The Scientist :: Asia taking the stem cell lead

A Year In Peru (from Harrow Times) My Brother is in Peru at the moment.

Eric & Heather's Gallery :: Aurora over Edinburgh 050121 So I went to Iceland last weekend with the Physics society. we went particularly to see the northerrn lights (Aurora borealis) spent 3 days there an not a site, come back to Edinburgh and we saw it crystal clear on Friday night. I have some photos, but none as good as these.

Organised a bioinformatics networking event at Teviot student Union last week, with colin Semple, alastair Kerr and James Wasmuth, went well. Bioinformatics Journal club is also going well, once a week 20 or so of us meeting to chat about latest journal articles. Taking the GRE exam for entrance to Brown, USA PhD in 2 weeks time, fllowed by a Micrososft tudent partner meeting at MSN in london, followed by a visit to Brown, Rhode Island (near Boston) on the 13th Feb-16th. Followed by another GRE exam in biology in April. followed by exams, follwed by the end of term. It will be here soon I imagine, things are flying by.

JOhn

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Happy new year, 2005 brings a new look to cumbers.com, I promise a year of more photographs, this is my new years' resolution. Christmas was great, especially as A Ying was here from Malaysia for a month, but unfortunately she had to go backon 31st to prepare for her teaching course due to start on the 5th of January in Miri. She will study for 9 months and then be a qualified chinese teacher. I hope I will visit Malaysia again soon, or that she comes back soon, it will depend where I do my PhD next year., in the USA or in the UK.

Christmas eve was spent in Taylors in watford with a bunch of old school friends, then christmas with the family at home and then upto Hull to visit Mo and Harry from Jazz club, Harry is now in a hospice but was looking very content, Mo is coping well. Hakmet, Ziad and Kasim are doing well in Hull and so are Jamae and Kathie in Leeds who we visitited afterwards, before taking the train back to Edinburgh and welcoming 7 more people (from various countries and exchange programs) for Hogmannay in Edinburgh.

Of course it is very sad to hear of the tsunami deaths in South East Asia, Penang cancelled it's new year celebrations due to the 50 or so death's on Batu Furengi but this pales to the numbers reported dead in Sumatra, Indonesia. In my opinion, another reminder of how powerful nature can be, and how we should be looking to space for other future homes for humanity as soon as possible. er.. happy new year again, John.