ive been quoted!

[funnymouth]

admittedly, im at the bottom of the science totem pole, but im reaching. my theseis will be done soon, oh yes! anyhow, i thought id share what i do, with all of you.
my quote is the one at the very bottom. soon ill have my own publication (on microsatellite work), yay!
sea grant article

i thought this would be a good opportunity to see what you all do, with a lil more detail (id like to get to know my forum friends a \'lil better). link n\' post away!

 

[uberdark]

sweet dude.

its always a good feeling to be quoted and talked about and such.

i live in kokomo indiana, i teach art to 1st through 8th graders. my main focus in art was printmaking. i actually used to study with a world famous chinese printmaker xiangping wu. now i just live out the good ol\' american dream in indiana and have a wife who also teaches art and our kid is 4 in 2 weeks. i havent been quoted of late, but i always like the quote i came up with a long time ago. \"always look at life in a 45 degree angle\" other than that , i guess that is me in a nutshell.

 

[treide]

Interesting stuff. If the cabezon larvae can be so widely disseminated by currents, why would distinct subpopulations ever develop? It seems as though geographically distinct populations would continually be getting infusions of new DNA from larvae from other regions, so the populations would ultimately become homogenous from a genetic standpoint.

It has been awhile since I have looked at population genetics in anything other than humans, so enlighten me!

It is in my profile, but I am a physician. Medical genetics is becoming increasingly important in our practice. Did you get into your field through Marine Biology or Genetics?

 

[vincegamer]

congratulations!

I was trained as a historian, and in those circles there was a saying:
What you say is meaningless until someone quotes you.

 

[funnymouth]

good question!
the ocean has geographic eddying points that are known to affect larval distribution (puget sound is relatively isolated, for example) and previous studies on similar species (rockfish) have shown a divisions in these places (larval dispersal is at the whim of the currents). we dont really know what the dispersal range of the species is (hence the study). in addition, Dr. nakamura has found that the cabezon have high site fidelity (small home-ranges they return to). these qualities make it an interesting system that could behave in a number of ways.

i would also like to point out that the mitochondrial DNA doesnt tell us much. the mitochondrial sequences used change much more slowly than microsatellite dna (genomic polymorphic regions) does, so the mt data gives us a picture of what their population looked like a LONG time ago, possibly before dispersal. microsatellites give a more recent picture of what they\'re doing.


in the long run, this gives us the tools we need (the data) to formulate a \"management\" plan for sustainable fisheries harvest, viability etc.

edit: i got in to it via genetics, and when this study came along for my masters project (with funding) i jumped at the opportunity.

@ uberdark,
thats great! teaching is a fantastic profession, and its so cool that you teach art. thats gotta be fun. good quote too.

 

[treide]

Cool. Are you anticipating that there will be microsatellite differences among all geographic populations, or just the Puget Sound group compared to others due to their isolation? Do these cabezon breed quickly, so that you could identify genetic changes in populations in a reasonable time frame?

Also, I have never heard of cabezon before - are they used in mariculture? I can\'t recall ever seeing one on a menu!

 

[funnymouth]

point conception is another typical break point ( there are major changes in tidal upwelling effects there). they breed annually, so if the break is there, i should be able to find it.

they have become quite popular in expensive retarants because they do well in fish tanks. people get to pick there own fish out n\' feel all important. youll see them a lot at fish markets too. often they are sold as \"rockfish.\"

if these guys are panmictic, than their site fidelity, long larval dispersal times , and lifespan would make these guys a model fish for a marine reserve system and stable harvest.

 

[freakinacage]

i did have an article i wrote years ago on interstellar travel published on a website but i can\'t find it... bastards!

 

[JakeSh]

I make coffee!!

My parents are so proud!!

But seriously... I just started going back to school. I\'m not particularly sure what I\'m doing, but I\'m goddamn sure it isn\'t working in a mall or a coffee shop for the rest of my life (unless I own the shop myself). I\'m thinking web design or graphic design, but who knows. I also sell CDs and vinyl online for extra cash. I was hoping to open a record store, but I decided that is a bad idea. I mainly deal in terrible punk and metal music.

 

[funnymouth]

id love to see a quote from that paper.

i think the record store thing would be cool!

im a serious coffee addict.

 

[frenchkid]

Sweet, it\'s always a nice thing to be quoted.

And It\'s always hard explaining what I do to non french people because what I do only existe in the french school systeme
But it\'s basically two years of intense training after highschool to then be able to pass the competitive exams to Buisnesse school. I\'m at the end of the two years, starting the exams next wednesday ( yeah, I should be chained to my books studying but....), after that I pass the oral exams, and then I\'m free. Well, technically, still got 4 year of Buisnesse school afterwards, but won\'t be as intensive by far
It\'s explained right here on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandes_%C3%A9coles

 

[funnymouth]

from what i remember its supposed to be really hard, isnt it? and then there\'s some sort of multi day test or something...
sounds tough. thesre is a prof at my school whos alwas ragging on abou the supiriority of european schools (annoying but probably true). i hope you study btw minis .

 

[wiccanpony]

Congratulations Funnymouth.....and you may quote me on that. lollol

 

[frenchkid]

Originally posted by funnymouth
from what i remember its supposed to be really hard, isnt it? and then there\'s some sort of multi day test or something...

Well, one month test actually But after that I\'m free to roam around CMON all day, beware people :twisted:

 

[rosac]

ah..at least you had a (succesful) chance to be quoted, nobody will ever quote a photographer, just look and say, here is the person who took that cr#p/ awesome photo, and then show the photo. Ah well.

 

[Bill]

Cool, nice one! That sounds like the sort of stuff my dad\'s phD students work on. Funky lookin\' fish too

 

[spazzy]

Congrats, funnymouth! Maybe at some point in time during my life I will write or say something that is either sufficiently intelligent or insightfull to warrant quoting. Or maybe not. lol

I am a clinical lab analyst, and run a small physician\'s office lab in Oregon. I am intersted in getting involved in patient care on a different level, and am hoping to soon start nursing school.

Hubby and I have been married for almost 10 years and we have two children. If this were like an AA meeting, I might admit to not having worked on a mini in almost 2 months. Of course, one of our kids is going to be 4 weeks old on Monday, so...no time to paint!

 

[Aidan K]

Congrats on almost getting your thesis done!! Im 2/3 of the way through my PhD in Molecular Biology and also had my first paper published. You can read the abstract here.

Hasnt been quoted yet, but the system i developed has been used to show some pretty interesting things about other species, so hopefully I\'ll be quoted as that work is published.

The easiest way to get quoted in science is to reference yourself :twisted: I\'ll have to get on to that soon!

 

[AinuLainour]

Go funnymouth!

On a related note, my review for the Anime Schoolgirl was published w/ permission on the ginfritter site (though the product has not been cast very well according to some people here :drunk: )