Today went very well! I'm pretty well exhausted at this point, between the recent beamrun experiments and multiple talks. This was my first chance to publicly present our new work since starting my post-doc. It's a rather big step in that (aside from the nice science in it) I'm really trying to say, "look my thesis project wasn't just a fluke. I really can do good work in a variety of areas."

It's nice because now I can also talk more freely about this subject. We'll submit our first paper in a week or two and will continue our supplementary experiments in the lab (which frankly is where I'm really anxious to be back at). We've got a little more work left to do before we can wrap it all up, but we're really close. People seemed generally receptive and interested in the material. I had a few good questions, but they're things we've thought about considerably beforehand. I think the preparation for the talk did a great deal to help me get all my ducks in a row for the paper. There are two more days of presentations which should be interesting.




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