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	<title>Biodiversity in Focus Blog &#187; Life as a Grad Student</title>
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		<title>Reflecting on 2014</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/12/31/reflecting-on-2014/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thumb Twiddling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year when people look back on the year that was and reflect on what they&#8217;ve done, or not done, and begin planning on how to fill up the blank slate that comes with the new year. For myself, 2014 was arguably one of my most successful to date: I was awarded more <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/12/31/reflecting-on-2014/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trich(optera) or Treat! Ent-O-Lantern 2014</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/10/31/trichoptera-or-treat-ent-o-lantern-2014/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ent-o-Lantern]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again, when spiders make their triumphant return to become decorations rather than despised, and when everything normally considered scary is fun, at least for one night: it&#8217;s Hallowe&#8217;en! As in past years, the University of Guelph Insect Systematics Lab took to the pumpkin patch and came back with some new insects <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/10/31/trichoptera-or-treat-ent-o-lantern-2014/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adventure Time Awaits</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/08/05/adventure-time-awaits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 05:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entomology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trip Report]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ICD8]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a busy couple of weeks for me since my qualifying exams. I&#8217;ve travelled up to Ottawa a few times to work with my co-advisor and gather a big, new DNA dataset, I&#8217;ve put my Google-fu and Google Translate skills to the test, and I&#8217;ve learned how spoiled I am by the ease of <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/08/05/adventure-time-awaits/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grad School Diaries: The Qualifying Exam</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/06/11/grad-school-diaries-the-qualifying-exam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 06:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Student Info]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grad School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qualifying Exam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Test]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/?p=3108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Qualifying Exam. Its mere mention is enough to make a grad student break out in a cold sweat. At least it had that effect on me, up until I successfully completed mine. For me, the worst part was that I didn&#8217;t know what to expect. The &#8220;Qualifying Exam&#8221; was this big, black box that <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/06/11/grad-school-diaries-the-qualifying-exam/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Blank Page</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/03/30/a-blank-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 02:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thumb Twiddling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/?p=3078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The blank page, the biggest obstacle to my success. I&#8217;ve been thinking about this post for 4 years. I&#8217;ve reworked what I want to say countless times on my walk to and from the lab and considered ways to tie it all together while laying in bed staring at the ceiling, but, until last <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/03/30/a-blank-page/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Spooky Strepsiptera for Halloween</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/10/31/a-spooky-strepsiptera-for-halloween/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/10/31/a-spooky-strepsiptera-for-halloween/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entomology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drosophilidae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ent-o-Lantern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack-o-Lantern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pumpkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strepsiptera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As has become tradition in the University of Guelph Insect Systematics Lab, when Halloween rolls around, we pull out the knives &#38; hand tools and make a trip to the produce aisle to get ready for a new Ent-O-Lantern. This year our lab is considerably smaller than in the past (4 grad students, an enthusiastic <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/10/31/a-spooky-strepsiptera-for-halloween/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Job Can Be Yours, But You Have To Apply</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/10/16/the-job-is-yours-but-you-have-to-apply/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/10/16/the-job-is-yours-but-you-have-to-apply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Application]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/?p=2560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon the Natural History Museum in London, UK posted a pair of permanent curatorships at their insect collection, one for the Coleoptera collection, and the other for the Odonata and Small Orders collection. Seeing how rarely these types of jobs open up, there has been considerable buzz on Twitter, with many awesome people exclaiming <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/10/16/the-job-is-yours-but-you-have-to-apply/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution Online Journal Club: Who&#8217;s In?</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/09/07/evolution-online-journal-club-whos-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/09/07/evolution-online-journal-club-whos-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EvoOnline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journal Club]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Why Journal clubs are common in many labs/departments, with students meeting with post-docs and advisors to discuss the latest and (sometimes maybe-not-so-) greatest research being published in their field of study. These journal clubs not only help students learn new techniques and concepts, but also teach them how to critically examine and review an <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/09/07/evolution-online-journal-club-whos-in/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Afternoon Flies</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/08/03/friday-afternoon-flies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/08/03/friday-afternoon-flies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Busy Busy Busy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asilidae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dolichipodidae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress Relief]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/?p=2406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been the kind of week where stress levels have been on the rise and I&#8217;ve asked myself more than once why I&#8217;m killing myself over a million and one things instead of drinking beer and relaxing on a patio somewhere. Finding the energy and drive to keep pushing forward, writing and making progress even <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/08/03/friday-afternoon-flies/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Taxonomic Process</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/04/02/the-taxonomic-process/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/04/02/the-taxonomic-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tongue in Cheek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/?p=1948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Geek In Question posted an awesome graph representing the stages and challenges of scientific publication. You should go check it out right now if you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, because it&#8217;s spot on! I&#8217;m right in the middle of the graph (you know, the big pit of despair part) on a couple of manuscripts <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/04/02/the-taxonomic-process/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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