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"...a veritable expert on tawdry cosmetic procedures gone horribly awry..."--Kevin Beck

Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.

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In the field...

Category: Misc.
Posted on: July 16, 2008 8:30 AM, by Tara C. Smith

Back out swabbing today (noses this time, not asses). Heading out with 3 grad students who've never done field work before, so should be a fun day. Meanwhile, just got another manuscript submitted last night; that makes four currently under review with still a few other in draft. In the meantime, don't feel [or feed--TS] the troll(s)--I'll be back to clean up when I can.

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You said don't feel the trolls, but I think you mean don't feed them, hell, some of them feel quite nice.

Posted by: rarus.vir | July 16, 2008 8:58 AM

Feed? Oh yeah, that makes more sense.

Damn, what am I going to do with all these latex gloves?

Posted by: Algerine | July 16, 2008 10:48 AM

Ha! That's what I get for writing up a quick post at 2AM...

Posted by: Tara C. Smith | July 16, 2008 2:17 PM

But the trolls have such luxurious furry heads and make such delightful pencil-toppers - one can't help but feel them. Of course, then they bite and poop all over and you have to call Animal Control to neuter them and put them back under their bridge so they don't breed or otherwise disturb the ecosystem. Or put them in a jar, punch holes in the lid, drop in a lettuce leaf and a few hairs to split, and they'll be fine.

Posted by: Bob | July 17, 2008 1:02 AM

4 papers? Nice work. Hope they get up.

Posted by: NM | July 17, 2008 6:40 PM

Unnh... I know this is a little out of my field, Tara, but... I think the nose is at the other end... unless, of course, that is a really long swab!

Posted by: Jack Bunce | July 18, 2008 10:52 AM

Those wanting a little entertainment while Tara is busy might like to check out the "Braised enterovirus" and other rather more explicit menu items here: http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2008/07/braised_enterovirus_and_fuck_t.php?utm_source=networkbanner&utm_medium=link

Good luck with the papers, Tara.

Posted by: Heraclides | July 19, 2008 3:28 AM

4 papers? Nice work. Hope they get up.

Indeed. I have about four manuscripts, a clinical trial protocol, plus a section of the CCSG application that I have to work on, and I find all my other stuff is interfering with getting these things written.

Posted by: Orac | July 21, 2008 12:23 AM

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