Anonymous at Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:13:31 UTC No. 16099991

>>15833839
>Reminder: /sci/ is for discussing topics pertaining to science and mathematics, not for helping you with your homework or helping you figure out your career path.

>If you want advice regarding college/university or your career path, go to /adv/ - Advice.

🗑️ Anonymous at Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:20:36 UTC No. 16100004

>>16099991
You will never be a janny

Anonymous at Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:31:59 UTC No. 16100109

Just Google it. Lots of bioinf PhD openings all the year round. It's competitive on some unis, somewhere else it's a bit loose due to the lack of students. In the end, doesn't really matter where you get your PhD from so just pick groups with interest similar to yours. Also if you've good programming and have GitHub to prove it, you'd be better than a lot of other people

Anonymous at Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:05:23 UTC No. 16100151

>>16100109
>In the end, doesn't really matter where you get your PhD from so just pick groups with interest similar to yours
Really? I always assumed that degrees from better unis will give me an edge on the market. I wouldn't mind doing my PhD here as I can get it for free easily with my grades. My prof/mentor is really successful in the field but he is autistic so I always look for advice from as many people as possible.

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Mar 2024 05:56:59 UTC No. 16100657

>>16100151
After PhD, the industry and academia will not care about your uni, they look for what skills you have and whether those skills are valuable for their company/group or not.
One slight advantage you may have from a high ranked uni is that you may know a few more "famous" people. But desu if you're like an autist retard like me, you won't be missing much.
Just go get a comfy medium tier uni and relax.

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:49:42 UTC No. 16100720

>>16100657
there is truth to this, but going to a high-ranked school will give you stronger peers/competition and will usually place you in direct contact with the strongest researchers, these are both really helpful when the time comes to do thesis work

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:03:38 UTC No. 16100736

>>16100720
>stronger peers/competition
Not really helpful unless you want to have a burnout every month. But if you've the calibre of Nobel prize winners, it may be helpful. It certainly didn't help my midwit ass lol. I'd rather have a comfy time. No one will care about your thesis later.
>will usually place you in direct contact with the strongest researchers, these are both really helpful when the time comes to do thesis work
See above. Also the contacts will be helpful for future jobs too. But that being said, there's no guarantees and if you're an autist, it doesn't have any advantages. Just look at alumni of some labs in Harvard Stanford etc. not all of them go to high ranked places. Many students would go to some no name startups or community college. Nothing wrong with that tho and that's the path I'm choosing too lol.
Bottom line: if you're energetic, 150+ iq, and extremely persistent, try high ranked uni. Otherwise it doesn't really matter.

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:03:50 UTC No. 16102083

>>16099980
>>16100736
Not OP, but I will have a B. Sc. in CS soon. Will it be any benefit to go straight into a Biochem M. Sc.? I want to learn about the human body autistically and know what every molecole in our food does to our body for example.

The other option is Bioinfo, but that'll quench my thirst less I guess. Country: Germany.

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:04:51 UTC No. 16102086

>>16102083
>Molecole
#molecule

Anonymous at Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:13:21 UTC No. 16102101

>>16102083
Few things to say.
First you're very interested to learn things. That's a very good thing. But keep in mind that learning isn't enough, you'd have to be able to make money from your learning. Not sure if you can get into MSc biochemistry program without background in biology. But if you can that's great
Getting in bioinf may be easier tho. But if you manage to get MSc in biochemistry you can always do a PhD in bioinformatics later. You'd be a very strong candidate too

Anonymous at Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:31:18 UTC No. 16102382

>>16102101
Thanks anon.
>But keep in mind that learning isn't enough, you'd have to be able to make money from your learning.
Yes, that's why I asked to be sure. In my Bachelor I did physics as a side-subject (around 26 ECTs) so that might get me in bioinfo if I do <1 year of undergrad courses (which I'm prepared to do). I think I can get in.

Everything seems like a clusterfuck regarding money and everyone has mixed opinions, so I decided to focus mainly on what interests me. And that's biochemistry + how the human body functions.