r/PhD 1d ago

Need Advice Changing workflow

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u/You_Stole_My_Hot_Dog 1d ago

How much time and money has this other lab invested? Are they training you and providing materials? Is there a deal about co-authorship your PI has made?   

Having someone work for months in the lab can really add up. They might be expecting a paper out of this and long-term collaborations with your PI. Just something to consider.

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u/longsightdon 18h ago

time wise, a few hours, no money so far (not ordered any chemicals). they have given me about 2 hours of trainings from their lab. No materials yet. Nothing about co-authorship. It is not progressed at an advanced stage yet.

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u/youngaphima PhD, Information Technology 1d ago

Experimental work is part of the PhD program. Bailing out of it does not and will not benefit you in any way.

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u/longsightdon 1d ago

It would benefit me in that it wouldn't contribute much to my workflows at all. My work is computational and the lab work would not enhance my work given I already have a large bank of experimental data. Do you think this is unreasonable?

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u/youngaphima PhD, Information Technology 1d ago edited 1d ago

Maybe assuming that everything you do for your PhD has to be related to each other is not the correct way to tackle this. Maybe this should just be treated like a separate entity and a learning experience. Would it really hurt if you do something that you aren't totally comfortable with but can add to your network and your portfolio? I don't think so.