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PSA: It's cold, buy a Carbon Monoxide Detector.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Cold Fusion
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The 12 days of (Lab) Christmas
Friday, December 24, 2010
I really hope there isn't a number 3
Thursday, December 9, 2010
So why don't you have more papers?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Picking a project
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Crying over a man I've never met reminds me of a woman that did what she loved.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Mentoring rules
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
As promised: Geeka and A Cow
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Finishing something
Saturday, October 23, 2010
A cartwheeling Geeka
Monday, October 18, 2010
Some Classroom got funded, I get embarrassed.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Bounty for Donor's Choose
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
If I couldn't be a scientist
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
That's not the shape of his head.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Glutton for Punishment
Saturday, September 25, 2010
I talk to machines.
Friday, September 24, 2010
World's worst Journal Club.
Monday, September 20, 2010
The IACUC Chair
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Hell, I did know then, I just didn't know it until it hit me.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Stuff Geeka Likes: The Toys Edition
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
How I ended up a scientist.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Monday morning crapped on my head.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Naming your equipment
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Stuff Geeka Likes: Inaugural edition
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Silent Squee
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
In which I come clean
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Having a bad day
Monday, August 9, 2010
My blogging philosophy
Friday, August 6, 2010
Balance? We don't need no stinking balance.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Picking your experimental design for the biology, not for the ease of biology
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Things you have had to explain to a PI.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
How Not To Travel With Your PI
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
I've been pretty lucky
Monday, July 26, 2010
A Q&A with Geeka
Monday, July 26, 2010
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Geeka
Hi! I'm Geeka. I've been a scientist for, I don't know, it seems like forever, I guess since I started college, so, like 15 years? Anyhow, this is where I'm going to give my take on a bunch of stuff. I'm usually a little bit out there (that is, I don't see the obvious at the outset), which means that you are probably going to have to deal with reading such topics as: Interpersonal relationship training for scientists, my lab pet peeves, how to get along in business when you just came straight out of academia, trying to deal with having a life and being a scientist, really odd topics for a paper, random stuff I found on the internet that made me shoot coffee out of my nose, you know, (ab)normal Geeka. Why the title? Because at the very heart of me, I'm a virologist, and while I don't necessarily do that now, it's how I view the scientific world.
My posts are presented as opinion and commentary and do not represent the views of LabSpaces Productions, LLC, my employer, or my educational institution.
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When I was a young(ish) grad student, it took me forever to get my first clones. I worshiped at the alter of XhoI and KpnI. I slept with the NEB catalogue. Finally, I mentioned that if these colonies, yes, these ones here on this dish, if they were right, I would do a cartwheel in front of Jackass's door.
So I did.
A couple of things:
- I didn't got to grad school in the 50's, our building just looked like that.
- I was allowed to wear those shorts in lab.
- I was wearing at least one pink sock.
- I don't remember why my legs are that tan.
- I got kicked out of ballet class. I am not graceful. That is as close to a cartwheel as I get.
- I don't own a scanner.
- We would put our drinks on the fire alarms (red box on top of wall).
Come on people. There is some teacher who is appealing to donors choose because her kindergarten students don't have chairs. CHAIRS to sit on.
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Ha ha, brilliant! I'm going to follow suit and do one of these if my stupid cloning that I'm working on ever bloody works...I feel your pain!
No scanner handy. I'm sure as hell not bring stuff like this to work!
But you'll post it on the internet??
Jason Goldman