Nathaniel Blair
patchyclamp.bsky.social
Nathaniel Blair
@patchyclamp.bsky.social
Preclinical biologist at small biopharmas following cool ion channel and receptor targets to neuro, renal, and immune indications. Likes electrophysiology (still), fine z-primes, and serial commas. Bostonian by choice (oof). He/him
Congratulations!!
May 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Glad to hear the good news - congratulations!
May 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
But as the son-in-law of a Clare man and a Galway woman, I'd be remiss if I didn't say that the best sights are along the west coast!
January 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Belfast was cool - the Titanic museum is a must I'd say, and strolling around City Hall and the botanical garden was quite nice. If you're mobile, then I'd highly recommend a trip up to the Giant's Causeway. In Dublin, National Museum, St Stephens Green, Book of Kells are great.
January 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ooh, have fun! My wife's parents were from Ireland and we've gone around basically the whole island. Lots of great things to see
January 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
choose a iteration time period, set explicit goals at the start and then review progress when the time period is over. Probably don't need explicit "key results" to track progress, you'll know it at each review. Ken Schwaber's Agile Project Management with Scrum is a good start
January 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I've read and thought probably far too much about management wrt research activities. As always, the tool needs to fit the job, but I'd reckon most academic projects aren't well suited to an OKR approach. Something more like an Agile/Scrum approach may be better...
January 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Now this place, my alma mater, is the epitome of brutalist. But I think they were referring to the classwork and the social life. :)
December 27, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Strong +1 - I was nicely surprised when the eldest and I took the tour as he was choosing colleges. Really nice feel once you get off Huntington. But true, zero architectural cohesiveness.
December 27, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Hunh, I saw it with his eye closed. Interesting.
December 27, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Is it the transparent clothes? The little hat? The saw tooth filled mouth? For me, it's the little yellow circle under the eye. A cherubic look of sweetness belies the danger that you face.
December 27, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Judging from the lady on the right, it's not helping morale enough!
December 24, 2024 at 12:21 PM
I see that fly cookie and it's amaze-balls! Happy holidays!
December 22, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I hope they both last forever but a small piece of me was like, "c'mon Sherrington, you gotta hold out, let's show those anatomists what we physiologists are made of"
December 21, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Humbug to gifs that don't animate. What's the point? Cheers tho!
December 20, 2024 at 11:39 PM
December 20, 2024 at 11:38 PM
That's definitely for one's ephys rig tools and personal pipettors. (and I feel this with a partner born 10 days before Xmas) #justbuyitwhocares
December 20, 2024 at 11:08 PM