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Author Archives: Cath@VWXYNot?
It’s the end of the world as we know it
Is everyone having a nice apocalypse? Jolly good – now let’s talk about what happens next! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The professor who taught microbial genetics during my undergrad degree was hilarious.
Posted in blog buddies, book review, current affairs, plagues, Silliness, technology, television, virology
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Temporospatial trends in germophobia
One of the cultural differences I noticed soon after I moved from Britain to Canada is how people treat you if you say you have a cold or other minor ailment. In the UK, my experience is that friends, family, … Continue reading
Context is everything (Part II)
Microsoft continues to crack me up: Certain PIs of my acquaintance may agree that they’re involved in too many projects, but I doubt anyone’s ever said the words “too many publications”… (Part I here)
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Hockey is not the only sport
As a few of you may already know, the NHL season that usually begins in October still hasn’t started. The players and owners/league haven’t managed to agree to terms on revenue sharing and other issues, and as a result there’s another lockout … Continue reading
Posted in bad people, Canada, current affairs, personal, rants, sport, television
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Stranger danger at the conference buffet
I’ve spent the last couple of days at my institute’s annual conference, catching up on some very cool science and gorging myself on delicious food. Having spent eight of the last ten years at the same institute, working in three … Continue reading
Posted in career, conferences, science, Silliness, Vancouver
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Losing your research funds down the back of the Sof(i)a
About 18 months ago, I posted about some accusations of seriously compromised grant review in Bulgaria that were brought to the international community’s attention via a news article in Nature. Several readers commented that they were disappointed to have missed … Continue reading
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Retreat to the library
(I’ve been back from Puerto Rico for a couple of weeks now, but for some reason I’d got it into my head that I had to write a “What I Did On My Vacation” post before I could write anything … Continue reading
