I admit to leaving a bit early today, as I was exhausted! It's been a long but fun week. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves. This was my first time at a MRS conference, and I certainly hope to be back again next year.
i went to a seminar by Chad Mirkin this afternoon. I always enjoy his seminars, since his work is a great example of how interesting science can be used and applied as a tool to open up new areas and increase efficiency of science. Dip Pen Nano-Lithography is such a simple concept too. I personally think that the best solutions are often the simplest. Those are the solutions that are also the hardest to come up with... it's quite a challenge to devise a simple, elegant answer to a very difficult and long standing problem.
So today is the last full day of the conference, and my last day here. I guess one of the drawbacks is that because I work and live in Cambridge, I don't get the Friday travel day off -- back to lab tomorrow for me! This week has seemed much longer than I thought it would be. Not sure if it's because it's the week right after thanksgiving break and I got used to being lazy or because I just saw so many presentations and new things that my brain is on overload, but it's been a good time. :-)
The poster session tonight was fun -- thank you to everyone who came by and talked to me. I'm exhausted though. Standing in one place for nearly 3 hours is tough!
During the break today I walked around the exhibit hall. I checked out some books which were really interesting -- but I didn't even want to look at the prices... thank goodness for libraries. Basically, the number of vendors and choices was somewhat overwhelming to me. I didn't know but a fraction of the tools and applications available. Kind of scary....
