"The individual benefits as an individual from his ability to deny the truth even though society as a whole, of which he is a part, suffers."
Garrett Harden - The tragedy of the commons (1968)
Being invited to peer-review for a journal after a desk rejection at the same journal:
"So you're telling me you don't trust me when i say 'this paper' is good enough for your journal, but you trust me when i say 'that paper' is good enough for your journal?"
Why only have equal contribution statements for authors that contributed the most? 🤔
Author 1, Author 2, Author 3(*), Author 4(*), Author 5
(*) These authors contributed equally to this work. Both barely looked at the paper.
Our European project Cell4Chem created a really cool video explaining how we engineer microbial communities for converting lignocellulose waste into target chemicals! 🦠 💻 = 🧪
"Us versus Them" is the most dangerous concept that exists in humankind.
Dehumanize the other side and you can justify anything.
At the end of the day every war is just humans killing humans for territory.
“If I was in Palestine right now, if I was in Gaza right now, if I was in Rafah right now, I would want the rest of the world to say: FREE PALESTINE!”
—Macklemore
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One of my lab members just showed me compelling evidence that I suggested contradictory changes in different revisions of a text.
No more struggling with impostor syndrome, I have now become a true group leader 😂
"You have been here for X years, why don't you speak our language already?"
Don't ask this to your immigrant colleagues. 😤
It is not your fault you don't understand how much harder their life is. But to have an idea, just take all your daily struggles and multiply by 10-fold.
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