ended yesterday. It was spectacular. Do expect a long entry of reflection. What's next? Maybe another HHMI fellowship at the same lab? Maybe Genentech to see how the biotech industry is run. I've been in academia for too long.

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want to visit while I'm studying at Oxford. You can help me vote for your favorite one or suggest more. I don't want to visit another city like Paris. The poshy cities aren't for me. I'm picking the countries that have rickoids ("RSI friends") so I don't have to pay for hotels. Moreover, I hate hostels ( Read more... )

since I submitted my Dispatch manuscript to Cell. The fact that I just published hasn't sinked in yet. Why am I not jumping up and down? Why am I not at all excited to be a second author in one of the most prominent journals? I don't know. I had such a great time writing it with my advisor. I learned how to use Adobe Illustrator and Endnotes. Those ( Read more... )

For this review on Wnt and aging, I can't choose a title.

Wnt signaling: A Double-Edged Protein?
Wnt signaling: The Apple or the Barrel?
Wnt signaling: The Agelessness of Wnt
Wishy-Washy Wnts: More Humor(al) in Aging

much this summer has cemented my aspiration in becoming a physician-scientist. I am so sure of pursuing an MD-PhD program, although I'm not sure where. After this summer, after two publications, I think I can be a competitive applicant to many cutthroat programs. While practicing as a pediatric oncologist, I'll focus my research on leukemia and ( Read more... )

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get involved with me. If you know me, you'll realize that I'm scary and damaged. Get out while you can. You deserve someone who won't complicate your life, who makes you happy, who won't hurt you. You're better than any guy I've met.

an MD/PhD program, I would send my applications into UCSF, University of Washington, Stanford, UCSD, and Davis. I'd apply to Harvard HST program. This won't happened until the summer of 2009.

attained a higher level of nerdiness. I just subscribed to email alert for Nature [Nature, Nature Cell Biology, EMBO, Stem Cells], Cell [Cell, Cell Stem Cell, Developmental Cell, Molecular Cell], and Science TOC. Nice going, geek.