Overall, after a year, I’m really happy with where the lab’s at. It feels like we’ve gone from a blank room (and empty hard drive) to a functioning research ecosystem. Can’t wait to start publishing to share our results with the world, and I’m so thankful to all my amazing lab members!

Another surprise is actually the sheer number of meetings. But they’re also more varied and interesting than I expected; a mix of mentoring, working on research problems, and discussing new ideas with potential collaborators all the time.

Work/life balance is also better than I expected. Having a toddler at home probably helps with this though, as I don’t really have the option to work late even if I wanted to! There have only been once or twice where deadlines have forced a short period of late nights and grueling hours.

Transitioning from doing research myself to mentoring others in completing that research has been more challenging than expected, but it’s amazing to get to see data appear without doing any of the hard work of generating it!

Overall it’s a total joy, and in almost every way just as fun as I had hoped it would be 😀. Getting to satisfy my curiosity on a daily basis while contributing to the global scientific enterprise and working with the next generation of scientists is just an incredible way to spend my days.

Thanks, @zaminiqbal.bsky.social - very glad to see this out! A great contribution

Wow so impressive!

Just yesterday, we published a deep dive into the physiological effects of #BEP supplementation on both mom and baby: rdcu.be/ed5Wb 🥰