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I'm a graduate student studying the molecular and biochemical evolution of HIV within patients and within populations. I also study epigenetic control of ERVs.
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Dangit! The big OK Separation of Church and State event tomorrow has had to be postponed because we are currently in the middle of a freak snowstorm. By freak snowstorm, I mean it is currently 27 degrees, pouring rain that...
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Urge to kill fading... fading... fading... Last micro test today. Just finished writing my final paper. No more Type III Secretion Systems. No more god forsaken 'Listeria' and 'Salmonella' and 'EHEC'. All I have left is three weeks of virology....
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Hi girls! **waves excitedly** Its a big day, right? YAY! I know you all are totally pepped up, and I dont want to be a Debbie Downer again... but well... see, when I was your alls age, 12-ish, I was...
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This is going to be the best day ever. I have my first committee meeting this morning (the group of people who tell you when/if you can ever graduate). I have an Advanced Micro test this afternoon (I am a...
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So while you all were having fun watching the VP debate last night, I was at (am at) Viral Evolution 2008 listening to Marco Vignuzzi and Susanna Manrubia and Evilutionary Biologist talk about viral evolution. We are also drinking beer....
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I like irreverent things. Wrong things. Smiley faces with drops of blood on their shiny yellow heads. Murderous, cherub faced dolls. Death rainbows. Bad horses. 'Wrong' things make me genuinely happy. Thats why, despite its understated design, I LOVE our...
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Home again, home again, jiggety jog. Arnie and I are back in OK (on the way home we learned how The Evidence(TM) supports Creation!). Unfortunately, teh puppahs arent as happy as I am. Arnie spent the entire week playing with...
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Whoooo! Thank you for your interest in the Noble Foundation's Workshop in Virus Evolution. Your abstract has been accepted for presentation as a POSTER. Registration for the meeting is now open... Whoooo! My first conference! And is in... Ardmore... LOL!...
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Two words: New T-shirt....
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*sigh* Its that time of year, again. Before school starts every fall, Bossman kicks me out of the lab for a week. Ugh. He calls it a 'vacation'. Whatever. So now Im back home on The Farm, with my 28.8...
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