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Rejected Paper and Moonlight Sonata
Great combination! Not.
Ass Prof
Ok, this has nothing to do with HGG, the kick assprof with 4-body problem, as I’m sure she finds amusement in labeling herself with that academic title. What I’m not sure though is whether the guest researcher which my department invited from abroad would appreciate it. On the door … Continue reading
Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
This is from p.10 of my PhD thesis: The above figures (and a significant portion of my research) wouldn’t have been possible without the work of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry: Source: Nobelprize.org Isaac Newton said, “If I have seen … Continue reading
Big Meetings
In the conference I recently attended in Vienna, there were two types of presentations. The poster presentation: And the oral presentation: Notice that the presentation is actually projected in 5 panels! It was a conference with thousands of attendees and … Continue reading
Things We Take For Granted
Just came back from an after work drinks with some colleagues. During the night, I somehow got stucked into talking with Zorav, our newly arrived research fellow from Kurdistan, the autonomous region in northern Iraq. Zorav is a medical doctor sent to our … Continue reading
Be Happy With Your Job
Some people in other lines of work probably wished they had yours. Here are some forwarded pictures I found in my mail box today. 1. Elephant enema specialist 2. Deodorant testers 3. Stallion semen collector 4. Turd world electrician … Continue reading
Heidelberg = Gothenburg + Lund
Arriving at the Heidelberg train station from Frankfurt during my spring visit to the European Molecular Biology Lab, the first thing I noticed was its resemblance to Gothenburg’s central station. I was even more surprised when I stepped out of the station to see trams … Continue reading
Huge Difference Between Grams and Weeks
Last week, I requested for some 6 week-olds Rattus norvegicus: Today, our lab technician received pups at 6 grams each: Who’s got the time to take care of these babies??? Reminds me by the way of that infamous unit confusion which resulted to the crashing of … Continue reading
The Four Stages of Acceptance
i) this is worthless nonsense;ii) this is an interesting, but perverse, point of view;iii) this is true, but quite unimportant;iv) I always said so. (J.B.S. Haldane, Journal of Genetics #58, 1963,p.464) We recently got our manuscript back after having been reviewed by the three … Continue reading
Brown in the Land of Blues and Blondes 