My wondrous sister (pictured here with her wondrous nephew) has staked her own claim in blog space. There’s not much there at the moment (except for the amazing prospect of 30 inches of snow in Ithaca, NY!), but I suspect there will be a fair amount shortly (including nifty photos) from her field work in Turkey. She’s leaving at the end of the week for her second field season in Turkey studying the Syrian or Golden Hamster. Almost all pet and research hamsters on the planet descend from a tiny handful of these fellows, while they aren’t doing so hot in the wild. She and her group are working in Western Turkey right near the Syrian border. Those of us in computing don’t get to do field work in cool places like the Galapagos, but we also tend not to work near highly militarized borders either.
Oh, and if you need a really excellent biologist (specializing in animal behavior), hire her. She’s really cool (and that’s saying a lot given that it’s coming from an obnoxious older brother!)…
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