From inks to alcohol, drugs to dish soap, and everything in between. Thursday, 16 April 2015. Nanowires made on the meniscus. Monday, 16 March 2015. Thursday, 12 March 2015.

The hopelessness of the young investigator. The magic of teh interwebz. The Plight of the Post-Doc. 6 What do I NEED to ask? 8 I s.

Monday, August 31, 2015. Scientific Knowledge - At What Cost? Yet another colleague got divorced. Is it our personalities or profession that makes family life crappy? I wish I knew the answer. It unfortunately seems all to common and I am worried I am headed down the same path. I feel like a laughing stock, made fun of for believing I could make a difference in science while making a difference for my kids. For working at home instead of staying in the lab 60 hours a week.

Saturday, August 19, 2017. My newest pet peeve is the amount of emails I receive from predatory conference organizers. Many are not even remotely related to what I do and are fairly easy to delete. To make them look more real, they sometimes include the title of one of my publications in the email. My favorite is when they just copy the name of the first author from the publication, assuming incorrectly that this is the corresponding author. On the predatory journal fr.

Thursday, March 9, 2017. Attending science conferences in early pregnancy. Traveling to neuroscience conferences has been such a major part of the last 7 years of my life that I now consider myself a pro. What I am absolutely not a pro at is traveling while pregnant. Here is what I learned about flying. Families will be moving around a.

Musings on the life sciences, academic freedom, and the pursuit of happiness. Friday, June 17, 2011. This summer, for example, I have three contenders. What makes a good scientist. Tuesday, June 14, 2011. I bet that his undergraduates love him if he puts that kin.

Monday, January 27, 2014. EvoNeuro added some new Academy-inspired lyrics to classic 60s era protest songs, which were just awesome. Old profs oh yes they rob I. Sold I to the post-doc ship. Minutes after they passed me. From the Ph - D pit. But my brain was made strong. By the boot of the Academy. We forward this grad generation. These songs of vain hope. Cause all I ever have.

Saturday, June 3, 2017. And yet I have failed mightily this year. I have been on sabbatical! It rocked. And was way less productive than hoped. Also of course I love my kid, but she has her moments. Sunday, January 1, 2017. I would like to feel more connected to things I can do in the wider world, how to fight the general sense of forebodi.