February 9, 2018

Science: Stephenson Cancer Center symposium 2/2/2018; grant preps almost over

Past a few months I have been working harder to finish two grants, revise a manuscript, and for others. That "others" include a 25-minutes talk in this annual symposium.



[At work. SCC annual symposium 2018]



The talk was about genomic instability and cancers in colon, liver, and lung, and how we can exploit the weaknesses in cells with genomic instability for cancer prevention purpose. 

With contemporary technologies and appropriate models, we can "intelligently design" prevention measures for cancers and test them. It is an interesting time in history.



Raising money to conduct research is very important. That is why we write grants to fund our research.

The first grant was submitted on 2/5/18, and the second one is in final internal review process. To get all these done, I have been skipping weekends for past 1.5 months. About time to take a breath.


It is not done until it is done, and only completed work counts. However, it is not wrong to rest, stretch, and enjoy the view at milestones in the process.

Real work begins after they got funded.




Twenty-four days after his (snakebite?) injury, I let my cat go out on Saturday 2/3/18. He's recovered enough to go outside. He went out in the morning, and came back at night just like before. Good.