tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post3277086566689001609..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: TerritoryFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-54587830035262024252007-04-14T10:50:00.000-05:002007-04-14T10:50:00.000-05:00I think the most important missing circle is of th...I think the most important missing circle is of the lab head. Is the person doing a project entire within the domain of the PI, partially related, or only peripherally related. I think partially is often best because it it creates a real link to the most important person of the lab (the person who pays for stuff and sets policy), but also allows for independance.<BR/><BR/>As a former green circle grad student wih minimal links to the research in the rest of the lab, the interest of the PI was a vital part of the equation.<BR/><BR/>It also fits with the competition issue because having different people more or less linked to the PI's own interests can cause perceived favoritism which links to competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-74871177958651628812007-04-14T10:47:00.000-05:002007-04-14T10:47:00.000-05:00There are pros and cons to being the green circle....There are pros and cons to being the green circle. I was a green circle as a grad student, and it suited me just fine.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-15343329484257219892007-04-14T10:37:00.000-05:002007-04-14T10:37:00.000-05:00That green circle person must be very sad in figur...That green circle person must be very sad in figures A and B. They have to do all the research on their own and they don't get any extra articles out of it as fourth or fifth author when the other circles get to publish...<BR/><BR/>Oh the horror. Having to toil away and be first author on any article that is going to be published with your name. Coming out of it with only two first author articles as your entire publishing record while the other circles get five or six articles (most of them as second or third author). Poor green circle...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-50254857986588644062007-04-14T10:26:00.000-05:002007-04-14T10:26:00.000-05:00One clue I have for when the group dynamics start ...One clue I have for when the group dynamics start to veer too far from happy synergy to suspicious competition is when a student asks me what another student in the group is doing, rather than asking the student or bringing topics of mutual interest up for discussion at our weekly group meeting. I try to eliminate these forays into paranoia (when I am aware of them) by opening lines of communication. I certainly can't say, though, that I get the overlap vs. territorial balance just right -- it's a moving target.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-26774697826848048342007-04-14T09:31:00.000-05:002007-04-14T09:31:00.000-05:00so how DO you keep the territorialness and the ove...so how DO you keep the territorialness and the overlap just right... or how do you know when things are getting mucked up? <BR/><BR/>- Hypatia<BR/>- a new asst. prof with a lab groupAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com