(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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A study is described as “proof of concept”
“This is outside the scope of the study”
“Statistically significant” is emphasized
A figure was remade at the last minute
A grant is described as “competitive”
A result is called “unexpected”
A collaboration is called “very productive”
“Due to time constraints…”
An experiment is described as “tricky”
“We don’t fully understand the mechanism”
“Reviewer 2” is mentioned
Someone says “It’s well known that…”
A hypothesis is refined after seeing the results
Someone mentions batch effects
Coffee is treated as a research tool
“This is preliminary”
A meeting could have been an email
Someone mentions ethics approval delays
“We had to optimize this extensively”
“We need more data”
Someone mentions lack of funding
“The sample size is limited”
A statistical test is chosen post hoc
A PI says “Interesting…”
Someone mentions resubmission
A PhD student explains a senior author’s work
“We’ll fix it in revision”
A deadline is missed
A method is described as “robust”
“We almost gave up on this”
A method section references another paper for details
Someone mentions working on the weekend
“This opens many new questions”
A lab meeting runs over time
Someone references Supplementary Figure 12
A dataset is described as “messy”
A deadline is extended
Someone apologizes for too many slides
Someone mentions bioinformatics troubleshooting
A reviewer requests more references
“Let’s discuss this offline”
A reviewer asks for an unrelated experiment
Someone says “In theory…”
Someone mentions a rejected manuscript
“It worked once”
A figure is described as “self-explanatory”
“The data speak for themselves”
A protocol is followed “with minor modifications”
A timeline is described as “ambitious”
A control experiment is added late
“This should be straightforward”
“This will strengthen the paper”
“The results are reproducible… mostly”
A method only one person in the lab understands
Someone mentions sample storage issues
“We are underpowered”
A figure legend is longer than the text
Someone mentions impact factor
Funding agency acronym is used without explanation
