 lattice half full
Joined: 11/17/2009
Total Posts: 2262 | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 02:29PM Post subject: Science t-shirts, jewelry, ties, etc. for all you fellow nerds...
http://www.scienceteecher.com/
Enjoy. | | Back to top |  |
xzombiex
Joined: 10/12/2004
Total Posts: 1246
Location: VA | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 02:39PM Post subject: 
Let's get nerdy...
What field are you in?
Where are you going/did you go to school?
What degrees do you have/plan to have?
What do you hope to achieve in your field?
What kind of work are you currently during?
-Physics/Math
-JMU. William and mary in the next few weeks
-BS in Physics and math. Trying to get a masters of science eventually. going to school for education(math) in june
-work, nothing lofty yet
- bumming around doing retail for another two weeks, going to school in like a month for a masters of education, having extreme second thoughts, applied to a bunch of math/sciencey jobs, going to do some follow up calls tomorrow. and naturally apply for more jobs.
any good place to look for math/science type jobs, i applied to some stuff through usajobs, but am kind of drawing a blank on where to look. if you guys know of anything let me know.
ideally i will get a good fun job that pays decent, and i won't hate myself, go back to school on company dime. a phd would be nice and i have some tentative plans on going back in like 5 years but we'll see.
science and math are awesome. im rusty as hell, i took the past year off and worked retail. hated/hate my life. thankfully thats over and im moving forward with my life. | | Back to top | |
Bryan.
Joined: 08/30/2008
Total Posts: 730
Location: Dublin | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 02:50PM Post subject: What field are you in?
-Chemistry
Where are you going?
-University college Dublin
What degrees do you plan to have?
-Getting a BSc next year, maybe going for a teaching qualification. I'm not smart enough for a Phd at all. | | Back to top |  |
lattice half full
Joined: 11/17/2009
Total Posts: 2262 | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 02:52PM Post subject: William and Mary is pretty close to VB... Let's hang. | | Back to top | |
IamIsaid
Joined: 11/12/2008
Total Posts: 433
Location: Central IL | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 03:01PM Post subject:
Let's get nerdy...
What field are you in? Psychology
Where are you going/did you go to school? Eastern Illinois University
What degrees do you have/plan to have? Working on Bachelors. Then hopefully Ph.D.
What do you hope to achieve in your field? Work with children who are bipolar.
What kind of work are you currently during? Working with a professor studying to see if visual illusions transfer over to touch.
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xzombiex
Joined: 10/12/2004
Total Posts: 1246
Location: VA | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 03:06PM Post subject:
William and Mary is pretty close to VB... Let's hang.
i creeped. how well do you know tim and jeremy? They are some good friends of mine. and i probably will be down there this summer a bit due to hanging with friends/ you know the ocean | | Back to top | |
lattice half full
Joined: 11/17/2009
Total Posts: 2262 | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 04:35PM Post subject:
William and Mary is pretty close to VB... Let's hang.
i creeped. how well do you know tim and jeremy? They are some good friends of mine. and i probably will be down there this summer a bit due to hanging with friends/ you know the ocean
Check your PMs. | | Back to top | |
xzombiex
Joined: 10/12/2004
Total Posts: 1246
Location: VA | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 06:02PM Post subject:
William and Mary is pretty close to VB... Let's hang.
i creeped. how well do you know tim and jeremy? They are some good friends of mine. and i probably will be down there this summer a bit due to hanging with friends/ you know the ocean
Check your PMs.
responded | | Back to top | |
Gold Team
Joined: 09/02/2009
Total Posts: 2105
Location: erie | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 08:28PM Post subject:
What field are you in? biotechnology
Where are you going/did you go to school? college of the canyons. santa cruz next year. hopefully.
What degrees do you have/plan to have? associates then my bs.
What do you hope to achieve in your field? don't really know yet. i'm interested in genetics. cancer research maybe?
What kind of work are you currently during? researching socks. i'm not kidding.
what exactly are you researching about the socks? sweat/fungus control?
What field are you in? computer science/artificial intelligence minor
Where are you going/did you go to school? rochester institute of technoloy
What degrees do you have/plan to have? BS for now, masters later in life
What do you hope to achieve in your field? I really want a job in the government making simulations for whatever need be
What kind of work are you currently during? freelancing at my highschool
Whoa, artificial intelligence? What exactly does that entail? I have a theory that human thought is tangible, but the Terminator-esque possibilities that could result from proving such an idea lingers in the back of my mind hard as shit. I feel like AI is one of those Jurassic Park we-could-but-should-we? fields. I suppose that could be said for a lot of sciences, though. Who knows. /ramble
If I had gotten in at Carnegie Mellon or Case Western, which are number 1 and 2 for AI programs in the country, if not the world, I would've most likely ended up working on those ASIMO robots Honda is making, but my GPA was just on the low end of their mid 50% scale, so I wasn't accepted. I'm not too sure what it would entail at RIT, but I'm excited for it. | | Back to top | |
I Thrash Therefore I Am
Joined: 06/17/2005
Total Posts: 5308
Location: LA, CA --> Palo Alto, CA | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 10:26PM Post subject:
What field are you in? biotechnology
Where are you going/did you go to school? college of the canyons. santa cruz next year. hopefully.
What degrees do you have/plan to have? associates then my bs.
What do you hope to achieve in your field? don't really know yet. i'm interested in genetics. cancer research maybe?
What kind of work are you currently during? researching socks. i'm not kidding.
what exactly are you researching about the socks? sweat/fungus control?
What field are you in? computer science/artificial intelligence minor
Where are you going/did you go to school? rochester institute of technoloy
What degrees do you have/plan to have? BS for now, masters later in life
What do you hope to achieve in your field? I really want a job in the government making simulations for whatever need be
What kind of work are you currently during? freelancing at my highschool
Whoa, artificial intelligence? What exactly does that entail? I have a theory that human thought is tangible, but the Terminator-esque possibilities that could result from proving such an idea lingers in the back of my mind hard as shit. I feel like AI is one of those Jurassic Park we-could-but-should-we? fields. I suppose that could be said for a lot of sciences, though. Who knows. /ramble
If I had gotten in at Carnegie Mellon or Case Western, which are number 1 and 2 for AI programs in the country, if not the world, I would've most likely ended up working on those ASIMO robots Honda is making, but my GPA was just on the low end of their mid 50% scale, so I wasn't accepted. I'm not too sure what it would entail at RIT, but I'm excited for it.
Those robots are awesome. We have a post-doc in our lab on fellowship that had a degree in robotics and works on a number of different art/science projects. We also just got some ridiculous 7million dollar DARPA A.I. grant for fractal networks. | | Back to top |  |
Darchitect
Joined: 05/18/2009
Total Posts: 2560
Location: Ontario | Posted: Sun Apr 25, 10:57PM Post subject:
I was thinking of doing biochemistry at Waterloo (or mech engineer or math). Then I realized that this university sucks dick.
I love biochemistry more than anything, but a degree in mechanical engineering will instantly make you more money out of undergrad. I think the starting pay for an engineer straight out of college is like 70k or something ridiculous. Theres no way you can get that with biochem without an advanced degree.
I kind of wish I had done biomolecular engineering, but I didn't even know that was a possibility until I was almost finished with my degree.
I want to be a scientist. Waterloo offers you a Bachelor of Applied Science so I think it's different than a normal BSc.
Honestly, I think engineering is a job degree not research but that's my opinion. Upon research, I found that biochemists make a lot more in the later years. | | Back to top | |
Attack_Tijuana
Joined: 01/14/2006
Total Posts: 3705
Location: LA | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 10:40AM Post subject: As of last night i am officially a bruin.
Ahhhh!! Congratulations!! I hope to join you next year.
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course people come here once I leave...
you should have done your masters at UCLA, it would have been nice to know a few people when i start in the fall.
lattice half full: hopefully by the time you apply and get accpted i'll know more about campus. if you have any questions about the application/personal statements or anything like that feel free to pm me. | | Back to top | |
god hates facts
Joined: 04/25/2010
Total Posts: 574
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 11:15AM Post subject:
What field are you in? - Chemistry
Where are you going/did you go to school? Richard Stockton College/Penn State University
What degrees do you have/plan to have? BS/MS
What do you hope to achieve in your field? to get out of it.
What kind of work are you currently during? Pharmaceutical analytical method development.
Bummer, why do you want to get out of it?
Short version of the story:
I was at PSU for 5 yrs. PhD track. I was through all my cumes and orals and was working through my thesis research. You know all those horror stories of working for a non tenure track faculty? I lived through one of those. Bitch was crazy as a motherfucker. Sucked any desire for the field out of almost anyone that worked for her before she got tenure. Once she got tenure (in my fifth year) she decided she didn't need anyone she didn;t get along with and did anything she could to get us out of the program.
that shit blows. my undergrad bio professor tried that shit with me when she got chair of the department. it's not as fucked as PhD professor low balling people, though. | | Back to top | |
slaggerz_98
Joined: 01/12/2010
Total Posts: 698 | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 11:41AM Post subject:
Let's get nerdy...
What field are you in?
Where are you going/did you go to school?
What degrees do you have/plan to have?
What do you hope to achieve in your field?
What kind of work are you currently during?
Education
Buffalo State College
BSEd Bio
Retirement
Teaching | | Back to top | |
slaggerz_98
Joined: 01/12/2010
Total Posts: 698 | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 11:48AM Post subject: Physixx is mizz
hated playing with cars all day | | Back to top | |
I Thrash Therefore I Am
Joined: 06/17/2005
Total Posts: 5308
Location: LA, CA --> Palo Alto, CA | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 12:04PM Post subject: As of last night i am officially a bruin.
Ahhhh!! Congratulations!! I hope to join you next year.
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course people come here once I leave...
you should have done your masters at UCLA, it would have been nice to know a few people when i start in the fall.
lattice half full: hopefully by the time you apply and get accpted i'll know more about campus. if you have any questions about the application/personal statements or anything like that feel free to pm me.
I got accepted there for the graduate program in biochemistry but its kind of looked down upon to go to your same school for grad. They want you to network and learn how to be out of your comfort zone. Its gonna suck moving, I love LA more than fucking anything. Not like I'd be able to go to many more Dodger games in grad school, but now I only get to see them a few times a year 
its for the best...its for the best....its for the best...thats all I gotta keep telling myself
Attack Tijuana: if you want a tour or any info about campus PM me.
And Darchitect, where are you finding this data? Curious... | | Back to top | |
Attack_Tijuana
Joined: 01/14/2006
Total Posts: 3705
Location: LA | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 01:59PM Post subject: i envy you having to make a decision between caltech and stanford for grad school. The acceptance rates for both those schools are insane. I might be at ucla this friday for some sort of transfer mentor program (STOMP?) | | Back to top | |
Dr. Floyd PHD
Higher Than Quidditch
Joined: 08/26/2005
Total Posts: 6720
Location: PHD, Pretty Huge Dick | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 06:52PM Post subject: bump for avagado's number | | Back to top | |
lattice half full
Joined: 11/17/2009
Total Posts: 2262 | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 07:03PM Post subject: 6.0221415 x 10^23 | | Back to top | |
explodingjello
Joined: 12/24/2005
Total Posts: 460
Location: Albuquerque | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 07:52PM Post subject: Fun read. Wanted to post but I was in the "soft sciences" (Sociology and Psychology) and some of you guys are working on things that make me think I should just take the "science" part out of what I do. | | Back to top | |
xmonax
Joined: 04/24/2009
Total Posts: 181
Location: Sweden / UK | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 08:18PM Post subject: Do any of you guys know what it's like for international students who want to get their PhDs from the US? Specifically within neuroscience?
I've been considering it, but I can't get a clear idea of how it works for us across the pond.. | | Back to top | |
I Thrash Therefore I Am
Joined: 06/17/2005
Total Posts: 5308
Location: LA, CA --> Palo Alto, CA | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 09:59PM Post subject:
Do any of you guys know what it's like for international students who want to get their PhDs from the US? Specifically within neuroscience?
I've been considering it, but I can't get a clear idea of how it works for us across the pond..
A lot of people do it. Usually, depending on the program, the department will accept 1-2 international students with funding. Typically, they usually will do a phone interview instead of flying you out. You have to take both the GRE as well as the TOEFL exam, and some programs may also require a GRE subject test (a test in either biology or biochemistry is probably sufficient, but there is no neuroscience subject test). Its much much harder to get accepted though, so your stats and letters of rec really need to be good. It really depends on each school, and they usually should have most of the information on their respective websites. Otherwise they'll have someone to contact for info. Do you have any research experience? | | Back to top | |
xmonax
Joined: 04/24/2009
Total Posts: 181
Location: Sweden / UK | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 05:36AM Post subject:
Do any of you guys know what it's like for international students who want to get their PhDs from the US? Specifically within neuroscience?
I've been considering it, but I can't get a clear idea of how it works for us across the pond..
A lot of people do it. Usually, depending on the program, the department will accept 1-2 international students with funding. Typically, they usually will do a phone interview instead of flying you out. You have to take both the GRE as well as the TOEFL exam, and some programs may also require a GRE subject test (a test in either biology or biochemistry is probably sufficient, but there is no neuroscience subject test). Its much much harder to get accepted though, so your stats and letters of rec really need to be good. It really depends on each school, and they usually should have most of the information on their respective websites. Otherwise they'll have someone to contact for info. Do you have any research experience?
Thank you so much  I read about the tests, in terms of letter of recommendation I'll be fine. When it comes to stats, is it like here in the UK that they check your grades AND things such as work experience, volunteering, extracurricular activities and such that you have been involved in, or is grades and grades only?
I don't have the research experience now, but I'm working at a medical research institute this summer as an intern in their neuroscience department, so I will have some experience I guess.
Any recommendations as to what universities are very science-inclined? I don't need a list of the best ones, just an idea of what I could look into further..
Thanks again for the help! Who knows, maybe in a year I'll be living on your side of the planet.. | | Back to top | |
wintergreen
Joined: 05/29/2006
Total Posts: 438
Location: Western Australia | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 06:39AM Post subject: Stoked on all the geologists. Post pics of your field areas!
What field are you in? Geology
Where are you going/did you go to school? In my final year at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
What degrees do you have/plan to have? BSc, MSc in the mid-distant future
What do you hope to achieve in your field? Ultimate goal is to end up in mineral exploration, but who knows. I've taken every undergrad geology and geophysics paper my Uni offers and still can't decide on an area to specialize.
What kind of work are you currently doing? Working once a fortnight at a pathology center, too many papers to work a real job. | | Back to top | |
slaggerz_98
Joined: 01/12/2010
Total Posts: 698 | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 08:08AM Post subject:
6.0221415 x 10^23
Avogadros #
DId I get it first? | | Back to top | |
slaggerz_98
Joined: 01/12/2010
Total Posts: 698 | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 08:13AM Post subject: nvm | | Back to top | |
xp - px
Joined: 02/20/2010
Total Posts: 981
Location: Eugene/Seattle | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 12:23PM Post subject:
Do any of you guys know what it's like for international students who want to get their PhDs from the US? Specifically within neuroscience?
I've been considering it, but I can't get a clear idea of how it works for us across the pond..
A lot of people do it. Usually, depending on the program, the department will accept 1-2 international students with funding. Typically, they usually will do a phone interview instead of flying you out. You have to take both the GRE as well as the TOEFL exam, and some programs may also require a GRE subject test (a test in either biology or biochemistry is probably sufficient, but there is no neuroscience subject test). Its much much harder to get accepted though, so your stats and letters of rec really need to be good. It really depends on each school, and they usually should have most of the information on their respective websites. Otherwise they'll have someone to contact for info. Do you have any research experience?
Thank you so much I read about the tests, in terms of letter of recommendation I'll be fine. When it comes to stats, is it like here in the UK that they check your grades AND things such as work experience, volunteering, extracurricular activities and such that you have been involved in, or is grades and grades only?
I don't have the research experience now, but I'm working at a medical research institute this summer as an intern in their neuroscience department, so I will have some experience I guess.
Any recommendations as to what universities are very science-inclined? I don't need a list of the best ones, just an idea of what I could look into further..
Thanks again for the help! Who knows, maybe in a year I'll be living on your side of the planet..
Yeah, they pretty much go for the whole package here as well. Grades and test scores are important, but not nearly as important as research experience. I'd suggest finding a lab and working in it as soon as possible. But yeah, depending on the school, you can have up to 20% of the class being international students, so you've definitely got a chance. | | Back to top | |
Je n'existent pas
Joined: 04/21/2008
Total Posts: 1238 | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 12:38PM Post subject: screw school, i learn on my own. i'm painstakingly teaching myself calculus and beyond as well as physics with an interest in how it's applied to biophysics and neuroscience.
everything is seemingly built on physics. i feel like it aint science without heavy math and heavy physics. the end. | | Back to top | |
stfuh8u
Joined: 10/08/2008
Total Posts: 119
Location: Portland | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 07:38PM Post subject: What field are you in? Biochemistry
Where are you going/did you go to school? Seattle University
What degrees do you have/plan to have? BS & D.M.D.
What do you hope to achieve in your field? Bilingual Dentist.
What kind of work are you currently during? Work in an Infectious Diseases research lab. | | Back to top | |
Dr. Floyd PHD
Higher Than Quidditch
Joined: 08/26/2005
Total Posts: 6720
Location: PHD, Pretty Huge Dick | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 09:24PM Post subject: My buddy has his thesis defense tomorrow I can't wait to watch, its on paleoenvironmental changes on a local lake | | Back to top | |
Smike2
Joined: 02/06/2008
Total Posts: 3137
Location: Dantooine | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 09:45PM Post subject: I was going to do geology, but now I find it dreadfully dry. I don't really know what I want to do now. Maybe be a high school English teacher. | | Back to top | |
flask1203
Joined: 02/22/2010
Total Posts: 1678
Location: chino | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 11:03PM Post subject:
I suppose I should answer, too..
What field are you in... biophysics/neuroscience
Where are you going/did you go to school... community college for now then I will hopefully transfer to UCLA or UC San Diego
What degrees do you have/plan to have... working on my associates right now and hope to get my PhD eventually
What do you hope to achieve in your field... study human instinct/intuition and the relationship between quantum physics and the human nervous systems, particularly the enteric nervous system
What kind of work are you currently during... fundamental intro level courses.
holy crap theres someone into biophysics here?!?!?!??!! thats so rare, I've only met one other biophysics major ever.
What field are you in... biophysics/biochemistry
Where are you going/did you go to school... transferred from santa monica college to UCLA, now going to Stanford!! Choosing between there and CalTech was REALLY. FUCKING. HARD. Had to submit my decision last night.
What degrees do you have/plan to have... Graduating with B.S. in Biochemistry this Spring, start PhD at Stanford in Biophysics this Fall
What do you hope to achieve in your field... interested in structural biology and structure-function relationships in biological macromolecules, cellular motility and transportation, protein and enzyme engineering for both biomedical and environmental purposes, anything on the interface of physics/chemistry/biology. Also really interested in astrobiology!! Would like to stay in academia, but not opposed to starting my own company (fuck pharma though)
What kind of work are you currently during... I work in the Gimzewski lab at UCLA constructing a scanning tunneling/atomic force microscope that visualizes surfaces on the atomic scale. Basically, when I'm not building anything, I sit at a computer and look at atoms everyday! Right now we're looking at a molecule called hexa-tert-butyl decacyclene that may be used as a molecular switch as a way to surpass Moore's Law (the size of the transistor will be the size of a single molecule by 2020 if processing speeds are to increase).
Of course you guys would go to UCLA after I graduate. I only made a few friends there since hardly any south campus majors (read: science majors) are remotely interesting people (mostly pre-meds), and most of em get stuck in the "Westwood bubble". Westwood blows. Don't stay there, theres no excuse. LA is huge. The coolest people I met were mostly grad students.
I loved going to UCLA a ton, but do take into account the impending budget cuts. I've already started noticing the effects...
dude, UCLA then Stanford? insanely jealous. i have friends at UCLA and i've visited and spent the night a few times. its such an awesome school. | | Back to top | |
Aaron
Aaron
Joined: 09/29/2008
Total Posts: 2281
Location: Posing in B-Roll's doorway like | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 11:47PM Post subject: I love Palo Alto. Maybe I'll see you there in a couple years hahaha  | | Back to top | |
am i still ill?
Joined: 08/25/2005
Total Posts: 11372
Location: columbia, south carolina | Posted: Tue Apr 27, 11:50PM Post subject: one of my favorite scientists is at stanford - robert sapolsky. he does neuroscience and primatology. | | Back to top | |
Aaron
Aaron
Joined: 09/29/2008
Total Posts: 2281
Location: Posing in B-Roll's doorway like | Posted: Wed Apr 28, 12:06AM Post subject:
one of my favorite scientists is at stanford - robert sapolsky. he does neuroscience and primatology.
I just read (some of) A Primate's Memoir and loved it.
I Thrash Therefore I Am-It's on my list of dream schools, I guess we'll see what happens but it's a pretty long ways off. | | Back to top | |
mike_p
Joined: 07/15/2009
Total Posts: 17
Location: Ann Arbor, MI | Posted: Wed Apr 28, 12:09AM Post subject: bummed about the lack of air/space nerds.
What field are you in? Aerospace engineering
Where are you going/did you go to school? University of Michigan
What degrees do you have/plan to have? Working on BSE
What do you hope to achieve in your field? Efficient air travel
What kind of work are you currently doing? Spent last semester working for NASA testing the NextGen Air Transportation System. Currently doing structural analyses for airplane repairs and modifications. | | Back to top | |
Aaron
Aaron
Joined: 09/29/2008
Total Posts: 2281
Location: Posing in B-Roll's doorway like | Posted: Wed Apr 28, 12:17AM Post subject:
bummed about the lack of air/space nerds.
What field are you in? Aerospace engineering
Where are you going/did you go to school? University of Michigan
What degrees do you have/plan to have? Working on BSE
What do you hope to achieve in your field? Efficient air travel
What kind of work are you currently doing? Spent last semester working for NASA testing the NextGen Air Transportation System. Currently doing structural analyses for airplane repairs and modifications.
I went to space camp. Does that count? | | Back to top | |
I Thrash Therefore I Am
Joined: 06/17/2005
Total Posts: 5308
Location: LA, CA --> Palo Alto, CA | Posted: Wed Apr 28, 12:24AM Post subject:
one of my favorite scientists is at stanford - robert sapolsky. he does neuroscience and primatology.
I just read (some of) A Primate's Memoir and loved it.
I Thrash Therefore I Am-It's on my list of dream schools, I guess we'll see what happens but it's a pretty long ways off.
Adding this to the list of books I need to read this summer.
You go to Columbia, I think you'll be fine
Kind of off topic, but since we're talking about Stanford you should all download Folding@Home if you haven't already. Its a distributed computing program that uses the processing power you aren't using and acts as a supercomputer to further investigate mechanisms of protein folding and misfolding (responsible for ALS, alzheimers, parkinsons, cancer, etc). The professor who invented it is now the director of my graduate program. He's fucking awesome.
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Main | | Back to top | |
Aaron
Aaron
Joined: 09/29/2008
Total Posts: 2281
Location: Posing in B-Roll's doorway like | Posted: Wed Apr 28, 12:34AM Post subject:
one of my favorite scientists is at stanford - robert sapolsky. he does neuroscience and primatology.
I just read (some of) A Primate's Memoir and loved it.
I Thrash Therefore I Am-It's on my list of dream schools, I guess we'll see what happens but it's a pretty long ways off.
Adding this to the list of books I need to read this summer.
You go to Columbia, I think you'll be fine
Kind of off topic, but since we're talking about Stanford you should all download Folding@Home if you haven't already. Its a distributed computing program that uses the processing power you aren't using and acts as a supercomputer to further investigate mechanisms of protein folding and misfolding (responsible for ALS, alzheimers, parkinsons, cancer, etc). The professor who invented it is now the director of my graduate program. He's fucking awesome.
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Main
Haha, they have 9 spots for 350 applicants. I'm not getting my hopes up.
Also, I went to Space Camp in Alabama. I didn't even know they had one in Idyllwild. | | Back to top | |
I Thrash Therefore I Am
Joined: 06/17/2005
Total Posts: 5308
Location: LA, CA --> Palo Alto, CA | Posted: Wed Apr 28, 12:39AM Post subject:
one of my favorite scientists is at stanford - robert sapolsky. he does neuroscience and primatology.
I just read (some of) A Primate's Memoir and loved it.
I Thrash Therefore I Am-It's on my list of dream schools, I guess we'll see what happens but it's a pretty long ways off.
Adding this to the list of books I need to read this summer.
You go to Columbia, I think you'll be fine
Kind of off topic, but since we're talking about Stanford you should all download Folding@Home if you haven't already. Its a distributed computing program that uses the processing power you aren't using and acts as a supercomputer to further investigate mechanisms of protein folding and misfolding (responsible for ALS, alzheimers, parkinsons, cancer, etc). The professor who invented it is now the director of my graduate program. He's fucking awesome.
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Main
Haha, they have 9 spots for 350 applicants. I'm not getting my hopes up.
Also, I went to Space Camp in Alabama. I didn't even know they had one in Idyllwild.
When I went it sucked. They didn't even have the zero grav thing running. All I remember is going rock climbing and taking classes... wtf? | | Back to top | |
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