凡凡第一次自己撐傘，很興奮，邊走邊講「回家咧」。
到家了。
Sunday, September 28, 2008
三輪車
禮拜日氣象預報說有颶風拜訪新英格蘭，很少見，不過去的是緬因州，麻州這裡沒甚麼風但整天都下著雨。
等到下午看雨似乎停了，便趕緊帶著凡凡出去外面活動一下。怕又會下雨，所以只在家旁的設計學院草地附近活動。
想到了個主意，在三輪車上綁條繩子，讓凡凡坐在車上拖著走；就像凡凡爸爸小時候在屏東讓凡凡爸爸的外婆拉著走一樣。
後來凡凡也下車想試著自己拉看看。
等到下午看雨似乎停了，便趕緊帶著凡凡出去外面活動一下。怕又會下雨，所以只在家旁的設計學院草地附近活動。
想到了個主意，在三輪車上綁條繩子，讓凡凡坐在車上拖著走；就像凡凡爸爸小時候在屏東讓凡凡爸爸的外婆拉著走一樣。
後來凡凡也下車想試著自己拉看看。
Saturday, September 27, 2008
TGIF Posters 092608
The first week after school reopened, should be something worthy for waiting, such as TGIF posters?
From our neighbor department, very creative and interesting poster for their microbeer hour.
I took this picture on Thursday.
"With free beer just around the corner, you might as well hold off jumping for one more day."
Sounds funny right?
Hmm...obviously not everyone agrees on that, especially under recent economic climates.
So, in the Friday morning, all the "jumper" posters were gone, replaced by this one.
Now everybody looks happy, at least in the poster.
Here is the posters from our department. It is our turns in charge of this week's happy hour. As our postdoc candidate visiting, it once again went to a very disorganized way.
Initially we wanted some Indian food, but they charged us $800 with $150 delivery fee. So we had hot dog at the end.
For the poster, finally Aaron made one hours before the end of Thursday.
The problem is, no one can get it.
It was for the (famous?) picture of Tim in Woods Hole.
After all, it doesn't matter people can get it or not. They still have free beer and hot dogs, which should be enough to keep them happy for a while.
From our neighbor department, very creative and interesting poster for their microbeer hour.
I took this picture on Thursday.
"With free beer just around the corner, you might as well hold off jumping for one more day."
Sounds funny right?
Hmm...obviously not everyone agrees on that, especially under recent economic climates.
So, in the Friday morning, all the "jumper" posters were gone, replaced by this one.
Now everybody looks happy, at least in the poster.
Here is the posters from our department. It is our turns in charge of this week's happy hour. As our postdoc candidate visiting, it once again went to a very disorganized way.
Initially we wanted some Indian food, but they charged us $800 with $150 delivery fee. So we had hot dog at the end.
For the poster, finally Aaron made one hours before the end of Thursday.
The problem is, no one can get it.
It was for the (famous?) picture of Tim in Woods Hole.
After all, it doesn't matter people can get it or not. They still have free beer and hot dogs, which should be enough to keep them happy for a while.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
PostDoc Candidates Visiting
This week we had two postdoc candidates coming for visit, on Tuesday and Thursday respectively.
Usually it is on students' shoulder arranging schedule for our guests. This time, somehow, Tim kept the job in his hand. As expected, it went to a pretty disorganized way...
No one knows who those two are in advance. No one was asked to sign-up talking with our visitors.
The first one came from UCSF (of course, where else it could be?), working on structural biology. She did a good PhD. However seems has no idea what she gonna do and why pick our lab...
The visit of second one is even more "interesting". In the morning when he came to the conference room, no one was there. Tim backed to the lab and told everybody there was a talk downstairs.
Then right before the talk, Tim said he hurted his back in the morning. So he would lay down on the ground. Thus the talk was given with Tim confortably laid down on the floor, with a pillow behind his head, a strange view.
It's not over yet, later the fire alarm came to interrupt the talk, Chris went out and found it was from our neighbor connected building. We decided to ignore it but our guest had to give his talk all the way with annoying alarming sound.
I wonder who will join our lab after all these...haha.
Usually it is on students' shoulder arranging schedule for our guests. This time, somehow, Tim kept the job in his hand. As expected, it went to a pretty disorganized way...
No one knows who those two are in advance. No one was asked to sign-up talking with our visitors.
The first one came from UCSF (of course, where else it could be?), working on structural biology. She did a good PhD. However seems has no idea what she gonna do and why pick our lab...
The visit of second one is even more "interesting". In the morning when he came to the conference room, no one was there. Tim backed to the lab and told everybody there was a talk downstairs.
Then right before the talk, Tim said he hurted his back in the morning. So he would lay down on the ground. Thus the talk was given with Tim confortably laid down on the floor, with a pillow behind his head, a strange view.
It's not over yet, later the fire alarm came to interrupt the talk, Chris went out and found it was from our neighbor connected building. We decided to ignore it but our guest had to give his talk all the way with annoying alarming sound.
I wonder who will join our lab after all these...haha.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I am Old
No, not me. It's a quote from Tim during our discussion.
Recently I've struggled a bit on the storyline of my research. In brief, I am interested in a big question which can be divided to 4 or 5 small questions. Those sub-questions are different but all correlate to one another, making it difficult to pack into one story.
Thus I went to Tim and Chris asking for opinions. We then discussed details and problems in each direction. Questions in cytokinesis are difficult to tackle, since usually in there are more than one system working at the same time. You need everything to do anything.
At one point, Tim suddenly laughed and said:
"If it's five year ago, I would never do that. Ha-ha, I couldn't believe I make this suggestion to my student. You can try to fuse some kinases with kinesins, transfect to the cell, and see what happens."
Tim continued: "As a cell biologist, usually you take out things from a system and see what changes. If you are creating something not existing in the system, it is fake. That's why cell biologists don't use that kind of approach. I always thought in that way."
"However, after I talked to Windell Lim, suddenly I felt I am so conservative! I am old! What the hell! Maybe it's time for us to move on and try something bold."
Windell Lim, a UCSF professor, visited our department and had a discussion with Tim last week. Tim seemed to be very impressive on Lim's work. He even suggested Aaron, who just gradutaed, doing his postdoc in Lim's lab.
Lim works on synthetic biology, adding new components to systems, pretty cool.
Recently I've struggled a bit on the storyline of my research. In brief, I am interested in a big question which can be divided to 4 or 5 small questions. Those sub-questions are different but all correlate to one another, making it difficult to pack into one story.
Thus I went to Tim and Chris asking for opinions. We then discussed details and problems in each direction. Questions in cytokinesis are difficult to tackle, since usually in there are more than one system working at the same time. You need everything to do anything.
At one point, Tim suddenly laughed and said:
"If it's five year ago, I would never do that. Ha-ha, I couldn't believe I make this suggestion to my student. You can try to fuse some kinases with kinesins, transfect to the cell, and see what happens."
Tim continued: "As a cell biologist, usually you take out things from a system and see what changes. If you are creating something not existing in the system, it is fake. That's why cell biologists don't use that kind of approach. I always thought in that way."
"However, after I talked to Windell Lim, suddenly I felt I am so conservative! I am old! What the hell! Maybe it's time for us to move on and try something bold."
Windell Lim, a UCSF professor, visited our department and had a discussion with Tim last week. Tim seemed to be very impressive on Lim's work. He even suggested Aaron, who just gradutaed, doing his postdoc in Lim's lab.
Lim works on synthetic biology, adding new components to systems, pretty cool.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Palin's response to Tina Fey's SNL show
Geez, gotta show it. From Jon Stewart Daily Show, the clip about Sarah Palin's response to Tina Fey's SNL opening.
Palin said it is hilarious. She watched it, however, on MUTE.
Yeah, that is REALLY hilarious...
As Jon Stewart, we had him as the keynote speaker in our program retreat two years ago. He is funny, although I don't like him as much as others do.
Palin said it is hilarious. She watched it, however, on MUTE.
Yeah, that is REALLY hilarious...
As Jon Stewart, we had him as the keynote speaker in our program retreat two years ago. He is funny, although I don't like him as much as others do.
New Soul - Yael Naim
This morning I visited a friend who just delivered a very beautiful baby girl hours ago, sending her a car seat burrowed from another friend, for the hospital checkout.
I had this poster ready right after the Macbook commercial parody one, but somehow forgot to post it. Now it seems to be a perfect fit, a new soul coming to the (strange?) world.
Congrats to my friend and hope you all enjoy this MV, a pretty beautiful one.
New Soul - Yael Naim
I'm a new soul \ I came to this strange world hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take \ But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear finding myself making every possible mistake
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
I'm a young soul \ In this very strange world hoping I could learn a bit bout what is true and fake \ But why all this hate? try to communicate finding trust and love is not always easy to make
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
This is a happy end 'cause you don't understand everything you have done why's everything so wrong? \ This is a happy end
Come and give me your hand I'll take you far away
I'm a new soul \ I came to this strange world hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take \ But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear finding myself making every possible mistake
I'm a new soul... (la, la, la, la,...) in this very strange world... \ Every possible mistake \ Possible mistake \ Every possible mistake \ Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes... \ Take take take take take... take a mistake \ Take, take a mistake
Take, take a mistake
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If you wanna learn how to play this song on piano, here it is.
New Soul Tutorial
The tab can be found here .
I had this poster ready right after the Macbook commercial parody one, but somehow forgot to post it. Now it seems to be a perfect fit, a new soul coming to the (strange?) world.
Congrats to my friend and hope you all enjoy this MV, a pretty beautiful one.
New Soul - Yael Naim
I'm a new soul \ I came to this strange world hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take \ But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear finding myself making every possible mistake
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
I'm a young soul \ In this very strange world hoping I could learn a bit bout what is true and fake \ But why all this hate? try to communicate finding trust and love is not always easy to make
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
This is a happy end 'cause you don't understand everything you have done why's everything so wrong? \ This is a happy end
Come and give me your hand I'll take you far away
I'm a new soul \ I came to this strange world hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take \ But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear finding myself making every possible mistake
I'm a new soul... (la, la, la, la,...) in this very strange world... \ Every possible mistake \ Possible mistake \ Every possible mistake \ Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes... \ Take take take take take... take a mistake \ Take, take a mistake
Take, take a mistake
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If you wanna learn how to play this song on piano, here it is.
New Soul Tutorial
The tab can be found here .
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
吃外面
凡凡的爸爸國曆生日，想說到外面吃。想了半天還是想不出來去哪好，中餐台菜沒有家裡煮的好吃，西式餐點又吃不慣。問凡凡的意見，凡凡說去吃麥當勞，也就順著他了。想大概是被快樂兒童餐的玩具制約了的結果吧。
不能喝汽水，只好喝果汁。
凡凡愛吃番茄醬，吃薯條時兩頭都要沾醬吃。
快樂兒童餐的玩具 - 蝙蝠車，做得還挺不錯的。
凡凡看了看發現這車不太對勁，沒有輪子。
不過沒差，還是可以玩得很高興。
不能喝汽水，只好喝果汁。
凡凡愛吃番茄醬，吃薯條時兩頭都要沾醬吃。
快樂兒童餐的玩具 - 蝙蝠車，做得還挺不錯的。
凡凡看了看發現這車不太對勁，沒有輪子。
不過沒差，還是可以玩得很高興。
Monday, September 15, 2008
SNL - Palin & Clinton
The opening of last week's SNL. Everyone is talking about it, I even read it on today's Metro (a free bus/subway/train paper).
As always, Tina Fey is awesome!
You have to admit that Hillary Clinton actually is a better candidate against McCain to win the coming presidential election.
Obama won the primary as a celebrity; now he is losing it to Sarah Palin because she is even younger and more Washington-outsider than he is.
As many people feeling the same way, Obama always reminds me of A-bian. It's just a shame that Hillary didn't nail it in the primary.
As always, Tina Fey is awesome!
You have to admit that Hillary Clinton actually is a better candidate against McCain to win the coming presidential election.
Obama won the primary as a celebrity; now he is losing it to Sarah Palin because she is even younger and more Washington-outsider than he is.
As many people feeling the same way, Obama always reminds me of A-bian. It's just a shame that Hillary didn't nail it in the primary.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
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小雞雞飛走咧
限制級影片，未滿十八歲請勿觀賞。
凡凡早上起來第一件事就是坐在他的小馬桶上尿尿，男生嘛，起床多少會發生，凡凡也一樣。
先是說小雞雞變大了，這段沒拍到，再來不知為甚麼接著說 「小雞雞飛走咧」。
凡凡早上起來第一件事就是坐在他的小馬桶上尿尿，男生嘛，起床多少會發生，凡凡也一樣。
先是說小雞雞變大了，這段沒拍到，再來不知為甚麼接著說 「小雞雞飛走咧」。
Friday, September 12, 2008
小朋友，吃飯的時候不要看電視
前陣子很熱的話題，說是中研院中餐廳的電視因此被移走了一台，剩下一台。想當然這引起很多人反彈，其中又以助理佔絕大多數。
說實話我覺得這十五位研究人員的理由有點糟，不是外國怎樣台灣就一定要怎樣才行，扯到健康又更遠了。我想這裡面更重要的問題應該是 - 為甚麼大家都已經理所當然地認為吃飯「就該」看電視？
或許客觀環境使然，台灣有限的空間能提供的活動有限，在家裡的時間比較長，而其中絕大部分的時間可能都花在看電視上。整個風氣跟文化已經養成，沒事時就看電視，所以在各個公共空間到處充滿了電視也就不足為奇了。
說真的，只要有點選擇性地挑電視節目看，而不是打開電視不管甚麼都照單全收，一定可以大幅減少花在電視上的時間。台灣目前普遍的情況像是被電視制約，而不是人在控制電視。
如果餐廳一開始就沒有擺放電視，會不會有人去要求一定要看電視？應該也不至於，那為甚麼一開始餐廳會覺得該放幾台電視在那邊？因為事實上外面每間自助餐館也都是這樣做，是理所當然很自然的事。所以這是整個社會風氣跟習慣的問題。
這爭議說嚴重其實也沒甚麼大不了，會拿出來講是因為讓我想起上次回台灣時看到的情況，印象特別深。
有一天中午跟凡凡媽媽帶著凡凡去高雄漢神百貨樓上美食街吃東西，沒想到整層樓的柱子跟牆面上到處都是電視，這還不打緊，播的竟然是股市大盤各股的指數，這實在有點糟糕，是怎樣的社會，會認為這些資訊是我們無時無刻都需要知道的？百貨公司的美食街大家吃飯的地方需要直播股市漲跌？
不是說外國怎麼樣都好，但台灣這樣真的是病了。
常常聽到宣導說要建立書香社會，聽了幾十年還在「要」建立書香社會。把看電視的時間挪一點去看看書，甚麼書都可以，對自己對社會都是件好事。
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事件的起點 - 中研院院刊的投書
Reading Extension:
吃飯就該高分貝？ 該思考的文化
中研院研究員連署：餐廳禁播新聞
電視新聞配飯 中研院學者抓狂
另一種聲音》接觸時事 只剩這頓飯了
說實話我覺得這十五位研究人員的理由有點糟，不是外國怎樣台灣就一定要怎樣才行，扯到健康又更遠了。我想這裡面更重要的問題應該是 - 為甚麼大家都已經理所當然地認為吃飯「就該」看電視？
或許客觀環境使然，台灣有限的空間能提供的活動有限，在家裡的時間比較長，而其中絕大部分的時間可能都花在看電視上。整個風氣跟文化已經養成，沒事時就看電視，所以在各個公共空間到處充滿了電視也就不足為奇了。
說真的，只要有點選擇性地挑電視節目看，而不是打開電視不管甚麼都照單全收，一定可以大幅減少花在電視上的時間。台灣目前普遍的情況像是被電視制約，而不是人在控制電視。
如果餐廳一開始就沒有擺放電視，會不會有人去要求一定要看電視？應該也不至於，那為甚麼一開始餐廳會覺得該放幾台電視在那邊？因為事實上外面每間自助餐館也都是這樣做，是理所當然很自然的事。所以這是整個社會風氣跟習慣的問題。
這爭議說嚴重其實也沒甚麼大不了，會拿出來講是因為讓我想起上次回台灣時看到的情況，印象特別深。
有一天中午跟凡凡媽媽帶著凡凡去高雄漢神百貨樓上美食街吃東西，沒想到整層樓的柱子跟牆面上到處都是電視，這還不打緊，播的竟然是股市大盤各股的指數，這實在有點糟糕，是怎樣的社會，會認為這些資訊是我們無時無刻都需要知道的？百貨公司的美食街大家吃飯的地方需要直播股市漲跌？
不是說外國怎麼樣都好，但台灣這樣真的是病了。
常常聽到宣導說要建立書香社會，聽了幾十年還在「要」建立書香社會。把看電視的時間挪一點去看看書，甚麼書都可以，對自己對社會都是件好事。
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事件的起點 - 中研院院刊的投書
讀者來函
小朋友，吃飯的時候不要看電視！
共同作者：本院十五位研究人員（備註）
關心小朋友飲食習慣的媽媽都會教導小朋友吃飯的時候不看電視。中央研究院雖然是臺灣最高的研究機構，可是罔顧媽媽的叮嚀、把健康的飲食習慣棄而不顧。
我們對吃不太挑剔，平實的活動中心的自助餐廳，本來是我們平常用餐的地方。可是自助餐廳只要開門營業，無時無刻都在播放電視新聞。先前兩臺中只有一臺播放，讓不想看電視的人還有小角落可以勉強棲息用餐。可是這一年來，自助餐廳的兩邊的電視火力全開，讓想健康用餐的人無可棲息。讓我們除非迫不得以，就放棄在自助餐廳用餐了。
電視不應該在中研院的餐廳存在，理由有二。一是文化的，二是生理健康的。文化的原因，是學術機構的用餐環境，要滿足兩個核心的功能，第一提供獨自的學人寧靜的空間用餐，第二是讓在餐桌共聚的學人們有和悅的知識交流的環境。世界上令人敬重的學術機構的餐廳莫不如此。美國的私立機構哈佛、耶魯、史丹佛、普林斯頓的高等研究院如此，州立的加州大學、明尼蘇達、威斯康新也如此；德國的海德堡、柏林大學、法國的巴黎大學如此，日本、義大利、荷蘭的大學也如此。英國的牛津和劍橋學院生活的重心，更就是提供學人深刻的文化交談的餐廳。嘈雜的電視一來讓人無法寧靜用餐，又妨礙同仁之間的知識交談。用電視新聞拌飯的學術機構的餐廳，就我們所知，只有臺灣的學術機構而已。可是連中研院也不能免俗嗎？
第二，臺灣電視新聞的特性，尤其不適合用餐收看。比較一下臺灣的電視新聞和令人尊敬的國際電視新聞，如CNN、BBC、NHK等，我們就會發現國外媒體的新聞播報速度和緩、聲音沈穩，給人平靜、有權威的感覺。臺灣的新聞播報清一律把音調特別拉高，播報的速度急促，符合臺灣媒體喜歡羶色腥，追求緊張刺激的調性。聲調高、說話急造成的生理效應，讓焦躁、不安，讓人無法寧靜用餐、或和悅交談。長期暴露在這樣的空間，甚至令人產生焦慮症。更不用說是媽媽所關心的，一面吊著下巴張嘴看電視，所影響的咀嚼消化的問題。
我們建議院方要有所作為。我們向餐廳經營者反映，他們總是以有客人要看為由，把我們打發，或者要我們到隔壁的房間用餐。有顧客要求就要提供服務，在進步的社會裡，未必成立。如果有顧客要抽煙，餐廳就要開放抽煙嗎？不是的，因為二手煙會妨礙別人健康，所以文明的社會立法禁止在公共空間吸煙。臺北市的捷運為了維持整潔明亮的現代空間形像，禁止乘客在捷運車站與車廂內飲食，幾年下來也證明是好的政策。在吃飯的時候看電視新聞像吸煙一樣，妨礙所有用餐人的飲食健康，所以不應該在院內餐廳播放。把堅持健康的人請到其他空間用餐也不對！況且現在不管電子或平面新聞，在網路、在家裡的電視上，想看隨時都可以看到，不必要吃飯的時候強迫不要看的人一起受罪。尤其中研院是以追求知識自任的學術機構，我們要的餐廳，是可以寧靜用餐、和悅作智識交流的場所。看電視吃飯實在不應該是中研院文化的一部份。請把餐廳的電視移走吧！
備註：林俊宏（生化所研究員），高明達（資訊所研究員），陳孟彰（資訊所研究員），陳建璋（生醫所助研究員），張谷銘（史語所助研究員），張典顯（基因體中心副研究員），鄭郅言（應科中心副研究員），鄭陸霖（社會所副研究員），蔡懷寬（資訊所助研究員）；李文雄*（生命多樣性中心特聘研究員），李明亭*（生化所副研究員），康豹*（近史所研究員），陳鈴津*（基因體中心特聘研究員），黃銘崇*（史語所副研究員），蕭阿勤*（社會所副研究員）。（依姓氏筆畫順序。*代表因工作關係不常到自助餐廳用餐，但支持本文章的觀點和提議）
Reading Extension:
吃飯就該高分貝？ 該思考的文化
中研院研究員連署：餐廳禁播新聞
電視新聞配飯 中研院學者抓狂
另一種聲音》接觸時事 只剩這頓飯了
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
WTF to New York Post
This is the frontpage of the classy New York Post. What the hell are they thinking? "Yahoo!" for Brady's injury is way too much and way too low.
Yes, I know. You can argue it means "Yahoo!" the website saying Brady is out for season.
Do you really believe that? Everyone knows editors tend to be slick, witty and cunning, especially in devising headlines. There's no way on earth this wasn't meant to have a double meaning. Simply lack of class.
Now it raises up my passion for the coming game this Sunday. It will be very interesting and give me tremendous joy if the New York "the new team to beat" Jets lose to the New England "Brady-less, crappy" Patriots.
Wait and see.
Yes, I know. You can argue it means "Yahoo!" the website saying Brady is out for season.
Do you really believe that? Everyone knows editors tend to be slick, witty and cunning, especially in devising headlines. There's no way on earth this wasn't meant to have a double meaning. Simply lack of class.
Now it raises up my passion for the coming game this Sunday. It will be very interesting and give me tremendous joy if the New York "the new team to beat" Jets lose to the New England "Brady-less, crappy" Patriots.
Wait and see.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Season Starts, Season Ends.
After the long time waiting, finally it's football season again.
It should be the year for Pats to complete the unfinished mission in Superbowl.
First game, hosting Chiefs at home.
Seven minutes later, the season is over, at least to me.
Sigh.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
A New Interesting Course
Finally I finished my abstract for the ASCB in December at San Francisco, trying hard to present something which is not relevant to the core of my current studies...
One annoying thing of ASCB annual meeting is, there are too many weasels in it. If you present some preliminary data, very likely you will see a similar but incomplete study published on some mediocre journals 6 months later. It just happened on one postdoc in our lab last month (uh...okay, in his case, it is 7 months later)
Right after I submitted my abstract, I got an email notice about new courses provided this semester. One of them is very interesting. I definitely will "audit" it (unfortunately right now I just don't have the luxury to spend most of my time on one course).
Here it is. Pretty cool.
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Visualizing Molecular Processes with Maya for Beginners
Course Director and Lecturer: Gael McGill, Ph.D. (Founder and CEO of Digizyme, http://www.digizyme.com)
This series of classes will offer students an introduction to advanced scientific visualization techniques using some of Hollywood’s leading 3D software packages (including Autodesk Maya, Luxology modo, and Maxon Cinema4D). Focus will be placed on existing modeling and animation tools for purposes of visualizing biological processes. Students will also become familiar with methods for importing PDB and other structural data into these 3D packages via a number of molecular graphics programs. Each session will be divided into a 1 hour lecture (during which general concepts will be reviewed) followed by 2 hours of computer lab (during which students will follow scripted tutorials). Guest lecturers will also share some of their unique production techniques for molecular animation. The culmination of all the lectures and lab-based tutorials will be for each student to complete a short scientific visualization – all take-home assignments will be geared towards the creation of this animation.
Please note: All HILS students are eligible to attend this series of courses. Students registering for this course must attend all 8 sessions and complete all assignments. All sessions will be held in the Countway Library at Harvard Medical School on Fridays from 9am-12pm. Students who fulfill these requirements will be awarded credit for 4 nanocourses.
Because of the significant time involved in completing the assignments outside of class, all students must have permission from their thesis advisors to participate. A ‘registration form’ for the course is attached. Please submit this registration form at nanocourses@hms.harvard.edu. We are limited to just 8 students so submit your registration asap if you are interested in participating.
Course dates are as follows...
Session 1: October 10th
Session 2: October 17th
Session 3: October 24th
Session 4: October 31st
Session 5: November 7th
Session 6: November 14th
Session 7: December 5th
Session 8: Decebmer 12th
One annoying thing of ASCB annual meeting is, there are too many weasels in it. If you present some preliminary data, very likely you will see a similar but incomplete study published on some mediocre journals 6 months later. It just happened on one postdoc in our lab last month (uh...okay, in his case, it is 7 months later)
Right after I submitted my abstract, I got an email notice about new courses provided this semester. One of them is very interesting. I definitely will "audit" it (unfortunately right now I just don't have the luxury to spend most of my time on one course).
Here it is. Pretty cool.
--
Visualizing Molecular Processes with Maya for Beginners
Course Director and Lecturer: Gael McGill, Ph.D. (Founder and CEO of Digizyme, http://www.digizyme.com)
This series of classes will offer students an introduction to advanced scientific visualization techniques using some of Hollywood’s leading 3D software packages (including Autodesk Maya, Luxology modo, and Maxon Cinema4D). Focus will be placed on existing modeling and animation tools for purposes of visualizing biological processes. Students will also become familiar with methods for importing PDB and other structural data into these 3D packages via a number of molecular graphics programs. Each session will be divided into a 1 hour lecture (during which general concepts will be reviewed) followed by 2 hours of computer lab (during which students will follow scripted tutorials). Guest lecturers will also share some of their unique production techniques for molecular animation. The culmination of all the lectures and lab-based tutorials will be for each student to complete a short scientific visualization – all take-home assignments will be geared towards the creation of this animation.
Please note: All HILS students are eligible to attend this series of courses. Students registering for this course must attend all 8 sessions and complete all assignments. All sessions will be held in the Countway Library at Harvard Medical School on Fridays from 9am-12pm. Students who fulfill these requirements will be awarded credit for 4 nanocourses.
Because of the significant time involved in completing the assignments outside of class, all students must have permission from their thesis advisors to participate. A ‘registration form’ for the course is attached. Please submit this registration form at nanocourses@hms.harvard.edu. We are limited to just 8 students so submit your registration asap if you are interested in participating.
Course dates are as follows...
Session 1: October 10th
Session 2: October 17th
Session 3: October 24th
Session 4: October 31st
Session 5: November 7th
Session 6: November 14th
Session 7: December 5th
Session 8: Decebmer 12th
MacBook Air Parody
I am not sure if people not in the US ever watched this MacBook Air. Here is the original one.
Macbook Air
Since the MacBook Air came to the market, its commercial has became the popular parody material. Most of them are boring, but there are still some good ones.
I really love this one, pretty creative!
Mac Air
When I watched this one, I had no idea what it is talking about, until the end.
This one is the sweetest one... really reminds me the days when the tiny soft FanFan just arrived to the world.
Macbook Air
Since the MacBook Air came to the market, its commercial has became the popular parody material. Most of them are boring, but there are still some good ones.
I really love this one, pretty creative!
Mac Air
When I watched this one, I had no idea what it is talking about, until the end.
This one is the sweetest one... really reminds me the days when the tiny soft FanFan just arrived to the world.
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