Freelancing science in 2008
I was pretty busy last couple of weeks which resulted in massive amount of unread items in Google Reader. The New Year came unnoticeable but brought a lot of changes to my scientific life and to this blog. First of all, “freelancing science” became real – as of the first of January 2008 I’m no longer an employee and have no plans to be one soon. While I’m going to hold one of my academic affiliations, it’s no longer a formal agreement that binds me to a single place. This will allow me to jump with others into pool called “open science”. If you wonder how am I going to make money, all I can say is that I’m wondering about that too 
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Second thing is that I plan write more about bionanotechnology here, as I hope to merge protein science in silico with nanotech at some point. Molecular machines, multimeric complexes etc. here I come.
I plan to explore even more the topic of molecular graphics, maybe in a form of a separate site. In times of “Ice Age” (or any current animated movie) most of modern scientific visualizations look like Windows 98 next to Apple’s Leopard.
So stay tuned and I wish you an exciting year of 2008. Mine is going to be exciting for sure.
Congratulations!!! You are doing something that, while common in the tech world, is less common in our world. Looking forward to seeing the results
Thanks Deepak. Lets see how it works in science – and if I can become an encouraging example
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Congratulations on taking a bold step! Going out on your own can be extremely rewarding (and a bit scary). Just don’t forget to enjoy the journey…
Thank you, Melodee. Uncertainty of traditional career path scares me more than uncertainty of going on my own – even considering that the final end is better defined.