Category Archives: scientiae-carnival

I’m hosting Scientiae for March. First of all, I’m really pleased that Scientiae is continuing. The carnival is what got me into blogging in the first place. Now the difficult part: trying to figure out a theme for this month. … Continue reading →

Recently, I heard that phrase used by a former vice-presidential candidate. However, I’ll try not to hold that against this post. I haven’t done a lot of door shutting or opening this year as far as my science is concerned. … Continue reading →

I didn’t get much a vacation this summer. I spent the first three quarters of it frantically working to have something to present at Major European Conference. Only to find out that I have to work twice as hard on … Continue reading →

The first thing that my Best-Friend-Since-The-First-Grade (BFSFG) said to me after Congratulations, when I told her I was getting married, was Are you sure that you want to have a wedding? I told her that my mother would probably never … Continue reading →

Recently, I’ve been taking up much more space in the lab. And I don’t mean extra body weight. I mean bench space, equipment space, and even desk space. And I need the space. For equipment, well last year I tentatively … Continue reading →

I met Laura when I was twelve and she was eleven (ok, so this is more than ten years ago). We both wrote poetry, had siblings, and like to read. And a friendship was born. We’d whine and plead and … Continue reading →

I am a scientist (I think I can claim that even as a grad student, right?). I am a lady scientist. You see, I grew up in, what I affectionately refer to as, The Sticks. This particular region of The … Continue reading →

Scientiae this month is hosted at Jokerine’s place. She has a bunch of excellent suggestions about what to post about and I decided to write on one of them: a year-end review. This year has been rather stressful for me. … Continue reading →