OtiumFM
OtiumFM is an upcoming show deep-diving into the world of Tools for Thought, or TFTs! Featuring insights on note-taking, making connections between thoughts, and serendipity, host Norman Chella brings you conversations with individuals in this space so you can better your note-taking experience. Expect guests from various TFT apps, independent researchers, and varying professions who bring with them note-taking insights, from analog to digital and even hypergraphic!
Coming out soon.
In the first two seasons, this show was called RoamFM, the podcast all about Roam Research, for members of the Roaman community. In these two seasons, join us as we dive into the minds of amazing Roam users, taking a peek into how they use Roam to create wonderful connections.
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Cherry Sun: Stem Cell Research, Lab Books and Collaborative Research
In this episode, we're talking with a member of the #roamcult who uses Roam as a lab book.
Cherry Sun is a second-year Ph.D. student based in Auckland, New Zealand. She's studying a stem cell population from the human placenta and its potential role in babies that are born dangerously small ([[Fetal Growth Restriction]]).
As someone who is doing multiple experiments at the same time, Cherry has been finding ways to capture thoughts, record measurements, and results, and to collect all of them in one graph and database for her to make all the connections and Roam fits the bill.
We talked about:
- Cherry Sun's origin story: How she went from pen and paper to Notion to Roam.
- Using Roam as a lab book, for experimentation ad stem cell research
- Predictions in using Roam for collaborative research in her field
Enjoy!
Timestamps
- 2:33 From Notion to Roam for recording experiments
- 5:03 When the square brackets started flying
- 6:18 Searchability and changing the way we write
- 7:37 How do you make your notes searchable?
- 9:06 Having a running timeline of active cultures organically generated
- 11:59 "The date is the smallest metadata you need"
- 13:51 Bullet journals and paper and pen writing
- 15:25 The power of work-life separation
- 17:42 Handwriting is too personal for Cherry
- 20:11 Function over creation, and having intent with Roam
- 22:35 Cherry Sun's thesis on [[Fetal Growth Restriction]]
- 25:03 Cherry's Roam Thoughts and her long-time project
- 28:47 "This might form a connection somewhere down the line"
- 30:45 Pitching Roam and [[Thought loss anxiety]]
- 35:26 The future lab book: Roam for collaborative research
- 40:31 What does Roam mean to Cherry
Links
- Cherry Sun's Twitter
- Using Roam as a lab book and more: My journey to becoming a more organized researcher