In case you hadn’t heard, a UCLA researcher had his car firebombed recently. You can get the story here. The firebombing is one in a series of aggressive acts aimed at university researchers who use animals in medical studies, UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton said. In other cases, firebombs have been left on doorsteps and in […]
How I deal with the pacing of my lectures. Dirty tricks included.
My illustrious coblogger points out that by taking part in research studies, a graduate student can actually afford to do things like, well, eat. Normally relegated to scraping the crumbs off the post-seminar cookie tray, or sneaking into a urology luncheon and being forced to sit through an hour talk on ureter infections only to […]
So first off, there’s a new blog on Scienceblogs called The Culture Dish! I didn’t actually know about this blog (*shame*), until I poked around for the frist time and realized that Rebecca Skloot is the one who’s NY Times pieces I devour with eagerness every single time. She is great, and she’s writing a […]
Yeah, this should have happened on Saturday, but I was, yet again, busy. Ideally, if I can get enough done over the next few days, I can take some time off during Thanksgiving, and Mr. SiT will not be having to bring me pie and coffee while I type and miss Thanksgiving dinner. This would […]
Yesterday, a very sleep-deprived (and possibly hungover) Sci finally dragged herself back to reality. SFN is a great opportunity to meet many, many people (most of whom will not remember me and I will be introducing myself AGAIN. I can’t even get grad students to remember me!), and to see some really cool stuff, but […]
Papers read this week: 14! 21/20 that I wanted to read. Words written: 3,871 (first 1/3 of paper #1) You know you’ve got a lot on your plate when you take time off from a conference to WRITE. There’s so much at these conferences (particularly at SFN) that I’m amazed I’m not slack-jawed and drooling […]
Whoops. Apparently I was supposed to give this update on Saturday, but I was busy! Busy working!! In InaDWriMo! Thus far: papers read: 7 (out of 20). I should clarify that, when Sci reads a paper, she doesn’t just read the abstract and glance at the figures. She reads, takes notes, and puts the relevant […]
Dr. Isis has a very interesting post up over at her new place on how and if one should relate personally to one’s students. In reply, Stephanie has posted a beautiful story of her own. And JLK posted some quite excellent comments. Both of these posts made me think a lot, which is probably the […]
A few months ago, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who was then just starting grad school. She was looking for an advisor, someone to take her under his/her wing for her nascent science-training. And, as with many of our conversations, the phrase “under her wing” became a huge metaphor for […]