Monthly Archives: March 2011

Day Three: It May Be Over, But Don’t Fret

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

On day 3, after watching Jaws the night before, I needed to sleep in a little to recover and missed the first few interesting talks.  On the bright side, I was free from any more rebukes from the staff, so … Continue reading →

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Day 2: Going Steady

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

So, it’s been a while since my last post, so let’s just pretend i needed a couple days to collect my thoughts.  The second day at the conference was eventful.  Despite a few run-ins with the unnecessarily-stringent conference staff (they … Continue reading →

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Already Over

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

It is hard to believe that the meeting is almost over already.  I am about to attend my last set of lectures before leaving at the very end of the conference.  By the time anyone reads this, it will probably … Continue reading →

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Biophysicists- The best of both worlds

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At the 2008 Gordon Conference for Single Molecule Approaches to Biology, one of the speakers (unfortunately, I have forgotten who) claimed that Biophysicists are scientists who talk about physics amongst biologists, who talk about biology amongst physicists, and who talk … Continue reading →

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Day 4 and some general thoughts

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Apologies for the rather tardy rate of blog posts.  My only feeble excuse is that  with darting in and out of the symposium and platforms, taking in all the interesting posters, catching up with the many scientific acquaintances (and making … Continue reading →

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Homeward bound!

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Today was my last day at the meeting. I have to admit, I’m pretty worn out- so much science!!! I went to a few final talks, and walked around the vendors and got some sweet free stuff. The most exciting … Continue reading →

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Show me the money! Panel explains how to dip into NIH’s pockets.

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Today is a day of double greetings: Happy mardi gras, and happy international women’s day! Today I shifted my research focus a bit to my second project, which is more on the nanotechnology end of things. This project will eventually … Continue reading →

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Conferences within a conference

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

This is the first large conference that I have ever attended.  My impression of this conference is that it is a series of smaller, but related, conferences and symposia.  I can find so many talks and posters just on my research topic, … Continue reading →

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Quick Day 3 update

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Will try to post something more detailed later, but a quick update about the highlight of Day 3 (Monday) at the conference, which was the Bioengineering talks in the afternoon. Some really cutting edge work presented by Charles Leiber and … Continue reading →

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Dessert bar + beer and wine = Dancing biophysicists

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Physics and dance- what a combination! 3 years ago, I entered John Bohannon’s “Dance your Ph.D. contest” with a tango, but tonight at the annual BPS Dance, I think I would have been given a run for my money. Hundreds- … Continue reading →

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