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r/labrats

› Welcome to r/LabRats! A space for scientists, researchers, and lab workers to share experiment fails, lab wins, and PI woes. Do you need advice, a place to vent, or just some lab-life humor? Want to share your big successes, your awesome protocols, and tricks of the trade? Join your fellow labrats. We also have a discord server!

// MEMBERS
730,780
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
3,945
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
15y
› since 2011-08-22
// STATUS
[ok] active
› feed indexed
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// Recent posts in r/labrats

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  1. 01 I’m a western blot! ↑ 1,797 · 2026-10-30
  2. 02 Coenzyme A binding proteins are so 😍 ↑ 56 · 2026-11-06
  3. 03 Does the whole grant application get screened for NIH banned words? ↑ 10 · 2026-11-06
  4. 04 What is this glassware? ↑ 3 · 2026-11-06
  5. 05 Has anyone here cultured human PBMCs in 96 well plates overnight for PHA activation? ↑ 3 · 2026-11-06
// RELATED_COMMUNITIES [ 12 communities · education & science ]
// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/labrats about? [ expand ↓ ]
r/labrats is a Reddit community with 730,780 members. Welcome to r/LabRats! A space for scientists, researchers, and lab workers to share experiment fails, lab wins, and PI woes. Do you need advice, a place to vent, or just some lab-life humor? Want to share your big successes, your awesome protocols, and tricks of the trade? Join your fellow labrats. We also have a discord server!
02 › How active is r/labrats? [ expand ↓ ]
r/labrats has 730,780 subscribers and 3,945 posts in our index. It was created on 2011-08-22, 15 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/labrats? [ expand ↓ ]
Other Education & Science communities of a similar size include r/premed (933,898 members), r/learnjapanese (878,390 members), r/medicalschool (816,967 members), r/historicalcapsule (763,252 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.