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