I am writing this from New Orleans as I am at a conference called Experimental Biology. Years ago, this conference was called FASEB (which stands for Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology). There are over 10,000 attendees this year from 6 professional organizations for research scientists in human biology. The American Society of Nutrition is one of them and this morning I presented some research results at one of the sessions.
The most interesting thing actually happened after the presentation when people informally talk to each other. It was a like a "authors, meet each other" event. People who read my papers came and tell me about it, and I saw all these people whom I have read their papers that I went to them to tell them. It was great to be able to put a face to the people whom I know their names and their work.
The only part of New Orleans I saw was the convention center, the French Quarter (where my hotel is), and the land between. What I saw looked normal from the last time I was here, which was about 10 months before Katrina. There were a fair number of tourists around.
The most interesting thing actually happened after the presentation when people informally talk to each other. It was a like a "authors, meet each other" event. People who read my papers came and tell me about it, and I saw all these people whom I have read their papers that I went to them to tell them. It was great to be able to put a face to the people whom I know their names and their work.
The only part of New Orleans I saw was the convention center, the French Quarter (where my hotel is), and the land between. What I saw looked normal from the last time I was here, which was about 10 months before Katrina. There were a fair number of tourists around.
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