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Keystone day 3-4 in text
Mar. 17th, 2010 08:14 pmYesterday: I got a collaborator! She's very interested in an implication of my project that I hadn't even thought about, which is so cool. And today she presented in a definite, sweeping way that completely demolished the "women present more tentatively, perhaps because it works better for them" data set we had going. I wrote YOU GO [NAME] over her abstract in my program book. (She also called PI on forgetting her name. Awesome.)
Today: Massive science crushes! People are doing amazing work in mycorrhizal fungi. I am hoping to come up with something clever to say to one particular presenter before we all leave; if not I'll send email, but some people like to meet you in person. I've also gotten to talk to multiple editors, which is something else I'm potentially interested in eventually doing (though of course I am prioritizing my Women In Faculty agenda).
Had a great conversation with another grad student tonight at dinner. She's not very happy in her position, which is kind of the bad old "grad student as lab bitch" paradigm I keep hearing about, and is sweet and smart but not scrappy enough (calls her PI Dr [Lastname]!), so I, using all my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
marzipan_pig charming skills, encouraged her and let her vent. She seemed a lot happier by the time we fled the dining-room noise.
The catering folks are hitting desserts out of the park -- almost always a chocolate-free option, a variety of fruits and styles, really deliciously made. Breakfast is consistently the same but a large enough buffet that people can vary it themselves if they like. Dinner last night was Mexican, which was surprisingly easy to do without tomatoes, but they poisoned almost everything tonight (Italian). Mozzarella, green salad, green beans, and calamari were all I could eat, and I had to dodge tomatoes to obtain the mozzarella and beans. Sheesh. Tomorrow is non-buffet, but the omnivorous option is steak and shrimp, so hopefully no poisons will be unavoidably involved.
Tonight Amanda and I are saying the hell with social hour and finally going to the hot tub. It's dark out, but I'll try for the demanded photos. (oink.)
Today: Massive science crushes! People are doing amazing work in mycorrhizal fungi. I am hoping to come up with something clever to say to one particular presenter before we all leave; if not I'll send email, but some people like to meet you in person. I've also gotten to talk to multiple editors, which is something else I'm potentially interested in eventually doing (though of course I am prioritizing my Women In Faculty agenda).
Had a great conversation with another grad student tonight at dinner. She's not very happy in her position, which is kind of the bad old "grad student as lab bitch" paradigm I keep hearing about, and is sweet and smart but not scrappy enough (calls her PI Dr [Lastname]!), so I, using all my
marzipan_pig charming skills, encouraged her and let her vent. She seemed a lot happier by the time we fled the dining-room noise.The catering folks are hitting desserts out of the park -- almost always a chocolate-free option, a variety of fruits and styles, really deliciously made. Breakfast is consistently the same but a large enough buffet that people can vary it themselves if they like. Dinner last night was Mexican, which was surprisingly easy to do without tomatoes, but they poisoned almost everything tonight (Italian). Mozzarella, green salad, green beans, and calamari were all I could eat, and I had to dodge tomatoes to obtain the mozzarella and beans. Sheesh. Tomorrow is non-buffet, but the omnivorous option is steak and shrimp, so hopefully no poisons will be unavoidably involved.
Tonight Amanda and I are saying the hell with social hour and finally going to the hot tub. It's dark out, but I'll try for the demanded photos. (oink.)
