I'm going to be published!

[mesotablar]

Don't get all excited you fanfic writers, I am getting a scientific paper published. Finally. Finally.

Goodness this has been a long process. Though it is very technical it still feels like a half step, like the work I did will be a launching pad for someone else's work. It definitely threw up more questions than it answered. However, working on this paper has reinforced my original feelings that I love science and lab work and hate all the papers and the writing in formal abstract scientific frameworks and I am so glad I left the dark vortex that is science academia.  

Comments

[foreverdawning]

Congratulations! That's a huge deal ♥

[mesotablar]

Thanks! I found it painful to do but I am now really looking forward to seeing where it gets referenced in the future :)

[cinnamon_possum]

That's so exciting! I hope it gets cited many, many times~~

[mesotablar]

♥
It isn't a 'hot' subject but with science you never know where your work will go!

[fred_mouse]

Congratulations!

And, if you are willing to share the paper, I am always interested in reading what other people have been doing. I can provide a deidentified email address via PM if required.

[mesotablar]

haha, is that brain auto-correct?
When it is finally published in the special edition of the journal I'm happy to let you know

[fred_mouse]

Yes, brain auto-correct considers nouns to be fungible, and sometimes other words as well.

Looking forward to reading your paper! (or possibly, the abstract, depending on how far out of my understanding it is)

[mesotablar]

late reply, because of peer reviewing and my own lack of use of any blog site, but if you are still interested I'm happy to email a full copy to you. But Be warned! I worked with early stage chicken embryos, so hope you aren't squeamish (all the images are graphs or my own sterile looking diagram, so at least the paper is much less gory than the experiments were)

[fred_mouse]

Ooh, exciting! I am .. not very squeamish, unless maggots are involved. And I am very interested. Particularly because I know some very cool stuff gets done with chicken embryos, and I'm curious to know which area of research it is in!. fandom facing email is fred.mouse.oz@gmail.com.