Just printed the poster for tomorrow’s session and still haven’t finished my slides for my talk on friday. Can you tell I don’t care? Only looking forward to seeing my friends from college :) .

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Theodosius Dobzhansky

Such a shame, today I had to look Pentecost in Wikipedia. I couldn’t remember the meaning of it, beside the fact that I don’t have to work tomorrow. I guess that makes me a bad catholic, but I always can blame it on my bicultural upbringing.

Bad catholics have more fun.  

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Drinks with labmates downtown vs the first beach/mojitos party of the year with my friends.

Not complaining though, time for sundresses and sandals.

congrats on almost finishing!

Thank you! One year is so long and so short at the same time. It’s all a bit overwhelming. 

Overall a very positive meeting. I know he thinks I’m not going fast enough, even if he doesn’t tell me, however he thinks I’ll be able to finish my PhD in 3 years (only 1 year left, Yeah!) with 2 published papers as a main author and 2 more as 2nd author. For this I just have to have finished all the experiments regarding the next paper by the end of june, as well as have all the figures ready and the introduction and materials and methods written for an august submission. It’s kinda feasible I guess, if I give up sleeping and partying. Got a party tomorrow though.

He also told me to start thinking about where I’d like to do my postdoctoral research and asked me if I liked NewYork . I have to admit I have been blocking that idea from my mind for a while now. I know going in the US is like the traditional route. The question being whether I want to be traditional…

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Andrei Roiter, Time Capsule, 2010, Mixed media, 80x100x65 cm

Another week, another conference. I think I have reached that point where I spend more time presenting my work to people than actually doing original work.

Anyway, next week I’m giving a talk and presenting a poster and I was totally planning on reusing the same material (slides and poster) that I had presented in New Mexico, only updating it with the lastest results I got. But then it hit me that I actually can’t do that. The reason? A totally different audience. In New Mexico I was talking in front of cardiologists for the most part as well as researchers all working in cardiac development (my field). This time, the audience will be much more diversified with people from very different backgrounds although all in the Biology field. Therefore I must rethink it all to give people enough background to understand the issues we’re working on.

More work ahead of me.

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Saltwater Crocodile embryos. Image 1 15 days after fertilisation. Image 2 just prior to hatching. 

The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of allcrocodilians, and the largest reptile in the world, with unconfirmed reports of individuals up to an impressive eight to ten metres in length, although a maximum of five to six metres is more usual(2) (3) (5). The species has a relatively large head, with a pair of ridges that run from the eye along the centre of the snout. Adults are generally dark in colour, with lighter tan or grey areas, and dark bands and stripes on the lower flanks. The underside is creamy yellow to white, becoming greyer along the tail. The juvenile is usually pale tan, with black stripes and spots on the body and tail, which gradually fade with age, although never disappear entirely. Female saltwater crocodiles grow to a smaller size than males, normally reaching a maximum length of 2.5 to 3 metres (3).

With its long, powerful tail, webbed hind feet, and long, powerful jaws, the saltwater crocodile is a superbly adapted aquatic predator. As in all crocodilians, the eyes, ears and nostrils are located on top of the head, allowing the crocodile to remain almost totally submerged when lying in water, helping to conceal it from potential prey, while a special valve at the back of the throat allows the mouth to be opened underwater without water entering the throat (2) (6). The saltwater crocodile is considered to be more aquatic than most crocodilians, and is less heavily armoured along the back and neck (3).

So mad at myself. Therefore I may have lashed out at that guy on the phone trying to sell me a new internet subscription. Totally yelled at him.