Category: science
As you know, I love me some running. And as you also know, I love me some science. So I’m sure it will come as no surprise to you that I’ve joined a running study. Specifically, this study is comparing males and females going through a training program for a 10 km race with respect […]
Earlier today, Cath posted a link to an article ((Link only works if you have a subscription to Nature though. Sorry about that.)) in the latest issue of Nature about the importance to science history of archiving correspondence between scientists and how since everyone communicates by emails, and Tweets, and IMs, and texts, and Facebook […]
I am spending the next 3 days at Priorities 2012, the biennial conference of the International Society on Priorities in Health Care (ISPHC). From the conference website: The International Society on Priorities in Health Care was formed in 1996 to strengthen the theory and practice of priority setting in health care. It provides the leading international […]
Where in this case, the “it” is me! Item #81 on my 101 list is: participate in five research projects (as a research subject, not a researcher) and I recently heard about a very cool research project called the BC Generations Project that I’m eligible to participate in. From their website: “With five regional study teams and […]
First off, I have to give credit for the title of this blog posting to Cath. I’ve been complaining about my iliotibial (IT) band on The Twitter and, given my challenge of trying to write blog postings that all end in “it!” this month, Cath made the brilliant-as-soon-as-you-hear-but-I-totally-would-not-have-thought-of-it-myself title of “IT it!” The iliotibial band […]
I just got my pertussis vaccination! Showing off my post-immunization band-aid! In case you haven’t heard, there’s an outbreak of pertussis – a.k.a., whooping cough – going on the Lower Mainland of Vancouver. And, in case you didn’t know it, pertussis vaccination is one of the vaccinations you need to get a booster shot of […]
My friend Dr. Erika is giving a public lecture as part of the Café Scientifique series of public lectures: Our next café will happen on Tuesday September 27 at the Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir Street) at 7:30pm. Our speaker that evening will be Erika Eliason, an expert on Pacific salmon migration who has been featured on the UBC Public […]
When asked what my blog is about, I usually find it easier to say what it’s not about. “I blog about everything except work and boys” ((I mean, I blog about hockey hotties and suchlike, but not about actual boys that I actually date in my actual personal life.)). Today, I’m making an exception to […]
Today, my friend Erika defended her PhD! You may remember Erika from such adventurers as getting published in Science, her 29.758904th birthday, and several 12 Bars of Christmas. Well, now you can add her PhDizzle to that list! I didn’t get to attend the defence because The Man was making me work, but by all accounts her performance was brilliant! Not […]
A friend of mine brought this awesome news story to my attention the other day: New drug could cure nearly any viral infection Researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Lab have developed technology that may someday cure the common cold, influenza and other ailments. From the article: Now, in a development that could transform how viral infections […]