Lipid Personality Test

Find out which lipid you are.

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Find out, which lipid you are.

Question 1

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First of all, please look in the mirror. What do you see there? *

I am a young and thriving molecule, trying to figure out my way in the whole spectrum of metabolic pathways. And I am still not sure about my affinity to any field, be it lipidomics, multiomics, if any omics at all.
I see myself as a pretty mature yet not aged molecule. I know my functions and I take care of fulfilling my role.
I used to think that I was mature, but recently after my promotion to a Signaling Lipid Manager, I am not so convinced about me doing my job properly. I feel like I am confused all the time.
I lead a small group of molecules for now in our common goal to get a Nobel Prize.
I have seen many if not all lipid types, signaling cascades, and hormonal responses in my life. I have seen it all, and I cannot be surprised anymore.

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Question 2

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Now, please let us know what environment you are coming from. *

I come from the medical field; I care about making everyone’s life better, healthier, and happier.
I come from the natural sciences field, and I want to know the exact mechanism of nearly everything, and won’t stop until I figure everything out.
I like to deliver knowledge across the membranes, cells, tissues, and organs. I am very comfortable making sure that everyone gets my message.
I come from the biotech and/or pharma sector; I make sure that things are properly taken care of, and the clients are happy.
I am an educator, and I want to make sure that every student knows how to calculate the mole%.
I don’t really care about teaching students but I do care about properly calculating mole%.
I come from the (bio)informatics field; meep-morp, zeep zorp, hello world!
To be honest, I am not sure if I fit to any of the above. I feel like I know more about margins, profits, transfer pricing, and tax brackets.

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Question 3

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When you have a professional task and don’t know how to approach it, or you are not sure how deal with it in a timely manner, what do you do? *

I will ask my Principal Lipid Investigator for guidance and support.
I will reach out to my community for some advice.
I will look for a company that can hold my hand and guide me through dealing with this task.
I will read two million papers and will figure out the solution all by myself even if takes 4 years, as potential outsourcing solutions are most too pricy.
I will do my research and will come up with my own solution, as already existing solutions can’t be trusted.
I don’t really have such a problem, as I can easily decide when a problem can be dealt with by someone else. Sometimes I wait for long enough and someone else figures things out.
Flip-a-coin my way through
*panic mode: on*

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Are you overall willing to investigate the other directions in addition to your main signaling cascade? *

Nah, not really, I like to focus on my field and don’t like to waste my attention on irrelevant things.
I absolutely love to investigate all possible directions and see the subject from as many angles as possible.
I am open to a reasonable degree of freedom, but I prefer to remain focused on one subject.
I am still not sure about the best way to address problems. I don’t have a strategy yet.
I’d rather do a dozen of tasks at the same time anyway.

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When you are incubated under pressure, how do you react? *

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Question 6

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When you need to make sure that everyone got your message correctly, what would you do? *

I structure, categorize, and break down to the basic level as much as possible.
I use various vivid analogies, cartoons, and nice colorful schemes.
I patiently repeat (and repeat, and repeat).
I use all the above-mentioned methods.
I don’t really care if my message is properly understood.
All I care is to shine bright like a diamond.

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When in solution with other molecules, how do you behave? *

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Question 8

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How does your lab book look like? *

All properly labeled, protocolized, with the color code devoted to each experiment set.
All is there like it’s demanded to be by the quality check, nothing fancy.
Well, when are you going to check it? I _maybe_ need to track back a couple of experiments.
For a long time, it’s been digital.
What’s a lab book?
I don’t have a lab book because I remember everything.

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Question 9

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Which of the following step(s) is the most annoying to you and makes your lipid life difficult? *

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Question 10

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How do you keep up with all the liponews and lipogossips? *

Every Tuesday and Thursday I go through google scholar and PubMed trying to fish something relevant out.
My Twitter (or X) feed delivers all the relevant info to me.
I subscribed to several interesting, targeted, and non-intrusive newsletters.
My community hosts get-togethers once in a while so we discuss all the important things there.
I barely keep myself up-to-date, but I would like to improve it.
I barely keep myself up-to-date, and I like it that way.

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Question 11

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Final, yet very important question: absolute or relative quantification? *

Only absolute quantification is a source of the proper comparable knowledge.
Relative quantification does the job for my purposes and there’s no need to invest into the internal standard.
I don’t really care: I can work with both approaches depending on the task I have. Flexibility is what I appreciate.
Absolute or relative… what?

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