The conference luggage of the boss

This time, inspired by the conference season and again by one cartoon from the Stripped Science blog I decided to dedicate some cartoons to the conference luggage (suitcases) prepared by different members of (my virtual and eventual) research group. I'll start with the boss of course, and believe me, I speak from my own experience. For instance about the poster in A4 size even nowadays just because he is lazy to carry the poster tube - but this solution is still better than the other one he also made, i.e. to make me carry his poster (and mine) in the tube for him for an oversea conference... What concerns the swimsuit, it is only partially invention (at least with me he fortunately never went to the beach, but with Amanda he might have done it). But while being with him on one of my most expensive conferences, he decided to visit (with me of course, I had no choice, it was an order) the city (and some of the touristic places) just at the same time our poster section discussion was held (a special oral section dedicated to discussion of most interesting posters and questions in our own section/field). This way - due to his highest intelligence - we missed the discussion, and one prof we knew told us later that even my poster has been mentioned and questions were asked about it. So I missed one of the most important and unique possibilities to present and discuss my own results just because of my boss (who had at that time much more experience with conferences than me, so I still do not understand how he could be so unprofessional to miss this section, unless he made it intentionally...)

Baby names for astronomers - part I.

Being on holidays, enjoying the summer sky with stars I decided to prepare the next comic strip of the baby name series. However, for astronomers I'll have one more strip with star and planet names next month. And I am also preparing for next week cartoons about the luggage of different scientists when they go to conferences... (But had no time to finish it right now.)

Protein dynamics comic strip series II.

This time I do not wait for 1 week to publish the next post. Here is the continuation of the series. Not too much comments needed.

Protein dynamics comic strip series I.

Summer and heat are here, I was thinking about people in India suffering 47 deg C for weeks... Then I came to this cartoon also by thinking to a friend producing his PhD thesis about protein dynamics during summer and heat records.... The next cartoon will be specially dedicated to him :-).

Light bulb series 3. - General relativists

No comment this time.

Baby names for mathematicians I. Arithmetics

Just the continuation of this series this time... Still some cartoons to come in this field of course...

Instructions for the successful PhD entrance exam

Finally I'm back to my original topic/subject (about sexism in science). Sorry, but I think that this cartoon is not a joke, but often reality. For male PhD students it is important to know things, to be able to understand and to answer questions, to think about things, to have your own ideas and to work well. Male PhD students should preferably be ugly, otherwise they may represent a kind of threat (competition) to the elderly boss, so he won't let them survive. In case of women - according to my observations - much less (and on the other hand much more) is enough (is needed). If you are willing to give adoration, understanding and consolation to old and lonely (however, often married) scientists (the boss), then the success of your entrance exam is granted, and you are just at the beginning of a nice and fruitful scientific carreer...