“We don’tfullyunderstandthemechanism”Acollaborationis called“veryproductive”“Reviewer2” ismentionedSomeoneapologizesfor toomany slides“This ispreliminary”Someonementions arejectedmanuscript“This should bestraightforward”A labmeetingruns overtimeA timeline isdescribedas“ambitious”A hypothesisis refinedafter seeingthe resultsA methodsectionreferencesanother paperfor details“This willstrengthenthe paper”Fundingagencyacronym isused withoutexplanation“We areunderpowered”A controlexperimentis addedlateA PhDstudentexplains aseniorauthor’s workSomeonesays “It’swell knownthat…”Someonementionsworking onthe weekendAnexperimentis describedas “tricky”“Wealmostgave upon this”Someonementionslack offundingSomeonementionssamplestorageissuesA study isdescribedas “proofof concept”A methodisdescribedas “robust”SomeonementionsimpactfactorA result iscalled“unexpected”“Thesamplesize islimited”“We’ll fixit inrevision”A protocol isfollowed “withminormodifications”A negativeresult iscalled“interesting”“We had tooptimizethisextensively”“Statisticallysignificant”isemphasizedCoffee istreated asa researchtoolA datasetisdescribedas “messy”“The dataspeak forthemselves”Someonesays “Intheory…”A grant isdescribed as“competitive”A figurelegend islonger thanthe textA figure wasremade atthe lastminuteAdeadlineisextended“This isoutside thescope ofthe study”“Let’sdiscussthisoffline”A reviewerrequestsmorereferencesA meetingcouldhave beenan emailSomeonementionsbatcheffects“Thisopensmany newquestions”“The resultsarereproducible…mostly”A figure isdescribedas “self-explanatory”A PI says“Interesting…”SomeonereferencesSupplementaryFigure 12A methodonly oneperson in thelabunderstandsAdeadlineis missedSomeonementionsbioinformaticstroubleshootingSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA reviewerasks for anunrelatedexperiment“Itworkedonce”A statisticaltest ischosenpost hoc“Due to timeconstraints…”Someonementionsresubmission“We needmoredata”“We don’tfullyunderstandthemechanism”Acollaborationis called“veryproductive”“Reviewer2” ismentionedSomeoneapologizesfor toomany slides“This ispreliminary”Someonementions arejectedmanuscript“This should bestraightforward”A labmeetingruns overtimeA timeline isdescribedas“ambitious”A hypothesisis refinedafter seeingthe resultsA methodsectionreferencesanother paperfor details“This willstrengthenthe paper”Fundingagencyacronym isused withoutexplanation“We areunderpowered”A controlexperimentis addedlateA PhDstudentexplains aseniorauthor’s workSomeonesays “It’swell knownthat…”Someonementionsworking onthe weekendAnexperimentis describedas “tricky”“Wealmostgave upon this”Someonementionslack offundingSomeonementionssamplestorageissuesA study isdescribedas “proofof concept”A methodisdescribedas “robust”SomeonementionsimpactfactorA result iscalled“unexpected”“Thesamplesize islimited”“We’ll fixit inrevision”A protocol isfollowed “withminormodifications”A negativeresult iscalled“interesting”“We had tooptimizethisextensively”“Statisticallysignificant”isemphasizedCoffee istreated asa researchtoolA datasetisdescribedas “messy”“The dataspeak forthemselves”Someonesays “Intheory…”A grant isdescribed as“competitive”A figurelegend islonger thanthe textA figure wasremade atthe lastminuteAdeadlineisextended“This isoutside thescope ofthe study”“Let’sdiscussthisoffline”A reviewerrequestsmorereferencesA meetingcouldhave beenan emailSomeonementionsbatcheffects“Thisopensmany newquestions”“The resultsarereproducible…mostly”A figure isdescribedas “self-explanatory”A PI says“Interesting…”SomeonereferencesSupplementaryFigure 12A methodonly oneperson in thelabunderstandsAdeadlineis missedSomeonementionsbioinformaticstroubleshootingSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA reviewerasks for anunrelatedexperiment“Itworkedonce”A statisticaltest ischosenpost hoc“Due to timeconstraints…”Someonementionsresubmission“We needmoredata”

Nobel dinner: Academic Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. “We don’t fully understand the mechanism”
  2. A collaboration is called “very productive”
  3. “Reviewer 2” is mentioned
  4. Someone apologizes for too many slides
  5. “This is preliminary”
  6. Someone mentions a rejected manuscript
  7. “This should be straightforward”
  8. A lab meeting runs over time
  9. A timeline is described as “ambitious”
  10. A hypothesis is refined after seeing the results
  11. A method section references another paper for details
  12. “This will strengthen the paper”
  13. Funding agency acronym is used without explanation
  14. “We are underpowered”
  15. A control experiment is added late
  16. A PhD student explains a senior author’s work
  17. Someone says “It’s well known that…”
  18. Someone mentions working on the weekend
  19. An experiment is described as “tricky”
  20. “We almost gave up on this”
  21. Someone mentions lack of funding
  22. Someone mentions sample storage issues
  23. A study is described as “proof of concept”
  24. A method is described as “robust”
  25. Someone mentions impact factor
  26. A result is called “unexpected”
  27. “The sample size is limited”
  28. “We’ll fix it in revision”
  29. A protocol is followed “with minor modifications”
  30. A negative result is called “interesting”
  31. “We had to optimize this extensively”
  32. “Statistically significant” is emphasized
  33. Coffee is treated as a research tool
  34. A dataset is described as “messy”
  35. “The data speak for themselves”
  36. Someone says “In theory…”
  37. A grant is described as “competitive”
  38. A figure legend is longer than the text
  39. A figure was remade at the last minute
  40. A deadline is extended
  41. “This is outside the scope of the study”
  42. “Let’s discuss this offline”
  43. A reviewer requests more references
  44. A meeting could have been an email
  45. Someone mentions batch effects
  46. “This opens many new questions”
  47. “The results are reproducible… mostly”
  48. A figure is described as “self-explanatory”
  49. A PI says “Interesting…”
  50. Someone references Supplementary Figure 12
  51. A method only one person in the lab understands
  52. A deadline is missed
  53. Someone mentions bioinformatics troubleshooting
  54. Someone mentions ethics approval delays
  55. A reviewer asks for an unrelated experiment
  56. “It worked once”
  57. A statistical test is chosen post hoc
  58. “Due to time constraints…”
  59. Someone mentions resubmission
  60. “We need more data”