Twas the month before christmas and all through the Amber
The IL’s were starting to rollick and clamber.
The TNFa was roiling high
Ibuprofen brought little relief with a sigh.
But little T cells with their memory came out
And heralded victory, soon, with a shout!
They helped and they murdered with sniper’s resolve
Epithelium’s painful edema to solve.
Unleashing the B cells’ torpedoes of war,
The throat became clean, if a little sore….

It started as another harmless habit, along with Sudoku and filling in those ridiculous message board posts on MySpace. Pretty soon, I couldn’t eat my lunch without putting down at least two hands. I worked my way up to four suits. When one stalled, and hitting “M” revealed no more moves, it was F2 (New [...]

You should take plenty of time, draw a firm line of when you’re going to stop experiments, clear your mind, and schedule plenty of meetings to glean nuggets of wisdom from your advisor, who will be eager to share deep thoughts about the context of your work in the field.  Right.  If you’re like the [...]