Comments on: Impact http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/ life, life in science, miscellaneous thoughts Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:57:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: S http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-444 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:45:09 +0000 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-444 All my best to both of you All my best to both of you

]]> by: Lab Lemming http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-441 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:32:20 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-441 Good luck with the transplant! I was matched as an anonymous donor twicw, but red tape got in the way both times- I matched on the Australian list while in America, and then matched an American 2 years later while in Oz. In both cases, by the time they figured out how to disentangle all the resulting issues, the donor no longer required the donation. I really hope that means they found someone else, but with the anonymous system, you never really know what happens... Good luck with the transplant! I was matched as an anonymous donor twicw, but red tape got in the way both times- I matched on the Australian list while in America, and then matched an American 2 years later while in Oz. In both cases, by the time they figured out how to disentangle all the resulting issues, the donor no longer required the donation. I really hope that means they found someone else, but with the anonymous system, you never really know what happens…

]]> by: MsPhD http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-437 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:15:01 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-437 Good luck to your sister. Yes, great advances make it a lot less risky for you to donate and for her to receive. And good for you with the mentoring. I have lots of these one-hour discussions with people, where I know I've changed the course of their careers or at least managed to keep them from quitting (yet). I think it's a really good question why we don't feel more sense of accomplishment/fulfillment from our publications. For me, I think it's the lack of feedback. People say thank you when I help them find a new lab. Nobody thanks me and I get very little congratulations on my papers. Good luck to your sister. Yes, great advances make it a lot less risky for you to donate and for her to receive.

And good for you with the mentoring. I have lots of these one-hour discussions with people, where I know I’ve changed the course of their careers or at least managed to keep them from quitting (yet).

I think it’s a really good question why we don’t feel more sense of accomplishment/fulfillment from our publications. For me, I think it’s the lack of feedback. People say thank you when I help them find a new lab. Nobody thanks me and I get very little congratulations on my papers.

]]> by: femalecsgradstudent http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-435 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:59:06 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-435 Woah. Good luck to you and your sister. Woah. Good luck to you and your sister.

]]> by: Field Notes http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-433 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:45:17 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2007/10/23/impact/#comment-433 Wow! That is quite a way to make an impact; hopefully it will work. About making academic impacts tho - that's a tough one. I'd really like to have my research KNOWN and it *ought* to be because it is totally novel, but is it important in the grand scheme of things? Nah, not really. So then there's teaching and mentoring :-) so satisfying when your students actually thank you for making them think. That's what makes me want to keep going. Wow! That is quite a way to make an impact; hopefully it will work. About making academic impacts tho - that’s a tough one. I’d really like to have my research KNOWN and it *ought* to be because it is totally novel, but is it important in the grand scheme of things? Nah, not really. So then there’s teaching and mentoring :-) so satisfying when your students actually thank you for making them think. That’s what makes me want to keep going.

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