Conferences: Now with more Nuts and Flakes! : Pure Pedantry

Reality is always more complicated than you think.

Profile

Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC getting a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience. He holds a BS and MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. If a volcano were to erupt Pompei-style in Central Park, his body would be preserved in a scoliotic posture over his lab desk. Archeaologists would later conclude that he spent most of his day training rats to perform tricks, until he went blind building electrical equipment by hand using a dissecting microscope. But, still, he died happy...because science is cool.

Pure Pedantry is a blog about science -- social sciences and otherwise -- as well as academic and scientific culture. No one can live on science alone, so I also like to dwell on pop culture, periodically explore the humanities, and indulge in other types of geeky goodness.

DISCLAIMERS: 1) Jake Young is not a licensed physician (yet). He is merely a medical student. The information published on this site is not intended for use in medical decision-making. Please seek advice from a licensed, medical professional before making any health decisions. 2) The opinions expressed are my own. They do not represent the views of SEED magazine or the educational establishments I currently attend or attended in the past.

Search

Blogroll

The Daily Read

Science News

Science Blogs

Cocktail Party Physics

Medicine Blogs

Econ Blogs

Papers to Read

Faculty of 1000 Medicine

Research Blogging

Comics

xkcd

Piled Higher and Deeper

Links to Pure Pedantry via

« Tracking Invasive Plant Species from the Air | Main | Moses was high as a kite »

Conferences: Now with more Nuts and Flakes!

Category: Haha, a funny
Posted on: March 5, 2008 1:28 PM, by NotoriousLTP

I got this flier from the American Academy of Neurology in the mail, and it cracked me up.

Check out under the title:

It actually says: "Now Featuring More Basic Science than Ever!"

Does that sound like a cereal commercial to anyone else?

American Academy of Neurology: Now with more cornflakes and fruity nut-clusters than ever!

Having never been to the AAN meeting, I have to ask: what was the major activity at these meetings before? Dancing and carousing? I guess it must have been medical practice lectures because that is the only thing I can think of them going away from...

High-five to the person who designed this flier though. It did make me consider going to this meeting. Gotta get me more of that basic science goodness.

Share this: Facebook Twitter Stumbleupon Reddit Email + More

Find more posts in: Education & Careers