I started this blog in April 2012, almost 7 years ago. During that time there were almost 214 000 views from visitors coming from 196

Random thoughts about conducting scientific research, supervising students and «toys» that make creative activities even funnier…
I started this blog in April 2012, almost 7 years ago. During that time there were almost 214 000 views from visitors coming from 196
“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
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
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
Yep, Facebook experimented with 700 000 of its users without their knowledge, and published their results in PNAS! The general explanation: the users consent
“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
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
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? – Albert Einstein How do you know for
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
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
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
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.
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
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 that you get the time and space to obsess about something you’re (hopefully) interested in…” -Jeannie Holstein The above