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Niagara

Posted on December 12, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Niagara Falls reminded me startlingly of Las Vegas, for all that it’s several thousand miles and a number of ecosystem types away; in both places, someone looked at a breathtaking natural wonder and decided what would really enhance it was … Continue reading →

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Traditional Methods

Posted on November 14, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Although we live in a highly wired-up household – rather more so since we got to the US and Mike began insisting that he needs one of every device “for work” – I have a longstanding fascination for the lowest … Continue reading →

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On The Merits Of Not Going To Siberia

Posted on September 4, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Our cruise did not being entirely propitiously, as we had to transfer to the Marcus G Langseth rather late in the game after our original ship had an unfortunate run-in with some debris in Puget Sound. First off, we had … Continue reading →

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All At Sea

Posted on August 9, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

This quite good article on a recent paper out of our lab (and this quite bad, or at least frustrating, one) reminded me that I should probably explain where I’m going for the next two weeks before I go and … Continue reading →

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On the Cape

Posted on May 29, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

The best thing about my prelim last week being moved to Monday was that it freed me up for the drive to Woods Hole on Thursday morning. Given that Woods Hole is a decent three hours in good traffic from … Continue reading →

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Preliminary

Posted on May 22, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Yesterday I had my preliminary exam. It’s a peculiarity of the American PhD system, also known as “quals” or a “qualifying exam”. Essentially, the idea is that they admit you to a PhD program, make you take courses for two … Continue reading →

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Star Trek and Sealife

Posted on April 23, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

I arrived back from Atlanta yesterday afternoon, my brain so fried by a week of conference action – science conference and fandom con – that this morning I incubated two tubes in the wrong incubators entirely. But I think I’ve … Continue reading →

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The Stuff You’re Made Of

Posted on April 2, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

When Mike asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year, I had an answer for once. It just wasn’t one he was expecting. I wanted to get my genotype. About ten years ago everyone got very excited when … Continue reading →

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Presentations

Posted on March 27, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

This was going to be the week I blogged about my recent acquisition of my genotype, but my brain has been well and truly fried by giving my first departmental seminar this morning, so that’s going to have to wait … Continue reading →

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New York: Part One

Posted on February 28, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

One of the things I like to tell people about Western Massachusetts which is both strictly true and kind of misleading is that we’re “only three hours from New York”, which makes it sound like an exciting day trip we … Continue reading →

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