Science life and careers

I hadn’t heard of Remembrance Day before I came to Canada. That confused people: “Didn’t we liberate you guys?” Well, yes, on May 5th, 1945, don’t you remember? Holland celebrates …

It’s my last Saturday at the lab. For years the lab has dominated my entire life. I moved continents to do PhD research. I had to make new friends in …

Observe the effect of grad school on my brain, following my happiness and IQ over time! I start out pretty much as a blank slate. One of the famous philosophers …

I’ve started to write up a blog post on the topic of “failure”. I led a session about this at BioBarCamp in August, but I was way too busy at …

I think I’m done writing. My supervisor now has my thesis, and is going to read it on Saturday to see if I still need to change things, and hopefully …

I was away, but now I’m back. Report on trip later, after I’ve been a bit more productive. And there’s the problem. I have spent all day afternoon evening fidgeting …