The first time I saw this I was a freshman sitting in my first Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Class...

I post the link here now because this came up in conversation this weekend.

Protein Synthesis - An Epic on the Cellular Level

This movie came out of Stanford in the early 1970's and is narrated by Paul Berg - A chemistry Nobel Laureate

But that ( Read more... )

So last Tuesday I trekked to the Asilomar conference center in Monterey CA.  We had a 6 AM flight, so my ride picked me up at my apartment a little after 2 AM so we could make the 2 hour drive and be there on time for the flight ( Read more... )

I like my Dr.  She's awesome.  I called this morning, she got me in this afternoon... and gave me antibiotics and a better decongestant for the airplane.  (Because right now my ears are all congested, and that's gonna feel great on a plane ( Read more... )

This weekend was really mixed for me ( Read more... )

Yay it's Friday!

The posters are done and are at the printer.

I even got a little bit of sanity time last night (AKA I went to bed before 2 AM) AND got to watch some of the new Naruto series.

YAY!

I got through lecture number two this morning.  I really like teaching when I can be more interactive, but these kids are so used to showing up and not discussing anything that they aren't all that willing to participate.  I think the 8 AM factor doesn't help that either... but that's two lectures down and four to go... so that's good I guess ( Read more... )

So of the six lectures I have to give for my bossman - I gave the first (and the one with the material least familiar to me) today.  On Thursday I start in on discussing the tools I use every day in my own research.  So it's really nice to be over this hurdle ( Read more... )

First class I've been able to attend in a week - and of course the instructor is leaving for vacation on Thursday, so even though I'm way behind on the work front (and not for lack of productivity) I figured I'd go to class ( Read more... )

Where does the time go ( Read more... )

My shiny new laptop arrived yesterday ( Read more... )