Housekeeping:
May and the first week of June bring an R01 deadline and 2 weeks of travel, and I'm trying to get 2 more manuscripts out the door by the first of June. To minimize distractions, I'm closing up shop here...
Posted on May 1, 2008 11:10 AM • 92 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
My students are back with their second writing assignment, which I'll be posting for the next few days. As I mentioned previously, constructive comments on their posts are appreciated, but keep in mind that they're students doing this as an...
Posted on April 14, 2008 7:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Technically, I was supposed to be in Atlanta a good 3 hours ago, but our plane's broken down here in Moline (where I've been for 7 hours and counting now). For the next few days, I'll be at the International...
Posted on March 16, 2008 6:35 PM • 90 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Scienceblogs readers rock.
Posted on February 28, 2008 8:30 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...my grad students. My spring semester course is on infectious causes of chronic disease, looking at the role various infections play in cancer, autoimmune disease, mental illness, and other chronic conditions. Since I've often discussed the importance of having scientists...
Posted on February 24, 2008 8:45 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Every year, the folks over at Medgadget.com host the Medical Weblog Awards. I've been nominated a few times, and even did OK in the best new blog category a few years back. This year, I'm apparently nominated in the Best...
Posted on January 14, 2008 1:45 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
No, I've not dropped off the face of the earth. I'm currently here in rainy Los Angeles for a meeting with the WIRED SCIENCE/Correlations people, where I met up with fellow Correlations bloggers Clifford Johnson, Michael Tobis, and Sheril Kirshenbaum,...
Posted on January 5, 2008 9:00 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Apologies for the lack of posting; been a busy fall here. I'll have a real post up later today; in the meantime, I'll note that the latest edition of Grand Rounds is up over at Prudence, M.D....
Posted on November 28, 2007 11:45 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Put together a bad astronomer, a squid-loving pirate, an evil monkey, and well, me, and what do you get...?
Posted on November 12, 2007 1:10 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Grant off; research mentioned in JAMA. Happy Tuesday...
Posted on October 2, 2007 6:15 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Too much travel...
Posted on August 20, 2007 5:50 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Apologies for the radio silence this week. The weather has been crazy here and power was off over the weekend, during which, unfortunately, I was also trying to move into a new house (moving during an ice storm: not recommended,...
Posted on March 2, 2007 8:00 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
One must keep a sense of humor...
Posted on February 20, 2007 8:00 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So, I'm here in San Francisco at AAAS, and have had the pleasure of hanging out with Janet (who I met previously), John, and Jeremy (who I'd not). I'll hopefully have a post up tomorrow on the session I just...
Posted on February 16, 2007 9:30 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A few other "don't miss" posts.
Posted on February 12, 2007 12:30 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As Chad mentioned, in our super-triple-secret Scienceblogs hidey hole, we've been kicking around the idea of writing posts on some basic concepts in our respective fields of expertise. However, after studying this stuff for years and years and years, it's...
Posted on January 12, 2007 4:10 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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