Monthly Archives: January 2011

I have a confession to make – I am totally obsessed with  “Jesus Christ Superstar”. Which is a strange thing for a nice jewish Mexican boy who doesn’t particularly like musicals, especially those by Andrew Lloyd Webber. In fact I … Continue reading →

Kids just walked in, after having an epic snowball fight, to bowls of hot freshly-popped popcorn and steaming mugs of whipped Mexican hot chocolate.

Today I found out that the senior faculty in my department voted unanimously to recommend me for tenure. This of course does not mean I got tenure, there are still layers of university committees and administrators that my case needs … Continue reading →

This is for all lowly grads and postdocs who are stuck with a Bad Project (courtesy of the Zheng lab at Baylor):

The last 7 weeks or so have been a fucking bitch. I’ve spent I think more time in the hospital than out and I find myself appropriately beat up. The rest of the time I’ve been home, recuperating. But that’s … Continue reading →

Welcome to the new home of “Take it to the Bridge”. I’m very exited to join the Scientopia community. For old readers, expect the same sort of stuff (minus the yellow background), everything, comments and all, has been moved over … Continue reading →

Not to brag or anything, but one of my posts “Neuronistas vs. Reticularistas” was selected to show up in Open Lab 2010. This means that it will appear in this years anthology of the best science blog posts of the … Continue reading →

Oh no! The holidays are over and you intended to have your colleagues over to your house for a little holiday celebration. Nothing big, just your favorite faculty colleagues, maybe your department chair, bring the family, have some spiced cookies … Continue reading →