Category Archives: silliness

Nascent tweet sequences visualise peer review at LOLcat resolution

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

There’s never a dull moment. Earlier today, I read a paper from Nature titled “Nascent transcript sequencing visualizes transcription at nucleotide resolution*”. The paper describes a very cool new technique that allows you to see gene transcript sequences as they … Continue reading →

Posted in communication, furry friends, original research, publishing, science, silliness, technology | 56 Comments

Fear o’moans

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m sure you’ve all heard by now of the publication in Science this week of a study suggesting that pheromones in women’s tears reduce testosterone levels and sexual arousal in men (summarised by Ed Yong here). This is definitely not … Continue reading →

Posted in education, original research, science, silliness, TMI | 14 Comments

Instant karma

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

An acquaintance at a funding agency emailed me today, asking if I had contact information for a researcher I’d never heard of. I didn’t, obviously, so I Googled the person’s name from the search box on my browser toolbar. The … Continue reading →

Posted in career, science, silliness, technology, TMI | 8 Comments

Do The Art, Man!

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m a big fan of the visual abstracts that many journals have introduced recently (even if they do make scrolling through TOCs in Google Reader like wading through treacle at times); I’m a very visual person, and I find it … Continue reading →

Posted in art, original research, publishing, science, silliness | 24 Comments

Hockey Pool, Week 12

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The last update of 2010! Well, I originally thought I was having a cracking week… but then I looked at the standings this morning! This week’s top point setters were Ricardipus and Lavaland, who managed 42 and 40 points, respectively. … Continue reading →

Posted in English language, hockey pool, silliness | 10 Comments

SURPRISE!!!

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The Oatmeal had a wonderful comic this week called “How Different Age Groups Celebrate Christmas”. I can certainly relate to the “children” section – my parents always made a huge deal out of Christmas, and the Christmas Eve anticipation was … Continue reading →

Posted in current affairs, family, food glorious food, personal, shopping, silliness, sport, technology | 12 Comments

2010 Travel Meme

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As seen at Silver Fox’s excellent blog, here is a summary of all my 2010 trips (loosely defined!) All my travel was local, but wow, what an awesome year… January We spent Christmas and New Year at my sister-in-law’s up … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 Olympics, blog buddies, camping, Canada, cycling, drunkenness, family, kayaking, meme, meta, music, personal, photos, silliness, snow, sport, travel, Vancouver | 8 Comments

Dendrology

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My institute seems to be taking a “Less is definitely not more” approach to Christmas decorations. Oh well, at least there’s no mistletoe in the elevators this year… …yet. The silly season approacheth. The sight of all those trees reminded … Continue reading →

Posted in drunkenness, photos, silliness | 16 Comments

I don’t talk like this at all, eh?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Damnit, I can’t get the video to embed, despite following Richard’s instructions. Here’s the link to YouTube (and another one, because the first one got taken down)

Posted in Canada, English language, silliness, videos | 18 Comments

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