity

45:51 - Unpopular opinion, QEs are fun

52:04 - Presentations need to be a STORY

53:19 - Confidence is KEY

55:15 - Crowdsource from people who have gone through it before!

59:50 - Nina's Reese's meltdown

1:02:14 - Moral of the story :)

Since we talked about Nina's postdoc journey in our last episode, we decided to close out 2023 with the story of Anna's journey from graduate school to her job in the pharmaceutical industry. We talk about whether post docs are good/bad for industry, why you might want to do a postdoc before going into industry, and what ultimately led Anna to choose to do a postdoc. Hope you enjoy!

In this week's episode, we wanted to give a little backstory about what led Nina to move abroad earlier this year. You'll hear Nina share her story about quitting her post doc, our thoughts on what it means to be a scientist, and end with what we hope to provide by starting this podcast. Hope you enjoy!

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After a brief hiatus for Thanksgiving, we're back with an episode dedicated to how we picked our graduate research lab! We start by speaking generally about what you should look out for when doing lab rotations for your PhD (or masters!) in STEM, then end with Anna's story of how she navigated her first few quarters of graduate school. Hope you enjoy!

!! Trigger Warning !! In this episode we discuss sensitive topics including anxiety, depression, and death by suicide. Please proceed with discretion!