Dearest Pubmed, You know how I generally feel about you. You are like a faithful science butler, forever serving up my lovely citations with a cheerful, dry wit, which sometimes causes you to return things like “priapism” when I searched for “[drug] withdrawal”. It was cute, and I appreciated that bit of sass in response […]
As some of my readers from WAY back (all two of you, hi guys!) may know, diabetes is one of Sci’s favorite things. It’s one of those things that, if she could start her entire little sciency life over, would be something she would heavily consider as a focus. Heck, there’s always another post-doc, right? […]
Sci is still in SFN recovery. This usually involves attempting to make up for a SERIOUS lack of sleep, and a total lack of healthful eating. I have spent the last four days with a heartfelt salad craving. Seriously, McCormick Place. We need to talk. About your prices. $12 for a ratty little vegetarian sandwich […]
Sci is back from SFN, but she is by no means done with the neuroblogging! Unfortunately, due to a crazy schedule and spotty wireless, Sci was not able to get as much neuroblogging in as she wanted. So she’s going to continue for a few more days, with some of the coolest things she saw […]
It’s the second to last day of SFN. Sci thought she was a grad student of boundless energy, but even she is beginning to feel…a little burned out. Posters, each one of the good and showing some seriously cool stuff, slide past her eyes. After a while you can barely remember what you just saw, […]
“They attacked all of neuroscience when they attacked me” -David Jentsch This morning Sci attended the symposium on Animals in Research: Widening the Tent, a symposium on how to reach out and garner more support for animal research, and to encourage scientists to speak out. You’d think that would be a pretty easy thing, of […]
Today’s post is partially (or more than partially) for Bora, our great Blogfather, and patron saint of Open Access. 🙂 After seeing all the posters that Sci usually has to see according to her itinerary, Sci likes to wander and take in the little things that catch her eye. And when she does this, she […]
Sci briefly considered just providing a short list of the many awesome things she had seen at SFN this day, for verily, she saw many awesome things. But she’s decided that she’s tired, the food at the conference is incredibly expensive and she’s VERY hungry, and that she’s got way too many things to cover. […]
To the nervous guy on the shuttle (and indeed, to any person nervous about giving a presentation in their field), Breathe. Drink some tea. It’ll be ok. In a few hours, it’ll all be over. And remember this: No one knows your stuff better than you do. No one, because you’re the one who did […]
Sci got a big project out the door today and is feeling pretty skippy! She wanted to have a few beers to celebrate and write something hilarious about erectile dysfunction, but duty calls! To the SFN blogging! And who says you can’t multitask? Beer and SFN happen to go particularly well together. We’re skipping Friday […]