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Hey All! I’m back from Stanford now! During my trip, I typed up some stuff for the blog… so this entry is pretty long… hope you enjoy it! Single Serving Friends (29 Nov 2005) I’m writing this entry at YVR, waiting for my flight to Portland, where I will catch my flight to San Jose […]
My M.Sc. supervisor retired shortly after I left there. My current supervisor’s lab is closing. And now I’m in Ottawa and the Canadian government is about to fall… Was it something I said?
Had a nice trip to Montreal yesterday to meet with my potential post doc supervisor. He seemed very nice, the facilities are excellent (lots of fun new toys that I would get to play with — X-ray, DEXA, CT, histomorphometry set up, genetic knockout mice… good times). The lab was a lot smaller than I […]
I’m in Ottawa! Staying with Sarah & Dave (who we all know and, based on the comments on my previous posting, love very much) and their two adorable cats, Gunther & Moe…btw, to anyone who hasn’t met the cats yet, Sarah & Dave are now officially crazy cat people… but don’t tell them I said […]
… on several jet planes, actually. First, I’m off to Ottawa to stay with Sarah and Dave for a week… Ottawa will serve as home base for my visit to McGill on Wednesday to meet the prof there in whose lab I’m considering doing a postdoc. I’m staying for a week because (a) Sarah & […]
So, I emailed the California profs one more time, just to let them know that I had an offer and to see if there was any interest there… I was having horrible thoughts that I’d accept the McGill offer and then the next day one of the Cali profs would call and say, “I want […]
So I talked to the guy from McGill again today and he offered me a post doc position in his lab, starting April 1. I have two weeks to let him know my decision. After I got off the phone with him, I had a horrible thought — this couldn’t be a really elaborate practical […]
So I mention on my blog that I’m talking to someone about moving to McGill, and suddenly McGill is the highest ranked school in the country (tied with U of T, which has held the top spot for the past 10 years). Coincidence?
In the interest of actually having a job if/when I finish this thesis, I’ve been emailing around to a few labs to see what kind of post docs positions are available. A couple of profs in California sounded interested in talking about the possiblity of my working in their labs and asked for reference letters, […]
Decided to do something a little more adventurous than sitting at my computer revising my lit review today. Actually, a whole lot more adventurous… me and my friend Shalu did the Grouse Grind! “This rigorous 2.9 km (1.8 mile) hike takes you straight up the face of Grouse Mountain. By the time you reach the […]