Main point is to be careful, particularly if the tree is hollow. Otherwise up to you to decide how much of an eyesore/you value that fence 😅

If no structures around it could damage, let Nature do the job. Sick trees can break in the weirdest way and could turn a seemingly easy chainsaw job into a deadly situation.

(I took a 6 months vacation between PhD and postdoc and that was one of the most formative experience of my adult life. I still knew how to pipet once back 🤙)

Here it sounds like an equivalence of "6 month gap on CV = lazy". Fair when you have so much applications you need to triage somehow. But the rationale and effectiveness of this approach remains questionable.

Compared to my home country (France) I always admired the way Americans navigate their education/professional path. In and out of college with decades in between, switch fields...all things forbidden in France. No re-entry.

My idea of such gaps is that they are often "life happens": taking over a caretaker role or what. Nothing that speaks about competence (or lack thereof) in the workplace, ultimately none of my business, but most importantly a critical equity mater.

I'm curious why an "easy discard" and what exactly does a gap automatically implies to a recruiter?

(Also protects you from whatever dirty thing is handled in there 😄)
Great illustration of where the money goes 👌

That's too bad, another time then. Life's been good despite le putain de bordel ambiant 😅

Flying through SF? I'd love to buy you a drink if you're around!

I have not used personally (never needed to maintain my cells for more than an hour under the scope) so can't speak from experience. But I'd use it as imaging media: equilibrate temp/CO2 and replace culture media before imaging.

I'd reach out directly to Cedric (another Frenchie) who made BrainPhys, but what I've seen/been told looks like your best solution.

We have Kiwi berries here in Cali, season is very short but you might love them! Eaten like grapes 😄