Category Archives: science

Not your average cell signalling talk

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Welcome, welcome, Old friends and new. I’m happy to be here, I hope you are too! (That started off as a normal sentence, but then I noticed that it would (kinda) work as a verse, too! Woohoo, I’m a poet … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, meta, photos, science, silliness | 22 Comments

Because I know how much you love my screenshots

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Do you ever open up new browser tabs to read later? I do. It’s a very bad habit – I sometimes end up with as many as ten blogs and news articles open at once, and it can take me … Continue reading →

Posted in science, silliness, technology | 6 Comments

Just… don’t.

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“BRCA status” is not so long and clunky that you should feel the need to say “BRCA-ness”, as in “property X is probably related to the BRCA-ness of the cell line”. If you absolutely must say “BRCA-ness”, pronounce it “bracka-ness”, … Continue reading →

Posted in English language, science, silliness, TMI | 9 Comments

Ever say never?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Spotted on a whiteboard in a PI’s office, written in massive letters (colours as in original): Book chapters and reviews are for people with no data – NEVER SAY YES

Posted in career, publishing, science, silliness | 16 Comments

Nuclear fiction

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Conversation last night: Mr E Man: “I was really enjoying that show I was watching before we went out” Me: “Oh, it was a show? I thought it was a movie” Mr E Man: “Yeah, it was a movie” Me: … Continue reading →

Posted in communication, science | 12 Comments

QUIZ: Elementary, my dear readers!

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Ooh, this is gonna be a good one! Remember that this time I’ve activated comment moderation (for the first time EVAH), and you have 24(ish) hours to submit as many answers as you can before I open up the comments … Continue reading →

Posted in competition, English language, science | 20 Comments

How the scientists stole Hallowe’en

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s some classic X-Files dialogue from an episode called “How the ghosts stole Christmas“: Mulder: [alarmed at a noise] Shhh! What was that? Scully: [irritably rational] These are tricks that the mind plays. They are ingrained clichés from a thousand … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, photos, science, technology, television | 8 Comments

Context is everything

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Gotta love the intersection between science / clinical trial acronyms and automated word choice suggestions: Yes, lots of people eat rye bread in the former colonies, but that’s not quite what I was going for. In other news, I started … Continue reading →

Posted in English language, science, silliness, technology | 14 Comments

Derailed

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My biweekly, half-hour progress update meetings have been running for about a year now, and are proving their usefulness yet again as I work towards Friday’s progress report deadline.The cast is never the same for two performances in a row; … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, science, silliness | 7 Comments

Days of hours of minutes

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

A blog buddy (who may or may not wish to identify themselves in the comments) posted a wee ditty on their Facebook page recently that rang very true indeed: just received something from a fellow sufferer that will only be … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, English language, food glorious food, medicine, science, silliness, travel | 7 Comments