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The trials, tribulations, and joys of a Neuroscience gradute student writing her thesis in the postmodern, post-Y2K world.
Shelley Batts is a Neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Michigan. She studies hair cell regeneration in the cochlea, and is just embarking on that quixotic quest called 'thesis.' She lies awake at night pondering how science intersects with politics, culture, policy, money, medicine, and religion in an attempt to be more than just a niche scientist sitting in the oh-so-lovely ivory tower. Follow me and my parrot on the quest to get funded, get a PhD, and stay sane.
Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life. ~Rachel Carson
Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration
Interview With Dr. Irene Pepperberg
On Religion and Taking the 'Red Pill'
Neuroscience of Cocaine Addiction
Parrots Have Object Permanance
Retrospectacle is now Of Two Minds!
September 29, 2006
Category: Travel
I spent the night in Schipol Airport last night, and just got home (to Ann Arbor) today. I'm exhausted! Long stories, regarding Amsterdam. Brussels, a mistake that took me to Paris, trains, coffeeshops and hostels galore on Monday. I'm taking...
Posted by Shelley Batts at 4:34 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 21, 2006
Category: Travel
Posting will be slow for a couple days, as I hop on the Eurail tomorrow and travel to Brussels. Yesterday I decided to go to the beach, which is a few miles to the south of Montpellier. It was a...
Posted by Shelley Batts at 12:35 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 20, 2006
Category: Carnivals
Just a reminder to submit some neuroscience-related blog posts to the carnival Encephalon! Its a round-up of recent brain-blogging and is usually very high-quality stuff. It is currently being hosted over at OmniBrain, and submission guidelines can be found here....
Posted by Shelley Batts at 12:58 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Panda Fluff
What happens when a Chinese man drinks 4 jugs of grog and decides to jump into a panda pen at the Beijng Zoo? Well, a tussle of course, and I'll let you read who got the worst of it....
Posted by Shelley Batts at 12:49 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 19, 2006
Category: YouTube Obsessions
Where was Ken Wantanabe when Air France lost my bags?? Don't touch my gnome!...
Posted by Shelley Batts at 7:57 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Travel
I visit Montpellier's Arc du Triomphe, the ancient Aquaducts, and get chatty with a "voyeur."
Posted by Shelley Batts at 6:13 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 18, 2006
Category: Travel
I present my research at the Inner Ear Bio Conference, summarize some current research on hearing and tinnitus I hear about, and vamp for the camera for no real reason at all.
Posted by Shelley Batts at 4:52 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 17, 2006
Category: Travel
I party the night before the conference starts with some random American kids I find. I become a croissant on the dance floor and 2 euro drink red wine until 3am.
Posted by Shelley Batts at 4:55 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 16, 2006
Category: Travel
I bum around Montpellier, eat crepes, shop, and get accosted by a horny French biker.
Posted by Shelley Batts at 2:36 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creepy Crawlies
Ever find a bug, hideously ugly and strange, that you wanted to identify? Is it poisonous? Should you kill it, watch it, keep it as a pet? Well, next time, snap a picture of that bug and send it to...
Posted by Shelley Batts at 10:08 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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