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    • Chariotoflove
      Chariotoflove last edited by Chariotoflove

      I just got notice from the National Institutes of Health that my shared instrument grant got a super high score, as in a most likely fundable score provided you all paid your taxes and there is enough money in the coffers. The 13 is on a 90 point scale where smaller is better and 10 is perfect.

      This is for a multi-photon laser scanning confocal microscope. It's worth just shy of $900K, and I have been working on this application for two years. It involved contributions from faculty across the entire College, and if you think herding cats is hard, try professors.

      This is a BIG DEAL for us, as it will enable us to do research we could only dabble in before. So, yes, I am doing a happy dance in my office.Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 1.06.50 PM.png

      Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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      • davesaddiction
        davesaddiction last edited by

        WOOO! Congrats.

        manual . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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        • Chariotoflove
          Chariotoflove last edited by

          Thanks, pal!

          Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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          • Poor_sh
            Poor_sh last edited by

            Taxes?

            14' Cayman S | 99' Miata

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            • jminer
              jminer @Chariotoflove last edited by

              @chariotoflove this is awesome! My wife works in healthcare nonprofits so I'm well aware of the amount of work that went into this. Go you!

              Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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              • Chariotoflove
                Chariotoflove @Poor_sh last edited by

                @poor_sh said in This if officially a good work day:

                Taxes?

                Grrrr.

                Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                • Chariotoflove
                  Chariotoflove @jminer last edited by

                  @jminer said in This if officially a good work day:

                  @chariotoflove this is awesome! My wife works in healthcare nonprofits so I'm well aware of the amount of work that went into this. Go you!

                  Thanks, my friend. This is the first group to hear of this. I couldn't think of a better way to express the joy than to you folks.

                  Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                  • Poor_sh
                    Poor_sh @Chariotoflove last edited by

                    @chariotoflove I mean, I'm a fed. I pay taxes that I assume are used to pay my salary?

                    14' Cayman S | 99' Miata

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                    • trivet
                      trivet last edited by

                      Congrats!!

                      Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
                      Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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                      • Chariotoflove
                        Chariotoflove @Poor_sh last edited by

                        @poor_sh said in This if officially a good work day:

                        @chariotoflove I mean, I'm a fed. I pay taxes that I assume are used to pay my salary?

                        Yeah, me too, by definition as a grant holder. It's a funny kind of self-fap, isn't it?

                        Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                        • WhoIsTheLeader
                          WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

                          Glad something is going ok for someone today. Lose an Oppo, gain a microscope! All day today with the voucher.

                          Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                          • Vondon302
                            Vondon302 @Chariotoflove last edited by

                            @chariotoflove Congrats!
                            As our future President once said.
                            "This is a big fucking deal"

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                            • chan
                              chan @Chariotoflove last edited by

                              @chariotoflove congrats, well deserved!

                              Should I look forwards or backwards in life? Well, where's the engine?

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                              • ClassicDatsunDebate
                                ClassicDatsunDebate @Chariotoflove last edited by

                                @chariotoflove Way to go!

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                                • Chariotoflove
                                  Chariotoflove @Vondon302 last edited by

                                  @vondon302 said in This if officially a good work day:

                                  @chariotoflove Congrats!
                                  As our future President once said.
                                  "This is a big fucking deal"

                                  Ha! Thanks!

                                  Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                                  • Chariotoflove
                                    Chariotoflove @chan last edited by

                                    @chan said in This if officially a good work day:

                                    @chariotoflove congrats, well deserved!

                                    Thank you!

                                    Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                                    • zipfuel
                                      zipfuel last edited by

                                      For $900k I'd expect my laser to make pew pew noises, just sayin'
                                      Congrats

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                                      • Chariotoflove
                                        Chariotoflove @zipfuel last edited by

                                        @zipfuel
                                        That's a reasonable ask, come to think of it. I'll talk to the vendor.

                                        Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                                        • Rusty Vandura
                                          Rusty Vandura @Chariotoflove last edited by

                                          @chariotoflove Like I was saying...

                                          Master Chief Dingus

                                          The entropy of my garage is always increasing.

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                                          • VincentMalamute
                                            VincentMalamute last edited by

                                            Wow, very nice! Other than confocal, I know those words but not in that particular arrangement.

                                            ...meh...

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                                            • BicycleBuck
                                              BicycleBuck @Chariotoflove last edited by

                                              @chariotoflove AWESOME!

                                              Funnily enough, microscopy was my first taste of Geographic Information Systems. It was custom software that tracked the stage position to capture x/y/z coordinates as we digitized cells.

                                              Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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                                              • Chariotoflove
                                                Chariotoflove @BicycleBuck last edited by

                                                @bicyclebuck said in This if officially a good work day:

                                                @chariotoflove AWESOME!

                                                Funnily enough, microscopy was my first taste of Geographic Information Systems. It was custom software that tracked the stage position to capture x/y/z coordinates as we digitized cells.

                                                The micro and the macro use much the same math, don't they.

                                                There are lots of neat shareware tools out now as plug ins for ImageJ, etc., but also lots of expensive commercial packages. The biz has grown with Moore's Law!

                                                Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                                                • Chariotoflove
                                                  Chariotoflove @VincentMalamute last edited by

                                                  @vincentmalamute said in This if officially a good work day:

                                                  Wow, very nice! Other than confocal, I know those words but not in that particular arrangement.

                                                  Letter soup.

                                                  I like your sig.

                                                  Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                                                  • VincentMalamute
                                                    VincentMalamute @Chariotoflove last edited by

                                                    @chariotoflove What field are you in?

                                                    ...meh...

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                                                    • BicycleBuck
                                                      BicycleBuck @Chariotoflove last edited by

                                                      @chariotoflove I'm sure that the tools are so much better now than they were back then!

                                                      Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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