Loading ...Ever wondered what happens to tissue samples selected for a biopsy? Well, look no further. Sunnybrook Hospital has a very informative video about Sunnybrook’s Pathology Lab and what happens behind the scenes. [via SunnyView]
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Canadian International Autoshow is a great chance to experience first-hand the best of what to come in automotive industry. For me it’s a social event that gives me a chance to meet with some old friends and have fun while admiring new cars. When I started writing this article I didn’t realize how little I know and how much I need to learn in order to finish it. Finally, with a help of my boyfriend, I managed to summarize the highlights of this year’s autoshow:
Do you want to know if SCN2A has been expressed in HeLa cells? You can find your answer to this question and others using a trick explained by EP FELLOW. Here’s how: On March 8th Jorge Cham, the author and illustrator of PhD comics, came to inform a lecture hall full of grad students (well, and the odd undergrad) that procrastination is a good thing. Overall, his talk was funny, but I found that it could have been more motivational to those struggling through grad school. To launch his talk, he shared a brief wikipedia-researched history of our fine institution and pointed out that the University of Toronto coat of arms, in a true Canadian fashion, consists largely of a beaver reading books. Throughout his presentation, he seemed to be absorbing the joyful responses to his jokes and nodding his head in a way that said “Yeah! Finally, I’m a comedian.” Those pauses made the pace of his speech resemble a car that repeatedly speeds up to 100 km/h and then suddenly hits the brakes, which I found relatively annoying. However, that was the only real downside to his talk.
I don’t know if it’s my curious nature, my scientific training, or just that I’m easily sidetracked while looking for journal articles, but I always seem to find myself drawn to bizarre, interesting, or bizarrely interesting research that’s taking place around this wonderful world of ours. This latest article I’ve come across is no different, but this time, for a much more serious reason. And the solution to this problem was so simple it blew my mind. A classic from http://www.phdcomics.com/ to help you brighten up your Monday
This is more of an informative post than anything. As graduate students, I would assume that most of us are life long learners and pride ourselves in our capacity to understand new things. Unfortunately for us, our education has been expensive. Even as graduate students, we somehow find $3500 a term disappearing from our bank accounts for tuition. Luckily enough for future generations, I think there may be a trend towards cheaper (or free), less formal education with the evolution of Web 2.0. For example, I recently came across a resource on the web, offering an entire Webinar on Technology Transfer for free. For those of you also interested in this career (or if you’re just interested in intellectual property and/or business for that matter) I would recommend checking it out. You can find it here: http://bit.ly/axxIMa
I hope that I have been able to help some people discover a few more potential careers out there that don’t involve lab work. I’m going to discuss a few more that I have come across today and probably leave it up to you to find out the rest. I’m just here to wet your appetite, ultimately you’ll need to discover your own path – I can only help push you in the right direction. Technical Writer These individuals design, write and edit product manuals, handbooks or application notes. There isn’t as much creativity involved here as some people may like, but this career will challenge you to communicate effectively in writing. If the protocol for doing something isn’t clear, it is the problem of the technical writer. For more information about this type of job check out this link. http://bit.ly/aBlb3D |
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