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    Rob Patro
    @rob-p
    Which is why I have 3 students currently ;)
    Rik
    @blahah
    ah I see
    interesting system - in the UK the student is never employed by the supervisor (and rarely by anyone at all) - they get tax-free living allowance from their funders, usually a research council
    Rob Patro
    @rob-p
    Especially since none of them exhibit the @blahah level of extreme academic independence! :)
    Rik
    @blahah
    if I wanted to I could change supervisor and take my funding with me, as I brought it in
    lol!
    Rob Patro
    @rob-p
    Yes; quite a unique (and admirable) situation!
    Rik
    @blahah
    not unique in the UK though - pretty normal
    although having the guts to change supervisor is extremely rare
    my other half, Steph, did - took her funding and moved to another lab after deciding she was ... ethically unaligned ... with her supervisor
    it caused quite a scandal
    Rob Patro
    @rob-p
    Really? Having your own funding as a student is very rare in the US
    Unless you have a fellowship (NSF) or some such
    Rik
    @blahah
    I think almost all UK science PhD students are funded by research council studentships
    and some by charitable or philanthropic grant-making organisations
    a relatively small number are funded directly on a project
    Rob Patro
    @rob-p
    Wow, that's very interesting to me. I wonder how the experience differs in the UK vs. US based on that
    Rik
    @blahah
    we also tend to finish in 3 years here, sometimes up to 4
    and there is generally no taught component - it's entirely research
    but secondary schooling and undergrad go deeper and less broad than the US system
    Rob Patro
    @rob-p
    Yea I know about the course-req differences
    Didn't know the timeframe was shorter though, but that makes sense with research being the sole focus
    Matt MacManes
    @macmanes
    So @Blahah whats the word on the feeding manuscript? I feel our momentum has grinded to a hault - also, seems that some of the stuff we had planned on doing (merging assemblies from >1 assembler) is now a part of the main transrate manuscript, so I’m not really sure where we stand..
    I’m happy to continue on as a solo effort if you are otherwise occupied.
    Rik
    @blahah
    hey
    momentum has stalled for me on everything the last few weeks, sorry
    Steph has been pretty unwell so I have been looking after her most of the time
    Matt MacManes
    @macmanes
    everything ok?
    oh dude.. I’m really sorry to hear
    Rik
    @blahah
    various things, but most seriously a kidney infection
    seems to be clearing up now though, and baby is fine
    just that she's in pain all the time
    Matt MacManes
    @macmanes
    wow.. alright, lets save talking about manuscript for another time.
    Rik
    @blahah
    we are actually leaving merging out of the transrate paper, because we're not sure it works as expected
    Matt MacManes
    @macmanes
    katie was really sick for several of her pregnancies. It was terribly nerve wracking
    Rik
    @blahah
    sorry to hear that
    yeah it's stressful
    evolution really screwed women with pregnancy
    Matt MacManes
    @macmanes
    no shit..
    its no wonder pregnancy relatd mortality was high pre modern medicine.
    Rik
    @blahah
    yeah!
    on the ms, I am very interested in doing it still
    and with transrate so close to submission it will be a good time to do it
    Matt MacManes
    @macmanes
    ok, lets hammer this out asap then.
    Rik
    @blahah
    :)
    gtg, but will be online this week to discuss
    Matt MacManes
    @macmanes
    take care
    Rik
    @blahah
    hey, how's it going?
    ready to do some feeding work tomorrow
    Rik
    @blahah
    I'll start by re-reading the draft and my notes