tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289678652011-04-21T20:27:52.360-04:00The musings and afterthoughts of a constantly procrastinating grad student. Caution advised.Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-59811482682752603142007-09-19T23:14:00.000-04:002007-09-19T23:18:08.694-04:00

The XVIVO video from before, but with some explanatory narrative so you know what's going on. Once again, this (structural biology) is what I work on, folks!

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-38944596958041570752007-07-09T15:33:00.000-04:002007-07-10T09:35:57.027-04:00

From my friend Samir's AIM profile (hopefully the cool quote will make up for my own pathetic-ness):"Everyone who loses somebody wants revenge, on God if they can't find anyone else. But in Africa, in Matobo, the Ku believe that the only way to end grief is to save a life. If someone is murdered, a year of mourning ends with a ritual that we call the Drowning Man Trial. There's an all-night party

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-79292269709664112572007-06-22T03:48:00.001-04:002007-06-22T03:51:05.499-04:00

I got to London on Saturday, moved into Cambridge on Sunday, and showed up for work on Monday. Things are settling down. I even screwed up my first experiment!Fortunately, I imported my procrastination skills with me to England (this blog post is a testament).Further details to follow.

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1171505371616855422007-02-13T21:04:00.000-05:002007-02-14T21:09:31.626-05:00

I wax lyrical after the first class session:MathematicalModeling class: glorious.Can't wait till Thursday.

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1168149271242713412007-01-07T00:29:00.000-05:002007-01-07T01:01:51.483-05:00

This on top of a warm 2006. Personally, coming from India, I like warmer weather. Too bad for the Australians who will be hit with draught and South Americans who will get drenching rains. The Indian Ocean waters are also warmer, which will definately affect the monsoons.And for all my warmophilia, global warming is going to have the last laugh in the end, by causing a rise in sea levels.

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1165716408306172602006-12-09T21:05:00.000-05:002006-12-09T21:36:05.140-05:00

Hilarious. Putting the Columbia liberal arts education to good use."...Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant by the categorical Imperative, is holding that it ontologically exists only in the imagination, and Marx claiming that it was offsides!"

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1163884428013394142006-11-18T15:18:00.000-05:002006-11-18T17:14:14.753-05:00

Two interesting stories on the web caught my fancy recently. They are focused on the two ends of the biological spectrum of how to look at life: the first highlights molecular or structural biology, looking at phenomena that you can't even see with a microscope; the other deals with evolutionary biology, tracking the changes that occur in organisms over the span of decades, centuries,

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1158638756908122912006-09-19T00:48:00.000-04:002006-09-19T01:30:48.666-04:00

Wow. So it's been a full three months since I left for England, and my blog has nothing to show for it. Well, I thought I would procrastinate from my med school classes (oh yeah, I started med school) to post an update.There were quite a few things we did in England, but I thought I would give a quick sampler.First, I stayed with my cousin Naveen and family in London for a bit and got used to

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1158641349012563572006-09-19T00:40:00.000-04:002006-09-19T01:31:11.296-04:00

After our adventures in Cambridge, we left for Oxford, where the annual symposium of the NIH OxCam program was held this year. The whole experience was awesome, seeing what scientific endeavors the upperclassmen were up to (there were some outstanding talks and poster presentations), eating at some swanky places at Oxford, and partying it up with the other students in the evenings.One of the

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1158636987024881612006-09-02T23:21:00.000-04:002006-09-19T00:19:18.510-04:00

So we didn't win. We were recognized as Finalists, however, and got a complimentary registration, dinner, party, etc. We got a chance to look at some great work that's going on in Biomedical Engineering. The best part was that I got to see a bunch of my friends from college who I haven't seen in a year.Here's Armen, Jiwon, Kristina, and Minerva, about to cruise it up. Missing is Joe, who couldn't

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1153363226289680552006-07-19T22:35:00.000-04:002006-07-19T23:15:53.173-04:00

Guess who drew this gem.On a related note, this is a disturbing read, although I would be cautious in drawing too hasty a conclusion. Will comment more on it later, when I have more time.PS: While I'm on the topic of Slate articles, here's a look in the mirror.

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1152846311440642732006-07-13T22:56:00.000-04:002006-07-15T23:08:48.186-04:00

Our Biomedical Engineering senior design project was just selected as a finalist for the Student Design Competition at the Annual Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)! Our work will win a cash prize (depending on how we place, we will win from $250 to $1000), and our paper will be published online and

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1150193484669260292006-06-13T05:46:00.000-04:002006-06-13T06:11:24.680-04:00

I'm writing this from Dubai International Airport. I'm waiting for my connection to London, and I thought I would write a few words about my vacation thus far. I've spent about a week in India; six days in Kerala and two days in Mumbai.The vacation began with a coincidental meeting with my cousin from England, who was also travelling to Kerala. I should be seeing him again, once I'm in London.I

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1148979315778750712006-05-30T04:41:00.000-04:002006-05-31T19:13:03.793-04:00

I thought I should give a few reasons for why I have started on this endeavor. I guess my experience with blogs and bulletin boards in the past hasn't been exactly great or enthusiastic. I resisted the craze of starting a personal profile for social networking, because frankly, I felt they were a bit ridiculous.I have come around to the opinion, however, that blogging is qualitatively different.

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1148977921128154032006-05-30T04:28:00.000-04:002006-05-31T19:14:52.163-04:00

4:28 AM. Finally completed the bulk of the paperwork (even though I've got a few finishing touches to, um, finish) and set aside some of the stuff I'm going to pack (eh, I have till Thursday). Now it's off to get a few hours of sleep before waking up at some ungodly hour to start working tomorrow. I have a feeling I'm going to have to get used to this lifestyle pretty quick.In other news today,

Madhavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968782152247380727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28967865.post-1148969820461292342006-05-30T02:00:00.000-04:002006-05-30T03:47:30.416-04:00

And so it begins. A major fault of mine is that I tend to overthink things and put a lot of dramatic weight on importance of things that probably shouldn't be imported. That and wrong grammatical usage. So I thought for a long time about what this blog should be named and what my first post should be and how I should really start packing for my upcoming vacation to India and England and/or finish

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