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Author Archives: Cath@VWXYNot?
2011-2012 Hockey Pool!
Back by popular demand! (Lavaland asked in person at Saturday night’s Canucks-Ducks pre-season game, and ScientistMother asked on Twitter this morning. They’re both popular, right?!)
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SOP: Sadly Opaque Protocol
Heard in a recent(ish) meeting to define a tumour xenografting SOP to be used by three different labs: PI 1 (Xenografting Expert): “The first thing you need to do when you get a new tumour is to determine if it’s … Continue reading
Posted in communication, science, Silliness
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Demons
It has come to my attention that many people are not aware of this simply spectacular song by Fatboy Slim, featuring the substantial vocal talents of Marge Simpson Macy Gray*. This situation is, of course, unacceptable, so please watch this video … Continue reading
I’m not insane. My mother had me tested.
The recent conversation at DrugMonkey’s place about responding to previous grant reviews has proved very timely; I’m currently working on the first grant resubmission for which I’ve been chief wrangler. There have been some unbloggably hilarious emails pinging around between … Continue reading
Posted in career, grant wrangling, Silliness, television
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Feeding the Science Tamagotchi
It started during my undergrad research project. “I have to go into the lab tomorrow morning to feed all my cells, so I can’t stay out too late tonight or have a hangover tomorrow”, I’d say. After comments along the … Continue reading
Posted in career, drunkenness, education, grant wrangling, personal, rants, science, travel, whining
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Remember remember…
July through November, Abstracts and budgets and pain. I see no reason Why grant deadline season Should ever leave you sane. So, I’ve managed to extend the usual season (which started August 15th, when I submitted one full grant as … Continue reading
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Portable document FAIL
Provisional PDF of a paper in press from my postdoc lab: Are they editing papers with marker pens now?! Pretty damn foolish…
Posted in original research, publishing, science, technology
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A week in grant wrangling
Following Frank’s excellent example, it seemed like a good week to present a week’s worth of daily bulletins about what I actually do for a living. As I alluded to in my last post it’s the busiest time of year … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, career, current affairs, English language, furry friends, grant wrangling, personal, photos, Politics, science, Silliness, travel, whining
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Dyed-in-the-wool cheapskate
Being genetically half Irish and an eighth Scottish, I have green eyes and curly brown hair that used to have a fair bit of red in it. The first white hair showed up when I was 19, much to my … Continue reading
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