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Author Archives: Cath@VWXYNot?
The timers they are a-changin’
When my parents were visiting earlier this year, my Mum asked me why I don’t wear a watch any more. “I just use my iPhone”, I explained. “But don’t you miss having a watch?
Posted in career, grant wrangling, personal, science, Silliness, technology
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Useful resources for trainees
As part of my new role as the go-to person for everything related to my department’s trainees, I’ve put together a list of resources that I thought some readers might also find useful or interesting. The list is posted at … Continue reading
Posted in career, communication, education, grant wrangling, publishing, science
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Wonderin’ Underground
Some of the signs I saw while riding the Montreal metro made me wonder just how safe the system is: Beware of gigantic creepy tickle monsters!
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I’M SORRY!!!
This article suddenly made me feel just terrible about the many mutations I’ve introduced into all those poor genes and their promoters!
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What’s in a name?: towards the development of a novel analysis of grant titles
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about how I’m going to be responsible for helping all trainees in my new department identify, apply for, and manage their awards (comment on my post, you bastards please!). I’ve spent some time … Continue reading
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Be careful what you wish for…
…because you might just get it. I wished for Mr E Man to get a job, after a couple of months in which the local movie industry was as quiet as Stephen Harper’s conscience and two non-movie job offers both … Continue reading
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Ask The Blogosphere – how can we help trainees with their studentship & fellowship applications?
I mentioned in a recent post that part of my job is going to involve specialising in something that I’d previously listed as a long-term career goal. As you’ve probably already guessed from this post’s title, I’m now ready (with … Continue reading
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Progress!
I just made a to-do list for next week that contains: more instances of “follow up with X about Y”; more entries that start with the words “organise”, “set up”, or “finalise”; many more acronyms (and initials instead of full … Continue reading
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