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My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions within it in no way reflect the policies of PLoS. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com

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It's Official!

Category: Blogging • Open Science • Personal
Posted on: May 24, 2007 9:26 AM, by Coturnix

Yes. I said I wanted this job. And, in a very new and interesting way, after a fun interview, I got it. Signed and faxed the contract yesterday. Will be in San Francisco for a little while in July, then telecommute afterwards. Can pajamas be deducted as tools one needs for the job? Exciting!

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YAAAAAY!

Congratulations! **HUG!!**

Posted by: ERV | May 24, 2007 9:53 AM

Congrats, dude.

And, if you telecommute in pajamas, you're overdressed.

Posted by: Rob Knop | May 24, 2007 9:56 AM

Congratulations!

Posted by: Sheril | May 24, 2007 9:57 AM

Congratulations! You will be perfect for this job, and telecommuting rocks.

Glad you won't be leaving Chapel Hill any time soon.

Posted by: The Olive Ridley Crawl | May 24, 2007 10:22 AM

Congratulations!

Posted by: Laelaps | May 24, 2007 10:30 AM

Bora

Congratulations!!! Well deserved. I hope this also means that you are definitely attending scifoo.

Posted by: Deepak | May 24, 2007 10:31 AM

Congratulations Bora! PLoS got themselves a wonderful, hard working, fun, and dedicated employee. I too am VERY happy that you and your family will not be leaving NC. Now you can do some Coworking with us! :)

Posted by: BrianR | May 24, 2007 10:32 AM

Awesome! I can't think of anyone more qualified! I did my honeymoon in San Francisco and loved it, so be sure to see some sights while you're seeing the sites. :)

Posted by: cfeagans | May 24, 2007 10:35 AM

Excellent news; congratulations! (To you, and to PLoS.)

Posted by: Bill | May 24, 2007 10:38 AM

Congratulations, my friend. You'll be fantastic in this job.

Posted by: Anton Zuiker | May 24, 2007 10:39 AM

Congratulations :). Best of luck with the projects.

Posted by: Pedro Beltrao | May 24, 2007 10:40 AM

Congratulations! And even if you do need to move to SF someday, it's an awesome place to live (I'm always partial to the west coast even though I'm living on the east coast now).

Posted by: Sir Oolius | May 24, 2007 10:43 AM

That's fantastic! Congrats on the awesome job.

Posted by: Dan | May 24, 2007 11:03 AM

Congratulations Bora. However. I was brought up as a Lutheran xian and I do not describe myself as a xian, or Lutheran, atheist. Either you are a xian or you are an atheist. Either you believe in your parents' mythology or you don't. That applies to whatever religion. One cannot be a hypenated atheist.

Posted by: bernarda | May 24, 2007 11:17 AM

Congratulations on the new post. It's great that they are letting you telecommute.

Posted by: John | May 24, 2007 11:23 AM

:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Congratulations! Bravo! :))
Srecan pocetak:)

Posted by: Danica R | May 24, 2007 11:24 AM

Congratulations, Bora! I am really happy for you. If I were in your shoes (and they accounted for cost of living), I would move to San Francisco. I had a job offer in Berkeley back in the 1980s, but they didn't account for the steep difference in cost of living, and when they finally did, they increased my work hours to 70-80/week for roughly the same quality of life here. I had to turn it down. It is good to know you are still here in the area, though, and will be. I still owe you dinner!

Take care my friend and thank you for your support from the HIV/AIDS community.

Ron Hudson

Posted by: Ron Hudson | May 24, 2007 11:31 AM

Excellent! PLoS One needs you badly, as the 'community' it should facilitate hasn't spontaneously developed.

Posted by: Rosie Redfield | May 24, 2007 11:37 AM

Sweet! you deserve it!

Posted by: drcharles | May 24, 2007 11:43 AM

Congratulations.

Posted by: Lab Cat | May 24, 2007 11:53 AM

Congratulations, Bora! PLoS scored themselves an incredibly hardworking and well-connected science blogging pioneer possessing unbridled passion and creativity. It's a win-win proposition for you both. I am so proud of you and happy for you and your family.

For future consideration, I think that "PLoS Chapel Hill" has a nice ring to it. Congratulations again, friend!

Posted by: Abel Pharmboy | May 24, 2007 11:53 AM

Congrats Bora. This will give you a chance to organize a bay area science blogging conference to go with our triangle one.

Posted by: Reed A. Cartwright | May 24, 2007 11:58 AM

It is going to be fun to watch. And even more fun to join in!

Posted by: Chris | May 24, 2007 12:02 PM

Too cool for school! And, I believe Starbucks AND pajamas will be approved tax write-offs as a needed expense because of the time-differential. Just remember NOT to sign up for the Dr. Dino Tax Tips, and you will be fine.

Posted by: J-Dog | May 24, 2007 12:15 PM

Re bernarda

For the information of Mr. bernarda, Judaism is more then a religion, it is also an ethnicity, just like being a Serb which also applies to Mr. Bora.

Posted by: SLC | May 24, 2007 12:19 PM

Congratulations!

Posted by: Eva | May 24, 2007 12:22 PM

that is absolutely terrific. Congratulations, and I think it is a perfect job for you.

When do you move?

Posted by: Sunil | May 24, 2007 12:26 PM

Thank you all! And thanks to Paul, Jason, Martin, John, Danica, Brian, Alun, Anton, Makita, Billy, Ed,jw, David, Anton, Abi, Melissa and PZ for linking to this.

And you just passed the 5000 mark (the number of comments on this blog)!

Posted by: coturnix | May 24, 2007 1:43 PM

Čestitam!
Greetings from Slovenia.
Rok

Posted by: Rok | May 24, 2007 1:54 PM

Wow Bora, that is great news! Congratulations to you and to PLoS. And you don't even have to move to SF, SF salary, without SF costs-of-living. It's the best of two worlds. You'll have to post a picture of yourself in pajamas before we can decide whether they could be written off.

Posted by: makita | May 24, 2007 1:54 PM

hey, wonderful news! congrats!

Posted by: kate | May 24, 2007 2:12 PM

Wow wow wow!! Go Bora!! I'm so happy for you. PLoS is so lucky to have you!

Posted by: Amy | May 24, 2007 2:16 PM

That sooooo rocks out loud! Congratulations! PLoS doesn't know how lucky they are to have gotten you! This is absolutely the perfect way for the nicest guy in the world to have gotten the niftiest job!
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Zuska | May 24, 2007 2:16 PM

[delurk]

Congrats! San Fransisco IS great! Are you sure you don't want to move there? Well, Chapel Hill is good too... Good luck in your new venture!

[/delurk]

Posted by: DouglasG | May 24, 2007 2:32 PM

Congratulations!! :)

Having gotten a job I absolutely love just over three months ago, I quite understand that this is a big, big deal. I hope you find what I've been finding -- the more you work at the job, the more you like it.

Telecommuting is also awesome. When I was working from home more often, I used to tell people I had a 30-second commute, and that was if I went by way of the bathroom and the fridge on the way to my office. *grin*

Good luck!

Posted by: Interrobang | May 24, 2007 2:44 PM

This is really great newsfor you and the Blogosphere.

Posted by: Billy The Blogging Poet | May 24, 2007 2:58 PM

Terrific news! Congratulations, Bora.

~Angie

Posted by: premenopaws | May 24, 2007 3:05 PM

That is a really impressive move by PLoS. They got the best person for the job. Congratulations!

Posted by: Alun | May 24, 2007 3:08 PM

Too bad you won't have any more time to blog here! Oh, who am I kidding...

Posted by: Scholar | May 24, 2007 4:01 PM

All the best to you, Bora, in your exciting new job. Congratulations! Dang, PLoS sounds like fun.

Oh, and don't forget to finish your dissertation! ;-)

Posted by: Kristine | May 24, 2007 4:22 PM

Congrats! And just as I'm leaving SF...

Posted by: Phil Plait | May 24, 2007 4:26 PM

Many congrats! Of course they'd have been crazy not to hire you. :)

Posted by: bioephemera | May 24, 2007 5:04 PM

Exemplary in labor, exemplary in triumph.

Hearty congratulations, Bora.

I tried ealier to find a Serbian phrase for "Good look with your new job"....see, I was not being presumptuous after all.

Posted by: greensmile | May 24, 2007 5:25 PM

Oh hey! Great news! I can't think of a better person for this job.

Posted by: neuralgourmet | May 24, 2007 6:04 PM

Not the biggest surprise in the world, but happy news anyways.

Congratulations.

Posted by: Kristjan Wager | May 24, 2007 6:22 PM

Congratulations!

Good call by PLoS too

Posted by: Nat | May 24, 2007 7:04 PM

YAY!

Congratulations! I wish you great success.

Posted by: jw | May 24, 2007 8:57 PM

Fantastic news! I am very glad to be the 48th person to offer you my congratulations (all well done to PLOS too!)

Posted by: david winter | May 24, 2007 9:52 PM

Now that you're rich and famous, do you think you...

Nah, aint gonna do that to you. I will wish you and PLoS a profitable and satisfying partnership. 'Tis a grand experiment you are embarked upon, and it could have a great impact on the enterprise we call science for generations to come. Success to you both.

Posted by: Alan Kellegg | May 24, 2007 10:06 PM

Congratulations, Bora! And welcome to California - even if briefly. Tell your wife its not so bad - even here in the great central valley. Feel free to drop by if you are in the vicinity of Fresno (we're sort of near the gateway to several Sierra Nevada parks, after all)!

And PLoS is very cool indeed - we're working up some manuscripts headed their way soon.

Oh, and git that dang dissertation done, as I'm supposed to remind you! :-)

Posted by: Madhu | May 24, 2007 10:54 PM

Congratulations, Bora! That's very cool--you and PLoS are both fortunate in this collaboration.

And PZ says to remind you to get the dissertation done. Hell, if *I* finished....well, you know.

Posted by: RavenT | May 24, 2007 11:51 PM

Congrats on your good news! :)

Posted by: Cara Michele | May 25, 2007 12:20 AM

Congrats! This is absolutely fantastic.

Posted by: Abi | May 25, 2007 1:36 AM

Hi Bora!

Congratulations (and whatever PZ says, I am *not* reminding you of your dissertation :-)

Guru

Posted by: Guru | May 25, 2007 3:14 AM

SLC, see my comments on ethnicity at PZ's thread on Bora's job. And, I wish Bora the greatest success with it.

Posted by: bernarda | May 25, 2007 5:43 AM

I'm late! Many Congratulations! And all the very best - I'm sure PLoS One will soon be moving ahead of Nature/Cell and gang :D

Posted by: MadGenius | May 25, 2007 6:02 AM

Belated Congratulations Bora. Glad to hear you can get paid for what you like to do.

Posted by: Arunn | May 25, 2007 7:41 AM

Happy happy joy joy! Congrats!

Posted by: dan | May 25, 2007 8:09 AM

That is so completely awesome and perfect for you. Congrats!

I am also working on convincing some organizations to make the leap to telecommuting - something I did 4 years ago, and now I can't go back (unless I get a job in central NC). http://lotusmedia.org/a-brave-new-world

Posted by: Ruby Sinreich | May 25, 2007 8:55 AM

Congratulations - it's great you're joining us. Make sure you come to Cambridge soon...
Catriona

Posted by: catmac | May 25, 2007 8:59 AM

Bora! Bora! Bora!

Woohoo!

Posted by: arse poetica | May 25, 2007 9:11 AM

Great news. Technology opportunities today offer ways to significantly improve scientific communication. We need some people that truly understand open internet communication to help PLOS have the impact that is possible. I look forward to seeing what you can help create.

Posted by: John Hunter | May 25, 2007 2:34 PM

Wow, good for you! Congratulations, Bora!

Posted by: Laurie | May 25, 2007 2:42 PM

Wonderful! But I don't think pajamas are a deductible job expense. ;-)

Posted by: Paul Decelles | May 25, 2007 2:56 PM

Is the that the sound of the PLoS servers groaning from the anticipated weight of all your new posts? Well done Bora.

Posted by: WillR | May 25, 2007 4:12 PM

YAY! Rock on, coturnix! Congrats!

Posted by: JackGoff | May 25, 2007 7:32 PM