Thanks so much for yur help :-)

Hello, I’m really really confused. I am studying ligand/receptors for my PhD and am trying to understand the Ki values of certain ligands. I have looked up websites but still can make no sense of it.

What does Ki mean??. Please explain in simple English as I do not have a chemistry background

Many thanks in advance:-)

Hello,

I am currently writing up my thesis. Before I finished up in the lab,I asked my supervisor about when should I start writing up my research paper to be published. She informed me to wait until I had submitted my thesis. A post doc who started a year ago in the lab has taken over my work and brought it to the next stage. I received an email from him today where he had wrote up the paper and used my data AND has put his name as the first author.

The paper contains 70% of my data and 30% of his. I am upset as I emailed him last year saying I would like to write the paper. He never responded.

I am wondering am I allowed to be first author on the paper. I know I have not wrote it but the paper does contain most of my work and I have worked on the research for the past three years where as the post doc has only worked on the research for a year. I don't feel comfortable talking to my supervisor as I feel that her opinion will be that the postdoc had more experience writing papers and has probably done a better job than if I had been given the chance to write my first paper. Furthermore, the reason why I am so anxious to become first author is because I do not want to stay in academia and need publications in order for the job I would like post viva.

Thank you in advance:-)