http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/nicolas_tilmans/ 2006-10-11T22:44:23-08:00 http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/nicolas_tilmans/archives/2006/10/retreat.html The biochemistry department holds a retreat once per year that all members of the department are required to attend. This year it's one day shorter than last year with the same amount of break time, so we have it a lot easier than last year but it's still a lot of science in very few days.

]]> ntilmans 2006-10-11T22:44:23-08:00 http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/nicolas_tilmans/archives/2006/10/sports_and_pict.html I think it's fair to say that now the semester has reached a fairly regular schedule. I have homework, papers to read and today I met with Anne Brunet in the genetics department about the rotation project I'm doing in the Ferrell lab.

]]> ntilmans 2006-10-03T22:33:26-08:00 http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/nicolas_tilmans/archives/2006/09/camping_and_fir.html This past week has been full of activity. In my last post I mentioned orientation events, those were largely last week. While I've been here less than two weeks, I feel like it's been at least three. Far from being a bad thing, this means I'm growing accustomed to life here at Stanford.

]]> ntilmans 2006-09-30T16:05:40-08:00 http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/nicolas_tilmans/archives/2006/09/orientation.html I'm doing a poor job with this whole keeping the blog up to date, but it's been a very hectic week. This week was orientation. Every department seems to have a different orientation schedule. In our case we had an initial wine and cheese research presentation session with the faculty last wednesday and another more "clerical" session thursday. Where's the photocopier, where do I pick up packages, how do I avoid infecting myself with super-bacteria and where do I go if I do - that kind of thing.

]]> ntilmans 2006-09-26T10:54:20-08:00 http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/nicolas_tilmans/archives/2006/09/home.html After 4 days, I'm finally "home". The trip across the US was fairly uneventful. A wrong turn around Chicago, a marathon drive from Rawlins, Wyoming to Reno, Nevada all along interstate 80. All dragging the 4x8 U-Haul trailer.

]]> ntilmans 2006-09-20T08:59:01-08:00 http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/nicolas_tilmans/archives/2006/09/first_entry.html Moving to California isn't necessarily difficult, but it does take some consideration of how to get there in the first place. Not to mention how to bring things such as computers (2), bicycles (2), various pots and pans (5), clothing, and everything else that makes an appartment function. Oh, and the car. After a free for all brawl between options a.) driving u-haul with car on a trailer b.) shipping car + everything then flying c.) driving u-haul and shipping car d.) driving car, shipping what doesn't fit and e.) driving car with trailer, option e.) won. So today I started on a trek from Bethesda, MD to Stanford, CA hoping to make it to California on the 18th.

]]> plowney 2006-09-14T23:13:01-08:00 http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/nicolas_tilmans/archives/2006/09/about_me_1.html My name is Nicolas Tilmans, I'm a 23 year old entering PhD student in the Biochemistry Department. I was born and raised in the Washington, DC area, but my parents are Belgian so I go back there to visit family fairly often. I attended the University of Maryland, College Park where I received a BS in Biochemistry and a BS in Computer Science.

]]> About Me plowney 2006-09-13T23:40:42-08:00