Monthly Archives: February 2012

Dining, chocolates, and interesting things on Fifth Ave.

Saturday Feb 25th started off with some fruit for breakfast at a 7 eleven then bike rentals from Bike Revolution on 6th and Market Ave ($35/night). We rode to the convention center and around the bay then parked at the … Continue reading

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SOBLA Meeting

If anyone reading this wants to comment for correction or add any information please feel free to do so. I am in the Sociedad de Biofisicos Latinamericanos meeting and have to brush up on my spanish! So here goes. The … Continue reading

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Leave an email, win a working experiment

Thanks to all of the students and faculty that presented in the poster session over the last few days, your efforts were much appreciated. Just thought I would mention a great idea to all. Several presenters took down my contact … Continue reading

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Tiny World

Today was one of the better days of the conference for me, which could be due in part to the fact that I only attended a few platforms or symposia. Instead, I took up the opportunity to go to the … Continue reading

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Let the movies play!

As a microscopist, I’m probably overly biased.  But I think I’m justified in saying that if you are working with fluorescent proteins, you should be obliged to show awesome pictures of how you use these wonderful little light bulbs.  I … Continue reading

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I Left My Umbrella in Canada

Highlights from last night’s Molecular Dynamics platform included Plamen Dobrev’s talk about dynamic protonation of residues in simulation. The cooler way of describing it would be to call it a simulation of phantom hydrogens brought through the fourth dimension. This … Continue reading

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New Member Breakfast

I popped into the new member breakfast this morning.  Ok, so I’m not a new member, but I was curious about the reception and wanted to take a glance at the crowd.  Also, I was really intersted to see if … Continue reading

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New and Notable

One thing I look forward to at the Biophysical Society meeting is the New and Notable session.  This year was no different and I found two of the talks particular interesting given my background (structural biology).  This does not mean … Continue reading

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The Career Center – a leg up on my next step

Today I ended up spending quite a bit of time at the BPS Career Center.  I attended two of the three lectures they provided in room 26A today about how to begin thinking about science and our science training outside … Continue reading

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FRAUD ALERT!

Hi Everyone, I am behind on blogs and wanted to blog in order on my adventures in San Diego but this warranted an immediate blog. I just got a call from someone claiming to be hotel staff at the place … Continue reading

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