Back in Beantown

The trip to Toronto was great. I met a lot of great people there and I think that I made a good impression on the members of the Biochemistry Department at the U of T.

Since this was my first real job interview, I didn't know exactly what to expect. In the end I decided to "let myself go" and enjoy talking shop with all the excellent researchers I met. Science is for the curious, and at times like these its best to let your inner urge to learn and discuss to take control. Go out and explore. And that's what I did over the course of three days. In between all these appointments I had the chance to meetup with a group of local bloggers (as I mentioned in my last post). Eva from eastern blot posted some pics of the event and John has a short entry as well. We talked about life in Toronto, the local blog-gossip and the highlights of Scibarcamp.

Then on Thursday I gave my talk. It went well, although I've done better. Larry Moran liked the presentation so hopefully I impressed on all those hardcore biochemists with my cell biology data. Unfortunately the Sick Children's Hospital had its yearly retreat and so many of the Cell Biologists who work there couldn't attend the talk. Despite that glitch there was good attendance and I got lots of great questions. (I'll also say that the best questions came from one gradstudent who came to speak to me after the talk).

Now I can relax for the next few weeks. Unforetunately this means that the blog will be updated rarely until we get back. But I'll try to post when I have the chance.