- frida -

23, student, Norwegian 🌻 ☢ medical physics ☢ I track #physics-queen

[thephysicsqueen]

Science on the floor

[recoverr-a-deactivated20210530]

sometimes social interaction, as irrelevant or short as it may be will feel impossible. sometimes leaving the house will be scary and panic inducing because your anxiety makes you see danger everywhere. to all of my anxious peeps out there, i know how hard you are trying, how exhausting it is to struggle so much with people and life itself, to feel embarrassed and ashamed and awkward. i’m really proud of you for making that phone call, asking that question in class or leaving your home for a walk. i love you.

[bob-belcher]

[thephysicsqueen]

I survived the exam!! Thank you all for your well wishes <33 I think it went quite well, but won’t know the results until tomorrow. 

[thephysicsqueen]

I have an oral exam tomorrow in medical applications of nuclear physics and I'm ✨ so nervous ✨

[miss-biophys]

About a month ago I was presenting at the annual conference of the Dutch Physical Society Fysica 2021. Now, I got the June issue of their magazine, in which they look back at the highlights of the conference. I was in a good company indeed!

In the Young’s Speakers Contest I ended up closely second with 34% of the votes from the 700 people listening to the story of my research. (The winner got 38%.)

Although I did not win the contest, I was presenting at the same stage with two Nobel Prize winners in Physics and got a brilliant response from the audience. This meeting will for sure stay in my memory and the magazine page goes directly on a display in my home office. I am immensly proud of myself and take this achievement as a great motivation to keep doing what I love — high quality research.

Recording of the whole virtual meeting via the link below. If you are curious about my work, jump to the presentation at 01.37.19 – Adela Melcrova: ‘No pores: The unexpected physics of a new antibiotic’. https://www.fysica.nl/

[thephysicsqueen]

Oh wow! Congratulations!!

[thephysicsqueen]

Exam prep mind map!

Hot tip for oral exams: Always keep some good examples up your sleeve!

[wildersage]

the impulse to hide what I'm doing at my computer still sits so deep even tho I'm literally never looking at anything objectionable , the door will open and I'll hurry to close the page like oh fuck no one can know I'm looking at the Wikipedia page for the Balkans

[thephysicsqueen]

Used a ruler for the first time in (literally) years

[c-h-e-r-i-e-deactivated20200220]

🌼🌿botanical asks🌻🌙

jasmine; what mythical creature do you wish actually existed?

lavender; soundcloud or vinyls?

primrose; what book does everyone right now need to read?

lunar mist; do you like wearing other people’s shirts/jackets?

bird of paradise; what was the best thing that happened to you this month?

gardenia; what’s a promise you’ve recently made to yourself?

lion’s fairytale; would you rather be the sky, the ocean or the forests?

whirling butterflies; would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

marmalade skies; do you plan your outfits?

apricot drift; how do you feel right now?

everlasting daisy; what’s the last dream you remember having?

queen’s cup; what are you craving right now?

lavender dream; turn ons/offs?

water lilly; when was the last time you cried? why?

lily of the valley; did the one person who hurt you most in your life apologize?

winterberry; do you bite or lick your ice cream?

honey perfume; favorite movie ever?

desert rose; do you like yourself?

snapdragon; have you ever met or seen in person a celebrity?

night owl; how many countries have you visited?

heliotrope; have you ever been in a castle?

creams and sky; what’s the craziest/bravest thing you’ve done?

lantana; what’s on your mind right now?

pumpkin patch; what’s your zodiac sign?

tulip; name 5 facts about yourself.

daphne; do you believe in karma?

queen of the meadow; ever been in love?

wisteria; whom do you admire and why?

angel’s face; what was your favorite bedtime story as a child?

remember me; did you make someone laugh today?

iris; do you believe in ghosts?

lilac; if you could go back in time which time period would you visit?

caramel kisses; would you want to live forever? why/why not?

primula; what makes you sad?

rain lily; was today typical? why/why not?

queen anne’s lace; who do you trust the most?

lady’s slipper; what did you have for breakfast today?

forget me not; do you have any regrets looking back in your life?

lunaria; what’s your favorite fictional universe?

violet; favorite tv show?

sunflower; share a favorite quote.

snowdrop; what does your ideal day look like?

tiger lily; do you have any hobbies?

peony; share a small random book passage that means something to you.

tea rose; what’s something you always wanted to do but were too scared?

honeysuckle; do you usually date people your age or older/younger?

sweet pea; who means the world to you? why?

love in the mist; best books you’ve ever read?

foxglove; who is your favorite cartoon character?

magnolia; coffee or tea?

crown imperial; would you rather be extremely rich or extremely loved?

snowflake; are you a dog or a cat person?

bell flower; what is your biggest addiction?

cosmos; do you ever think about the galaxy?

moonflower; what’s your favorite color?

freesia; do you have a good relationship with your parents and siblings? why/why not?

sundrop; are you a morning or a night person?

poppy; have you ever dealt with a mental illness?

clover; how would your friends describe you?

dandelion; do you consider yourself and extrovert or an introvert?

lilly; what’s something you love watching/reading but you are too embarrassed to admit you do?

anemone; describe yourself in 3 words.

lotus; best memory as a child?

angelonia; what is your eye and hair color?

dahlia; do you like crystals?

buttercup; if you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?

baby’s breath; what’s your hogwarts house?

calendula; biggest pet peeve?

blanker flower; would you rather go to a cocktail party with your best friends or stay home and read a book/watch a movie with your pet?

blazing star; share a secret.

carnation; would you rather live longer or happier?

petunia; who’s story is your biggest inspiration in life? why?

bluebell; do you wear glasses?

nymphea; forest or river?

orchid; do you like exercise?

pansy; do you like poetry?

morning glory; any special talent that you have?

[studentlifeproblems]

[thephysicsqueen]

“write drunk, edit sober” is the only thing getting me through my final lab report of the semester

[newtonpermetersquare]

My entire degree summed up in one meme

[thephysicsqueen]

Dose planning!

[afloweroutofstone]

If there’s one college assignment I had to do which I could force on all college students, it’d be this paper I had to write for a Research Methods class. It was later in the semester, and the professor gave us a very straightforward assignment: you need to find a news article which reports on the results of an academic study, read the actual study, and then explain in detail why the article did not properly represent the study’s findings.

Not only was having to do that a really useful exercise in terms of figuring out how misinformation gets passed around, but talking with a class of 25 other students who all had to do the same thing for 25 different articles makes you realize that the majority of all “studies show…” news articles misrepresent the studies they’re based on

[queenlua]

bonus round, somewhat related:

i had a cs systems professor who taught a graduate class

where they had all the students try to replicate a paper in their field

that’s it.  just one lil paper

and… whew boy… the number of papers that just straight up did not replicate… the number of papers where people had made some stupid programming error and thus unintentionally misrepresented their results… the number of papers where there were no factual inaccuracies, but like, once you worked through it & the graphs, it became real obvious that data was being presented misleadingly, trying to sweep the rug over obvious drawbacks to their methodology, etc

like “trendier” subfields were more prone to this kind of bullshit but.  afaict no discipline came out unscathed.  good times

[theaxiomofhope]

STRONGLY ENDORSED

[thephysicsqueen]

Summarize, summarize, summarize....

[laegless]

I finished my computer vision pipeline! Did it go great? Nope! Did it go bad? Also nope! It was entirely mediocre! Sent a recording of my presentation to my professor today so now I only have a paper left to write on it which will hopefully be easy. Also I got an accuracy of 86% which is cool so excuse me while I apply to machine learning jobs ASAP.

On another note, I completely cranked out a 5 page paper on Dvorak so if anyone wants to talk about classical music hit me up. Enjoy my beautiful budding strawberry plant and have a good finals week everyone.

[thephysicsqueen]

This post makes me want to get up and get stuff done!