Wyoming Wormboy
@wyomingwormboy
Science, students, and service. Serious academic meets incurable class clown.
European Worm Meeting Summary: Great science, great talks, great posters, and great people. Also beautiful city populated with gracious helpful locals. Also a refreshing change of lifestyle and perspective. And if that’s not enough, you’re never more than 100 feet from a great bakery!
Confession. When I’m hiking, ~80% of the time my attention is sucked into some internal dialogue. But then I’ll get pulled into the moment. It can be the sound of wind in the leaves or the shocking beauty of wildflowers or the ominous creaking of a dead tree. But I’ll happily take that 20% any time.
Fun mini reunion pic in DC with some of my favorite human beings.
One current and two former Fay-lab members walk into a poster session... (Thanks to Tai Montgomery for the photo). Sorry to miss Madison! (Had another meeting(s)). But also looking forward to Bordeaux!
Very high attendance at the NISBRE meeting in DC. An NIH program to build research capacity across the US. Ultimately it’s a relatively modest investment (percentage wise) that creates investment and commitment to NIH research in all states.
Understandably more hazardous to sharpen blades with the mower On.
Some nice people on horses offered me a ride up the mountain today. Was tempted.
Keeping a lab going isn’t particularly easy, but when you get together with former lab members who are doing well it feels totally worth it. And I’ve really appreciated students, like Gab and Raf, who’ve gone on to careers in medicine. They were great in the lab and I would trust them with my life.
I am grateful for any and all opportunities to speak with my state’s representatives about the importance and value of the NIH both nationally and to researchers and students across our state.
I have an answer. He’s just another self promoting D-bag who traded in legit credentials for cash.
One reason to have kids is that they sometimes do clever things. (Note the signs on the side of the trail)
Somewhat humorously, when you google "SciENcv opinions", this is the top hit. I've also been told that it will be far less informative for reviewers because you can't easily figure out what the applicant has accomplished publication-wise.