Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

Life style

What Work/Life Balance?

Justine Cassell, the incoming director of Carnegie Mellon University's Human Computer Interaction Institute, in a Q&A-style profile for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, explained how she deals with "with work/life balance" by trying to integrate her work and her life in a synergy model. S. Pelech observes that while there are some less desirable aspects of an academic researcher's job, such as grant application writing and committee service, research and teaching is generally an extremely pleasurable experience. Naturally then, it is not surprising that many scientists are engaged for long hours almost every day in activities related to their scientific passions. Read More...