this is tims thesis! its about the work he did in boston. after a successfull defense, he will finally be a PhD. just like me, so then we are even again.... :P ah no, he is also an MD, and i am not and never will be one....
but anyways. so he did publish a paper recently that was also picked up by news sites all over the world. perhaps you saw it? here is a link to the BBC news, and it was also on the dutch news site nu.nl (here), or a more serious link, here. it was really interesting to see how news sites were just copying the story from other sites, changing it bits by bits (not always correct), at some point tims name got lost too, and in some articles they even prominently name the photographer that was hired to take some pictures..... (the above picture was taken by tim himself, btw). there are also interviews, with the second author and the boss (ah, and i already forgot again, with tim as well!!), here and here.
so, this famous person is getting his PhD tomorrow!!
now, if you are around the netherlands, or utrecht, more specifially, you can witness this defense, as it is a public happening. just be at "het academiegebouw" at the domplein in utrecht tomorrow, september 9, at half past 2 (well, then it starts, so i would be there 5-10 minutes in advance...). its fun to witness a dutch PhD defense if you have never seen one.... (here you can see where the defense will take place).
edit; here is the official announcement. and here (unfortunately there is no full access) is the original researchpaper i refer to above... im just as bad as those news sites... :)
edit; here is the official announcement. and here (unfortunately there is no full access) is the original researchpaper i refer to above... im just as bad as those news sites... :)
6 comments:
thanks!! too bad you got the time wrong... haha
it starts at 14:30 which is half past two!
How exciting!! Congratulations. Living in the Boston area, it's amazing how many seemingly ordinary, down to earth neighbors are doing such extraordinary things.
Tim and CaT, this is an especially exciting post. I'm going to hold off congratulating Tim until we get the official word tomorrow. But, I did read some of the articles, and the research work Tim did is going to be very valuable if it scales up to human size. The two of you are VERY smart.
I didn't read the articles but I'll take Jack's word for his conclusion about the value of the research. I am so pleased that Tim has gotten positive recognition. You two should be very proud of one another.
Oh wow, how exciting. Congratulations with the result. A lot of attention in the press which I completly missed, but read now. A big challenge for the people who need organ transplantations.
Have a great day!
This is what happens when I take a break from blogging: It's too late to fly in for Tim's thesis defense. He's about to get a PhD, and there's a bunch of important research. Well, I'll get caught up sooner or later. Congratulations and applause for Tim and his work!
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