Rehoboth. In 2013, I started a small segment on our blog that reflected on the summer and my time at the beach, weaving in small anecdotes that happened during my summer vacation. This was nine years ago and I have to admit that I didn’t keep up this annual tradition as well as I could have and I would like to start it up again. Here are my 2022 thoughts about the beach and science and what we learn about biomedical research during the times when we are not actually involved in it. While putting this post together, I realized that this year’s theme is about limitations. So how does a beach vacation relate to limitations and how does this all fit together? Please bear with me. Continue reading
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Three things the beach told me about science in 2018
Baggersee. With an unprecedented heat wave hitting the northern hemisphere, I eventually found my annual vacation blog post. I wrote blog posts about our beach vacation in Marielyst, Denmark, or Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. However, this year, it took me the better part of two weeks to realize that I had this year’s beach right beneath my feet – the small artificial beach of the Rossenray Lake, a small lake in my home town in Germany where we spent our summer vacation. And here are the three things the beach (and the lake) told me about science in 2018. Continue reading
Three things the beach taught me about science
Endless summer. I am quoting from a representative email that I received this summer from a fellow scientist in the EuroEPINOMICS consortium: “XYZ will reply to you once he is back from his holiday – IF he comes back”. A metereological anomaly had given us one of the longest and most intense summers that I can remember. No rain for roughly four weeks, a new temperature record and a heat that was so intense that the tarmac on the highways started to melt. Accordingly, the motivation in EuroEPINOMICS land to leave the beach behind and return to the office was at an all time low. We spent our summer holiday in Marielyst, Denmark and I just wanted to share some thoughts on how the world of science looks when you’re at the beach. Yes, this post is not too serious. Continue reading
