I’m in the early stages of my PhD research in metabolomics, which specifically means that I’m constructing what will end up being a library of tagged proteins to use in probing protein-small metabolite interactions. While the genomes and proteomes of quite a few model organisms are well-understood, cross-pathway regulatory interactions are another extremely important factor in metabolism, and these have had only minimal effort put to characterizing them. My work is therefore aimed at finding and characterizing these interactions on a broad scale, and incorporating that understanding into existing computational models in order to facilitate rational design in biochemical engineering.
I also have a fanfic project going that I started to 1) get better at writing; 2) challenge or avoid the most painfully prevalent tropes of the particular fandom (Labyrinth); and 3) to keep me somewhat sane. I found Eliezer’s HPMoR not too terribly long ago (was my favorite method of procrastination while studying for quals, in fact...), and that’s given me perhaps altogether too many ideas for other potential study distractions after I finish the story. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6347718/1/bTalespinner_b
I read Talespinner. I love it. (It includes perhaps the best prose kisses I have ever seen, among other charmingly evocative description and engaging characterization.) Please do not fall into the commonplace trap of abandoning your fic in the middle to work on something else. I want to read the rest of it. Also read and liked Olive Branch, though not as overwhelmingly much.
Thank you! I am pretty bad about abandoning free-time projects when a new idea comes along, but I’ve promised myself and a few other people that this will be finished come hell or high water. (And I have a test-reader who gives me no peace when I’ve been taking too long on an update...)
I’m in the early stages of my PhD research in metabolomics, which specifically means that I’m constructing what will end up being a library of tagged proteins to use in probing protein-small metabolite interactions. While the genomes and proteomes of quite a few model organisms are well-understood, cross-pathway regulatory interactions are another extremely important factor in metabolism, and these have had only minimal effort put to characterizing them. My work is therefore aimed at finding and characterizing these interactions on a broad scale, and incorporating that understanding into existing computational models in order to facilitate rational design in biochemical engineering.
I also have a fanfic project going that I started to 1) get better at writing; 2) challenge or avoid the most painfully prevalent tropes of the particular fandom (Labyrinth); and 3) to keep me somewhat sane. I found Eliezer’s HPMoR not too terribly long ago (was my favorite method of procrastination while studying for quals, in fact...), and that’s given me perhaps altogether too many ideas for other potential study distractions after I finish the story. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6347718/1/bTalespinner_b
I read Talespinner. I love it. (It includes perhaps the best prose kisses I have ever seen, among other charmingly evocative description and engaging characterization.) Please do not fall into the commonplace trap of abandoning your fic in the middle to work on something else. I want to read the rest of it. Also read and liked Olive Branch, though not as overwhelmingly much.
Thank you! I am pretty bad about abandoning free-time projects when a new idea comes along, but I’ve promised myself and a few other people that this will be finished come hell or high water. (And I have a test-reader who gives me no peace when I’ve been taking too long on an update...)