It always starts the same ( Read more... )

1. The excitement of discovering gallons of a xylene alternative that is considered non-hazardous waste and has the pleasant scent of orangey lemons ( Read more... )

Oh P.S.
I am working as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California San Diego. Visitors are always welcome.
Please send yourself or avocado trees or donations to:

Dr. Zebrafish Whisperer
San Diego
Sunshine Tax State, USA

Working with fish is awesome. I mean, they're FISH! They swim around, live in tanks, and make funny faces. What's not to love? Ok, well...I can think of a few things ( Read more... )

... the worst part of getting ready to defend one's thesis. More on this later ( Read more... )

I just realized when I typed out my timeline for the next few months in my last post that I neglected to mention to all 2 of my LJ followers that I got a job post-doc in San Diego. (Apparently a post-doc is not a job, and even a monkey can get a post-doc. Thanks labmates ( Read more... )

My boss is working on a review, and he just sent me a draft the other night at 4AM. The last paragraph was obviously written right before he fell asleep ( Read more... )

In more current (non 2008) news, I have two post-doc interviews in San Diego later this month when I'm there for the annual Drosophila meeting.
Cali two times in less than 3 months? Yes, please. Color me happy :)

WTF? It's March 6th, 2011?! I feel like Rip Van Winkle. Last I remember it was 2003, and I was an undergrad at Brockport. Where has the time gone ( Read more... )

A busy week in the world of science.Presented journal club on monday ( Read more... )