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The IgNobels are coming, and Sci will be there!

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Yes! I am very pleased to say that I will be at the IgNobel prizes again this year, live tweeting FURIOUSLY, and then blogging all the winning hilarious sciencey goodness!

I'm very excited, and totally hoping to win a date with a Nobel Prize winner this year!!! I hear they can take me out to a nice dinner, and this poor post-doc is always looking for delicious science and tasty grub!

So if you want to see the wierdest science of the year get showcased, make sure to follow along here and on my twitter feed! It's gonna be a wild and weird time!

Scicurious has a PhD in Physiology from a Southern institution. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from another respected Southern institution. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher at a celebrated institution that is very fancy and somewhere else. Her professional interests are in neurophysiology and psychiatric disorders. She recently obtained her PhD and is pursuing her love of science and writing at the same time. She often blogs in the third person. For more information about Scicurious and to view her recent award and activities, please see her CV ( http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/a-scicurious-cv/)

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