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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1569"] The BPS abstract book, in dead-tree form [https://www.bethhaas.me/caption] I spent most of last week in San Francisco for the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, and I'd like to take a moment to recap
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Lately I’ve read about rather different things that keep bumping into each other in my mind. The more I consider them, the more they seem connected. * The return of Bora Zivkovic to Twitter and the blogosphere * Mike Krahulik’s New Year resolution * Ways in which the graduate school system
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GoldiBlox are filling up my Facebook feed and my Twitter stream this week, despite the fact that I don't know any girls (or parents of girls) in the right age range for the toy. My thoughts on GoldiBlox haven't changed much since the Kickstarter campaign. The
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Yesterday a dear grad school friend asked me for some feedback on some writing. I marked typos and left comments, asked questions and all of the usual editing stuff. And I wrote her a note about her composition, trying to find the right words to say that the writing was
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Every now and again on the Internet (or at least the slice of the Internet I keep up with), the identity question comes up: What name do you use online? Just a few days ago, I saw it pop up again. In my experience, the person bringing up the topic
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About midway through my first semester of graduate school, I met with my cluster advisor to discuss my progress. Michigan has a rotation system: new grad students work in at least two labs for a semester each before joining a group. During that time, we don't have a
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Dear Creeper, It's been a year or two since you found me again. I have done my best to run and hide and help you forget I exist, but I certainly haven't forgotten you. You are often on my mind. I remember how we met at
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Reading Paul Bracher's recent post on titles, I was a bit bothered that all of his examples were of men. Admittedly, he is male, and so, if he's speaking about his own perspective, male pronouns make sense, but this didn't have to be male
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Several events have gotten tangled in my thoughts over the last week, and they've made me consider when and how to say you've been hurt. Last week, a group I participate in came to a decision in a way that hurt and disappointed me. (The exact