I have always been fascinated by the artistry of mother nature – from the vastness of blue whales in the ocean to the microscopic intricacies of single cells, the stories of evolution, adaptation, and the sheer drive to survive are everywhere. From time to time, we come across something so unexpectedly beautiful in our observations
There are many self-improvement books out there. But if you only have time for one book, I highly recommend a classic book by Stephen R. Covey “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People“. Over the years, I found myself keep going back to the principles and recalibrate my expectations for myself. Here is the “espresso”
For our biologist, you would think computer science is far from our “biological” way of thinking about biology. Actually, I have recently discovered amazing similarities pertaining to how to practice the scientific process even in seemingly different fields. Check this out 😀
Time flies…I can’t believe the holiday season is upon us. The last six months are definitely very special for all of us. While there have been challenges and frustrations during the move, there have been many grateful moments as well that are destined to be written in my “core” memories. Among all the memorable gratifications I have
Time flies… 2021 has been unexpectedly busy. In somewhy, I miss the COVID time. It seemed the time machine suddenly slowed down. Without many commitments and meetings, I enjoyed much-needed quiet time to read and think… With 2020 is in the rare mirror, we are back to a fast-paced “modern” society again. The calendar was
About one and a half years ago, I wrote about the topic of mentoring morphogenesis of a Ph.D. You can read it here on my thoughts on essential traits that make a good candidate for being a researcher. As similar to all mentor-apprentice relationships, the relationship is two-way traffic. In this post, I’d like to
The remote party can be super fun! We have started a new (and old) tradition of Gingerbread house making competition. While there are beautiful houses here and there, no design can compare to Farya’s scientific themed Gingerbread house! We all won the competition. Yeah!
An instant messaging app called “Slack” has become more and more popular among research labs. I was wondering what is the benefit of using it? While waiting for my grant proposal to be assembled and submitted, I read a little on the differences between Email and Slack. These are two useful, while very different, communication tools. There
I was reading a letter forwarded by my friend. It is a letter Xiaodong Wang wrote to his son, who is about to start his own research journey. Xiaodong is a humble scientist and one of those I admire the most. His son is someone who is very ambitious in launching his own research career
I love photography! I am pretty into the genre of photojournalism/street photography. To me, the most soul-touching photos are always on the topic the capturing human conditions. There is tremendous humanity embedded in those photos that go beyond beautiful colors and sceneries. I brought a lot of photography books. One of the recent ones is called “The Family Imprint”. What’s
