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Comments: 42 Last by biochem belle on Oct 16, 2010, 10:14am
I know. Things have been a bit quiet over here. But that's to be expected during transitionary phases.That's right. Ifinally wrapped things up at the old, unhappy postdoc place and have started the new, shiny postdoc. I will have more to say about that at
my other home.* Of course, this move--in physical, professional, and emotional contexts--has necessitated changes to my routine, which I'm still tweaking. For instance, my commute is longer and now occurs via public transit. I'm on a train!** Yah!
Anyhoo, enough about me--kind of. Down to business. And my business is science, specifically research.
Everyone has a different approach, and approaches vary between career stages (e.g. undergrad, grad student, postdoc...). Obviously the foundation ofany research is the design and execution of experiments using any number of methods. It's the methods*** portion that I want to focus on today.
Scientists have a plethora of techniques at their disposal. The ones you use, of course, depend on your field, the question you want to answer, the materials and equipment available, the cost and how much money you have... But someone, somewhere, has to have a fundamental understandin . . .
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