this blog has become really 'third-person' since coming over from blogdrive to blogspot. it has alwyas been a bug in me to try and blog as i used to, more storytelling, less pictures, and more personal.
well, i was reading a journal, and found this line in the last para
The fact that mutations opposite those seen in the D2S10 population occurred when passaging in either BHK cell culture or mouse brains confirms the validity of passaging virus between mosquito cells and mice to generate viruses that behave more similarly to those that cause disease in humans.
Shresta et al, JVI 2008, in press
and this is exactly what my Msc project is all about!
on one hand, i'm saddened that someone 'scooped' me to the publishers and that my project has no publication value now. the journals would not publish the same work twice, even if its in another journal.
on the other hand, i'm happy. i conceived this idea three years ago, penned it down, got a 75k grant to fund the project, worked on the project, and am writing up the findings of it now. people around me didnt know what the heck i was trying to do and if my project was feasible in the first place but i soldiered on. thatpaper had 5 names on it but i only had myself to do everything. there wasnt anyone to sound my ideas off or to tell me if my results meant anything.
i really feel happy today. happy that the thoughts He gave me 3 years ago were higher than my own. happy that the strength He gave me lasted me throughout these trying times. happy because He was my source of inspiration, and now my goal to finish everything up. happy because i know in Him, if He did it for me before, He will do it for me again in the future.
was worried that when i go over to my new PhD place that i would be left out in the dark shadows between the pillars of amazing researchers hovering over the place. thank you God for reassuring me.
Labels: Musings
You ARE just as good as the KI ppl, if not better!! ;) Who else at an MSc level would have such capacity to write a grant on his own? Glad u finally see it in yourself! ;) Way to go dearie!! *hugz*
Well, see, even though I don't understand the particulars of this victory, I have always known that I have some some of the smartest friends in the world. Congratulations on having thought of this thing 3 whole years ago. That's just amazing and proves my point.
Since I have you on the phone, do you think I would be right in saying, from a layman's uneducated viewpoint, that science is supposed to be (At least in part) about finding results by doing experiments that can be repeated by someone else? In other words, scientist "S" sets up experiment "A" and gets result "B" then scientist "Z" sets up exact same experiment and gets same result and then adds or takes away something from that and looks at more results? That really isn't what you were talking about, but I was curious.
You are just about correct Herb. Usually it goes like this: scientist A sets up an experiment and finds 1+1=11. Scientist B comes along, and thinks the work Scientist A is doing is either crap and tries to do experiments to disprove him OR he thinks the work is great, and goes on to find out if 1+1=11, whether 2+2=22. SOmetimes while doing experiments to prove 2+2=22, you find out that the first 1+1=11 hypothesis is wrong.Then you make give evidence that actually it's 1+1=2. Or something like that... and the cycle goes on...
Cool. That is kind of how I thought it went. I do like science and am thankful for it, but obviously you know I am not in you guys' league.