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On forth, brave one!

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Today (actually yesterday….couldn’t quite figure out how to post before…) we began the journey to my very first Biophysical Society Meeting. Despite Casey’s projection of us being rambunctious as he carted us around soccer mom-style, we were very sleepy car-goers … Continue reading →

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Lots and Lots of Refrigerators

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So today was our second day of the meeting, and it started off with breakfast and then going to the talks all morning.  One of the talks that was really cool was by Lawrence Lee, in the New and Notable … Continue reading →

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who knew flagellar motors could be so cool?

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After getting to bed so late last night, things got off to kind of a slow start for me today. The first challenge of the day was finding breakfast. The Starbucks line was ridiculous (although on a side note we … Continue reading →

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Forging onward: Poster session!!

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Today started relatively early with a talk on alpha-synuclein, followed by some Starbucks, then more talks in the intrinsically disorded proteins platform. In the afternoon I had my poster presentation, which I found a bit intimidating at first but soon … Continue reading →

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Energy Independence: From Steven Chu’s Talk to Type IB Topoisomerases

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I’ve always lived on a coast, or close to a body of water, so when I moved to Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 4 years ago for graduate school, I suffered (and still suffer) from severe fresh seafood withdrawal. Not to say that … Continue reading →

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Coming to Baltimore

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

My group arrived in Baltimore yesterday afternoon, and since then, we have immediately made some new friends at the convention center at the nice reception that they had for us.  There was a planned large group going out to dinner, first … Continue reading →

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Day 1: Getting Acquainted

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Today was our first day in Baltimore, but we couldn’t take much time to get settled: there were some big talks today.  What we were most interested in was the Intrinsically Disordered Protein Symposium, which our whole group went to, … Continue reading →

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oysters?? no thank you!

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

Wow today was tiring..actually I guess yesterday was tiring since it is now after midnight. You can read in Marta and Alice’s posts about some of our adventures from today..beginning with our soccer mom/PI bringing us from Haverford to Baltimore … Continue reading →

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March 5

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Hi all.  I’m one of the rambunctious kids from the backseat (see the previous post by clonderg) and am attending the society meeting for the first time.  As an undergraduate student, I am new to both biophysics and the scientific … Continue reading →

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Welcome to B(altimore)PS!

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In my lab I am notorious for taking a few extra vacation days after every conference to explore the local city. I took 4 weeks to backpack through the Bolivian countryside after my talk at La Universidad Mayor de San … Continue reading →

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