Scientific Humor
A good friend of mine sent me this image today. Nature is one of the premiere …
Research & Science
Boobs and more
I've now been blogging regularly over the last 4 years. It's given me an outlet for …
Choose Research
A former lab technician of mine who is now a graduate student in a Department of …
Pondering Memory
I sometimes feel like Judith in Clive Barker’s Imajica. If you have not read this stunning …
Pondering Watson
James Watson, the Nobel Laureate, recently made headlines for his controversial remarks on race. While he …
Funky Winkerbean
I read the comic Funky Winkerbean each morning on the Seattle Post Intelligencer. The creator, Tom …
A note to new investigators
Academic scientists like myself have three major responsibilities: teaching, scholarship (i.e. research), and service to one’s …
Life in the Ivory Tower
Since starting the Denver HERS Institute, I have been reading many of the on-line resources recommended …
Pondering Probiotics
Last year I became intolerant to both wheat and dairy. These were foods that I ate …
Sometimes my job is not fun
People sometimes think that my job as the acting director of a biomedical research institute is …