{"id":1288,"date":"2011-12-02T23:24:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T05:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2011-12-02T23:24:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T05:24:19","slug":"its-that-time-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/2011\/12\/02\/its-that-time-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s that time of year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly every year I try to make my way to the American Society for Cell Biology meeting. This year, it’s surprisingly close to home, being held in Denver, Colorado. Recent years have seen it traditionally in San Francisco, San Diego and Washington, DC, with Philly last year being an exception as well.<\/p>\n

For me the meetings have evolved tremendously from when I was a student and post-doc. I am less stressed about being able to run around from talk to talk and poster to poster. Indeed, I feel much more comfortable at these meetings, as I find that I suddenly know a lot of people, and surprisingly, a lot of people seem to know me. In fact, even getting from poster to poster is often difficult, with the necessity for social intercourse with anyone who recognizes me on route through the enormous hall.<\/p>\n

Another difference for me is that I rarely come alone anymore. In fact this year, including myself, my lab is a contingent of 8 people. My own cheering section at the seminar I’ll deliver tomorrow afternoon. This also leaves me with a responsibility to make sure everyone is okay, behaving, and is meeting other scientists and not going out for dinner alone or only with people from the lab. Me, the social coordinator. Not really in my job description, says the anti-social PI…<\/p>\n

One other thing that has evolved over the years is the advertising. Companies and vendors are becoming increasingly aggressive in their marketing. Perhaps I should take a lesson from them in peddling “Welcome Home, Sir<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.” Prior to the meeting, huge amounts of postcards were arriving in my mailbox–“visit this booth and that booth,” “enter a draw for an Ipad,” and so on and so forth.<\/p>\n

Well this year, something even newer: for example, have a look at the back and front of this new card key at the Hilton Hotel:<\/p>\n

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Back of the card key to enter my room<\/p><\/div>\n

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Front of the card key to enter my room, recently<\/p><\/div>\n

The only problem–the key wouldn’t work, and finally they had to replace it (after being locked out of my room for 15 min) with a “regular card key.” Doesn’t give me very good vibes about purchasing Xtreme gene…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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