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We have received 439 000$ from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation JR Evans Leader Funds Program
“Luc Beaulieu, du même département, disposera de près de 440 000$ pour réaliser son projet Development of Novel Optic-based Dose Sensors and Dose-based Treatment Guidance. ” Source: 17
Luc Beaulieu on brachytherapy research!
Here is a BrachyTalk interview I gave during the 2016 ESTRO meeting in Torino, Italy. Get to know what I am working on and my (physics
An interesting resource for PhDs, postdocs and early career researchers
I recently came across the following document by Professor Alan M Johnson, which appears to be distributed freely by Elsevier and entitled “Charting a Course for a
Research ethics, informed consent and Facebook
Yep, Facebook experimented with 700 000 of its users without their knowledge, and published their results in PNAS! The general explanation: the users consent
3D printing, the ultimate gadget for grown-up kids
“Tea. Earl Grey. Hot” — Picard in ST:TNG …Oops in the title, I meant serious scientists, of course 😉 The first time I saw a 3D
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Scientific Writing
Want to get better and more effective at writing scientific manuscripts? Stanford is hosting a free MOOC course on the topic. The content look very
Are you at an exciting phase of your thesis project?
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? – Albert Einstein How do you know for
Big week at the 2013 AAPM meeting
Our group is well represented at this year AAPM meeting. 2 Faculty and 7 graduate students for a total of 11 oral presentations and 2
The best job is …
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Confucius My two teenagers have started their summer
Writing Your First Scientific Paper, Part I: The “Data/Story Flow”
You’ve been working hard, around the clock to get all the data out. You might even have submitted an abstract about your current to the
The perks of the job!
I realized it has been sometime since the last post (over a month in fact). Well during that time, I traveled over 50 000 kilometers.
Talk with your thesis advisor on a regular basis
Each research group has its own dynamics. In some, entering grad students get a very detailed “charge” list saying for example, there is a group
Applying the 80/20 principle to scientific productivity?
The secret [to scientific success] is comprised in three words— Work, Finish, Publish. — Michael Faraday One of the thing I really like to do when
The gift of doctoral study is…
“The gift of doctoral study is that you get the time and space to obsess about something you’re (hopefully) interested in…” -Jeannie Holstein The above
Ruminating... 