Isis the Scientist

Professor, physiologist, mother of the iKids, stepmom to the Strange Tots, Strange’s wife, Iowan, bikes, shoes, debt-free zealot, post-stomach. Old crone of a blogger who just never learns. Not even close to affiliated with my employer.

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Isis the Scientist3 days ago
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and the R01 Thirst Trap

As I spend the day reflecting, I have read this newly released article from my colleagues Michael Taffe and Nicholas Gilpin at eLife about 10 times. Each time I read it, I discover something else that tickles my brain and provokes my thoughts. Do yourself a favor and go read Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Racial inequity in grant funding from…
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Isis the Scientist4 weeks ago
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Do Not Give Away Our Shot!!

I woke up at about 2 am to use the bathroom, as women my age are prone to do. After a profoundly unsatisfying pee, I checked Twitter. I’ve got a friend on a crazy COVID-19 sleep schedule and he’s usually up at about that time. He’s got a perfume blog that you should check out. Remember blog rolls? I miss…
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Life Style
Isis the ScientistDecember 19, 2020
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On The 1st Day of Winter Break My True Love Gave to Me: A Day That Was Fun and Care Free

Yesterday I submitted my grades and had my last lab meeting of 2020. Strange is working this upcoming week. He’s taken Christmas attending coverage every year that we’ve been together, but I have absolutely nothing pressing today. No deadlines. No urgent emails. No home school. Nothing that can’t wait a spell. It has been at least nine months since I…
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Feminism
Isis the ScientistDecember 1, 2020
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Thoughts on The Queen’s Gambit

I mean, I get it. I really do. It’s a story of female exceptionalism and we all need to feel exceptional when faced with the power of the patriarchy. But….also…… I cannot watch another episode of this goddamned show right now. Bambi, Dumbo, Little House on the Prairie, Fullmetal Alchemist… I am tired of dead mothers. Can’t we just have…
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Isis the ScientistNovember 23, 2020
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The Confidence Gap May Not Predict the Gender Pay Gap: Indignant Thoughts on That PNAS Paper

Why is everyone in the world over-interpreting their data this week and coming for women in science? How can authors get all the way through graduate school and still not understand how not to over-interpret their data? Perhaps in an effort to cause hypertension and make the blood vessels in my head explode, a reader of the blog sent me…
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Isis the ScientistNovember 19, 2020
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Do Not Fall Prey to Nature’s Trap Without Changing Your Behavior

Yesterday I wrote about a problematic new paper from Nature Communications suggesting that trainees are disadvantaged by being mentored by women mentors. This morning, as I try to engage with my laboratory, home school my children, clean the house and do laundry because my physician husband has clinic, and try to eek out some small amount of time for myself,…
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Skepticism
Isis the ScientistNovember 18, 2020
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The Nature Group, Once Again, Commits to Misogyny in the Scientific Literature

There are some things in this world that never cease to amaze me. For example, how much I am enjoying this video today. A friend sent it to me. I never would have picked it myself, but now I’ve watched it 100 times. You’re welcome. The other thing that never ceases to amaze me is how, even after more than…
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Isis the ScientistOctober 25, 2020
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Science’s Greatest Strength Will Never Stop Being People…

Last week I gave a job talk to some college students from another university. The students who attended were very clearly motivated to pursue careers in biomedicine, but I realized very clearly during the question and answer portion of my talk that they didn’t need me to really share technical information. They needed reassurance that they were deserving of a…
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