Finishing a Dissertation....

[Asher]

Maybe now you can do something useful in the real world.

We need more workers in the oil sands out here. Good pay, too.

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by Adam Smith
quote:
"Writing a dissertation is like public crucifixion. When I decide you have suffered enough, we will cut you down and hand you your degree."

I like that. It describes the majority of thesis defenses. Mine was a little different. Aside from one slight bobble, I was on the offensive the entire time. After all, no one knew as much about the subject as I did.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Asher
Maybe now you can do something useful in the real world.

We need more workers in the oil sands out here. Good pay, too.

I thought that for an easy time I'd change to a subject that requires no intellectual ability, originality,wit or personal hygiene.

It's called computer science....

[Asher]

I'd like to see you try. Really, I would.

[VetLegion]

Intereseting stories, people.

Originally posted by SpencerH


I like that. It describes the majority of thesis defenses. Mine was a little different. Aside from one slight bobble, I was on the offensive the entire time. After all, no one knew as much about the subject as I did.

What was the subject of the thesis?

[Dracon II]

I have to write a dissertation next year

Any ideas/advice?

[MrFun]

I'm not working on a PhD dissertation, but I am currently in the middle of working on my Masters thesis.

[Gibsie]

I've got that to look forward to next year. Yay!

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Gibsie
I've got that to look forward to next year. Yay!

Are you already an avid drinker of coffee? Because if you're not, I hope you won't become addicted to it, as you slave through your paper.

I think I'm one of those rare, hardened troopers who has never had to drink coffee even with the hours I have put in so far, working on my thesis.

[Drake Tungsten]

I can't help you with dissertations because all my work is based on plagiarism and making up things.

You are my hero.

[Sikander]

I proofread my friend and coworker's electrical engineering thesis. He's a Turk so it was mainly a case of checking his english, and thank god because the last science classes I had were 20 years ago, and the last math classes 25 years ago. It was 40 pages long, and I understood very little of it.

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Intereseting stories, people.



What was the subject of the thesis?

Epithelial cell cytokine production in response to infection.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by SpencerH


Epithelial cell cytokine production in response to infection.

I have the disco mix of that I think....

[Mr. Harley]

SpencerH - could this help deal with some of the new supergerms that cause topical infections, i.e. hospital staph and the so-called flesh-eating strep?

[SpencerH]

Prior to my/our work no one thought that epi cells played a role in immunity except to act as a barrier or to transport antibodies out of the body. The production of cytokines by epi cells in response to infection fundamentally changed our understanding of mechanisms of immune responses at mucosal surfaces and the skin. So in that regard it may help, i.e. people will look for responses they wouldnt have before but I wouldnt think theres any direct benefit.