Congrats JD!

Congratulations! These things are not easy to accomplish.

Hurry up and cure Huntington's Disease please!!!! Before I go crazier than I am now!!

Congrats!

(03-09-2013 01:05 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(03-09-2013 11:22 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  Just thought I'd share my excitement on here about getting my PhD @ good ole Tulane. :D

I have a few other offers to consider but who can leave home?


FWIW: PhD Neuroscience

(And yes I know I have to leave for my post doc :( )

you are way to smart to be posting here

well done

This is actually a comparatively cerebral crowd. Ever read the mouth-breathers on $EC boards?

(03-09-2013 11:22 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  Just thought I'd share my excitement on here about getting my PhD @ good ole Tulane. :D

I have a few other offers to consider but who can leave home?


FWIW: PhD Neuroscience

(And yes I know I have to leave for my post doc :( )

Congrats JD!

(03-09-2013 07:18 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  I would say 90% is a bit high but every year we learn boatloads. With the invention of neuroimaging we're making huge strides in tons of fields. fMRI = god send for research papers and publications :D I thought about specializing in brain trauma but staring at images all day in radiology makes my head too sad. I'll leave sports neuro stuff to the surgeons.

My wife is an academic scholar. One of the things I learned from her is that in a dynamic field, where current models and theories quickly come and go, it's an open field for new scholars. On a real prosaic, utilitarian level--casting about for a dissertation topic if nothing else--it's far easier to make a mark than in more "settled" fields of knowledge.

Good luck buddy... its a grind. I have the rest the semester of coursework and then my dissertation. Hope to finish up by next August.

(03-09-2013 09:37 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-09-2013 07:18 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  I would say 90% is a bit high but every year we learn boatloads. With the invention of neuroimaging we're making huge strides in tons of fields. fMRI = god send for research papers and publications :D I thought about specializing in brain trauma but staring at images all day in radiology makes my head too sad. I'll leave sports neuro stuff to the surgeons.

My wife is an academic scholar. One of the things I learned from her is that in a dynamic field, where current models and theories quickly come and go, it's an open field for new scholars. On a real prosaic, utilitarian level--casting about for a dissertation topic if nothing else--it's far easier to make a mark than in more "settled" fields of knowledge.

I would argue that any subject has enough unsettled cracks in it to offer plenty of research opportunities to someone who is interested and capable. Any field that is "adjusting a few numbers after the decimal place" is ripe for something revolutionary to happen. With new sensing technology and amazing amounts of computing power casually available to anyone, I think there are no shortage of original reseach theses available.

And congrats JD. The hood and stripes feel awfully nice once you've earned them. Although Olive, sky and golden must look slightly odd together.

Congrats and best of luck!

Neuroscience huh..

This place must be the basis of several papers and studies.

Congrats. One of my fellow old classmates has a brother that went to Tulane Med School for his PhD - he's doing quite well for himself.

Congrats and well done.

congrats

Congratulations, I give Tulane grief on here but it is an excellent school.

Congrats for getting in and good luck! I'm guessing you may be cutting back on your posting once you get into things? Or is this your place to blow off steam?

(03-11-2013 03:39 PM)Southern Miss Alum Wrote:  Congrats for getting in and good luck! I'm guessing you may be cutting back on your posting once you get into things? Or is this your place to blow off steam?

I'll bet we're his dissertation.

(03-11-2013 03:52 PM)EagleX Wrote:  

(03-11-2013 03:39 PM)Southern Miss Alum Wrote:  Congrats for getting in and good luck! I'm guessing you may be cutting back on your posting once you get into things? Or is this your place to blow off steam?

I'll bet we're his dissertation.

I bet there might be a certain story involving a ginger, a swimmer, a urinated mattress, and a carrot in a paper somewhere.

(03-11-2013 04:01 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(03-11-2013 03:52 PM)EagleX Wrote:  

(03-11-2013 03:39 PM)Southern Miss Alum Wrote:  Congrats for getting in and good luck! I'm guessing you may be cutting back on your posting once you get into things? Or is this your place to blow off steam?

I'll bet we're his dissertation.

I bet there might be a certain story involving a ginger, a swimmer, a urinated mattress, and a carrot in a paper somewhere.

That was my entrance essay


This is my venting platform. I use athletics as a way to breathe off the steam of a long.... LONG... LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG day. Some of what I do is behavior oriented so I can sit in the same room doing the same task for 6-7 hours. While fun... sometimes you go a little



I look forward to treating you all in the future for your crazy trips after Tulane goes undefeated next year

(03-11-2013 07:44 AM)Zaphod Wrote:  

(03-09-2013 09:37 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-09-2013 07:18 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  I would say 90% is a bit high but every year we learn boatloads. With the invention of neuroimaging we're making huge strides in tons of fields. fMRI = god send for research papers and publications :D I thought about specializing in brain trauma but staring at images all day in radiology makes my head too sad. I'll leave sports neuro stuff to the surgeons.

My wife is an academic scholar. One of the things I learned from her is that in a dynamic field, where current models and theories quickly come and go, it's an open field for new scholars. On a real prosaic, utilitarian level--casting about for a dissertation topic if nothing else--it's far easier to make a mark than in more "settled" fields of knowledge.

I would argue that any subject has enough unsettled cracks in it to offer plenty of research opportunities to someone who is interested and capable. Any field that is "adjusting a few numbers after the decimal place" is ripe for something revolutionary to happen. With new sensing technology and amazing amounts of computing power casually available to anyone, I think there are no shortage of original reseach theses available.

And congrats JD. The hood and stripes feel awfully nice once you've earned them. Although Olive, sky and golden must look slightly odd together.

My wife was in the humanities, and too often research--in her opinion--became as meaningless as the "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin" type of thing. Though, there is probably always someone who can come along and can break out the logjam.

In something like the sciences, I imagine it's entirely different.