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A long time ago, on a blog platform far, far away, Richard Grant blogged about his delirious experience with some hard-core drugs given to him by some shady Dutch-Canadian drug dealer Eva Amsen. In the comments, Austin Elliott suggested that … Continue reading →

33 is a nice friendly, symmetrical number; can I stop here, please? To celebrate, I am launching my big 2010 fundraising campaign! In June, I’m going to spend a weekend cycling from Vancouver to Seattle to raise money for the … Continue reading →

The opening ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Winter Olympics is a mere 49 hours away, and (except for the trifling matter of a shortage of snow at some venues and the developing hula-hoop crisis), we are ready! Let The Games … Continue reading →

My sister-in-law got me a puzzle of the day desk calendar for Christmas. She apologised for not giving me something “better” (i.e. more expensive), but in all honesty it was one of the best presents I got this year. The … Continue reading →

On the day The Lancet finally retracted Andrew Wakefield’s vaccines / autism paper (six years after most of the co-authors), Facebook’s word capture feature decided to remind me of the importance of vaccination: Excellent timing, Facebook!

Does anyone have any experience with this organisation? Their website front page states that they are a not-for-profit organisation that is “helping leading researchers in all fields with their non science duties and responsibilities” (emphasis theirs). I’ve somehow ended up … Continue reading →

Here’s a photo of my best scar, which looks like a winky smiley face. Story here [1]. please leave a caption, or a photo of your own scar, in the comments! 1 I recycle my blog material for the good … Continue reading →

A number of “my” PIs are trying to develop novel predictive and prognostic biomarkers specific to different tumour subtypes. We have excellent resources for this kind of work, including extensive outcomes-linked tissue microarrays for immunohistochemical assessment of marker status and … Continue reading →

Remember these guys? Eight of the nine survived – an excellent percentage, considering that Mum is a novice. I finally got to meet them this weekend, and uncharacteristically remembered to bring the new mini video camera my sister got me … Continue reading →

I have to admit that when I first moved to the BC Cancer Agency in 2002, I knew very little about it. I found my new lab through a strategic PubMed search rather than by browsing the BCCA website, and … Continue reading →