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This is the rejection letter for the work that just won the Nobel Prize. Don’t stop believing!
I should save all of mine and maybe one day some stranger will think it’s an amazing relic and tweet it...
Pippa Cosper MD, PhD
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Pippa Cosper MD, PhD
@pipcosper
Scientist, Radiation Oncologist, pipetting for life (literally and figuratively). WashU RadOnc, Assistant Prof at UW Madison. Chromosomal instability is my jam
Madison, WI
Joined February 2019
- My friend who just got her PhD and went to biotech just sent me a photo of her on the lake. In her new boat. That she bought. Right after grad school. Here I am in academia 10 yrs after my PhD, not in a boat.
- After 18 years of post-grad training, my passion for cancer research has only grown stronger and I’m happy to announce that I will be a full fledged adult physician scientist @UW_RadoncDHO with my own lab in July!! 🧫🧬🔬🦠❤️ #PipLab2022 (huge thx to mentors)
- PhD to MD: I need a tumor biopsy 24h, 48h, and 10 days after drug tx for my study. MD: 🙄 MD to PhD: if you’re doing single cell sequencing don’t you only need one cell? PhD: 🙄 MD/PhDs: just tryin’ to bridge that gap
- Sometimes the longer road is the best way to reach your destination... So excited to have this K08 in hand and continue my research! Huge thank you to my mentors @KimpleRandall @WartlabUW, B. Weaver, L. Leinwand, and many, many others who have helped along the way. 🔬🧫🧬
- I forgot the PTV when wrapping this gift. Margins matter 😬
- Replying to @Van_DeventerJim and @BravoCorderoLabExactly! Reviewers are people, with (hopefully unbiased) opinions that are variable. Rejections are common, but they don’t necessarily mean your work is bad or doesn’t hold promise. Exhibit A.
- Pretty sure a world record was set yesterday: @CharlesSwanton published 7 (SEVEN) papers in Nature in 1 day. 🤯 Hot diggity damn.
- Oh lord. Out of 755 oncology phase 3 RCT trials, 20% changed their primary endpoint after the study started. This was associated with trial positivity (!!) and 70% of these did not disclose these changes in the manuscript. What are we doing here??? 😵
- My two favorite things, CIN and #HPV, together in my (our) paper. Here, I found a curious phenotype in HPV+ H&N cancers and cells which led us on a chase to find the mechanism...
- I would like to point out that the study that characterized the modified mRNA used in the COVID vaccine was published in a journal (in 2008) with an impact factor of 8. THIS FINDING WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. Impact factor shouldn't matter, good work should matter most.
- Replying to @pipcosperThank you everyone for your comments! Don’t worry, I am happy and following my passions (scientific inquiry!) and am happy for my friend too. Just pointing out the stark differences in life choices.
- I just got an email saying they are considering not letting us drink coffee at our desks to create a "clean and safe environment" and my life flashed before my eyes 😖. I CANNOT
