u/hana-maki

my friends clock in/out of their tech jobs at a pretty religious 9-5. but i notice most people in my department trickle in somewhere between 9:30-11 (i do as well). and people leave at all times of the day.

in academia, how common is it to adhere to a standard 9-5?

hey rats, i’ve been doing something that i just realized may not be acceptable. i have been skipping my lunch hour and instead leaving work an hour early. i know it’s not the best practice, but i have horrible anxiety which makes eating in any space besides my home extremely difficult and nerve-wracking. i really thought nothing of this until recently, when i heard a couple of co-workers gossiping about my schedule.
i know my pi is very flexible with how i allocate my hours so i don’t think he would find my schedule unacceptable, but i would like some opinions from people here. is this “okay” to do? what potential issues could this cause? thanks!

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hello, i'm working with a novel fusion protein. it's highly aggregation-prone, and right now it's in 8M urea-containing buffer. When diluting it stepwise from 8-->4-->2M, the protein remains mostly soluble. however, i'm having issues maintaining solubility when dropping from 2 to 1M. i'm diluting my buffers very slowly (over the course of an hour with constant mixing in the cold), but the proteins still are crashing out. My buffer components are: 50mM tris-HCL, 100mM KCl, 10% glycerol, pH 8 (PI of protein is 9.7). i've tried adding arginine and increasing the salt concentration, but my proteins still crash out. if anyone could help, that would be greatly appreciated. thank you!