Hello California!

Well UC Davis to be more precise. I accepted a postdoctoral fellowship from Jonathan Eisen to be a part of the iSEEM project working on metagenomics. I have only been here for a few days, and first impressions seem great. First, the research field is exactly what I was most interested in; second, my previous PhD research is definitely of relevance; and third, I feel like I have lots to learn from the people around me.

Considering my previous Blog tag line/description is inaccurate:

"A PhD student's point of view on bioinformatics, evolution, and microbial diversity; with an interest in cutting edge computer tools that make them all a bit easier."

I decided to radically change it to:

"A post-doc's point of view on bioinformatics, evolution, and microbial diversity; with an interest in cutting edge computer tools that make them all a bit easier."

Jonathan's opinion on open-access publishing is quite similar to my own, so in addition to blogging about microbial evolution, expect to see more posts about my views on academic publishing.