Here I am!!
This is me,
Finally on a blogging spree! :)

This is as far as my originality goes! ;) ....and that reminds me of defining my very 'original' blog-title ..if anyone fails to grasp the meaning at a glance or even afterwards it's perfectly ok..'coz I have invented this verb! :D 'sulcing in' refers to delving into (my) brain along the 'sulci', that are the deep grooves that are found on the brain!

All these days i have been waiting to blog for lack of a suitable theme to write my first blog on ......when I came here to bangy I thot, perhaps, frustration in research is a good motivation...but finally, today my inspiration came by in the form of the Nobel laureate, Mr. Torsten Wiesel, who had come here on a visit to NCBS. It was not only the grand old man's hour and half long talk, throughout which he was standing ..versus me struggling to kip my eyes open..(what a shame!) nor his passion for science, his sharp mind and up-to-date knowledge of current science inspite of being out of the lab for soo many years now! I was impressed by all this but, above all, what struck me most was his humility ....absolutely down-to-earth....when he was chatting with us in our lab it was just like an informal talk, like contemporaries were chatting at a coffee shack! (Oh! how I miss those chats back home!)
Not only the big visitor but humility is something tht has caught my attention ever since I came here. All the PIs (tht's the way they call them here ;)) are very friendly, very modest, ....I thought initially, tht this projects lack of respect..but what the heck, the superficial, so-called respectful deeds that we do are actually a mere formality, this culture here is so much more real! No false feelings, no pretentions! And u can spend your energy more on scientific issues! I like it better now and here!!

So moral of the story is that if i ever want to become a Nobel laureate ....first thing i must do is stay deep rooted in the ground ....and just grow up higher n higher! :)

That's all for today...so much for a start.....next one when the appropriate neurons fire again!
so long!
Rashmi.