Time to go home

Time passes very quickly.

3 days has gone by and tomorrow, we'll be heading back to Singapore. But before that, I treated myself to a sumptuous meal of lobsters, scallops, shrimps and a nice cup of clam chowder. Purportedly the best seafood in Boston, you might want to dine at Legal Sea Foods if you're visiting.

This trip has been very fruitful... why?

1. I see a future for Bioinformatics, specifically in the areas of Discovery Informatics. Biological data is going to increase exponentially with new sequencing techniques and the availability of miniaturized lab-on-chips that promise to digitize wetlab results.

2. I have met many wonderful people in the Bioinformatics industry, and was amongst the industry greats. Today, we had the pleasure of hearing from Sean Eddy accredited for his work in HMMER and PFAM. He enlightened us with a sharing about open access history and Ben Franklin.

3. We won the best poster award. That really came as a surprise for me. Never happened before.

I will have much to share with my colleagues when I get home. It has been exciting being in the heart of technology, and reminds me of why it is important to be here. There's just so much to learn.