>From a flow and LCS beginner, thanks for your encouragement Alice!! I was ostracized several months ago by a "leading expert" in the field of flow for asking some "beginner questions". He essentially was acting like an academic bully and he seemed to take further offense when I wouldn 't back down to his initial comments. However, I also received plenty of support and insight from other individuals. Hopefully in the future we [flow beginners] can be received with more of a welcome from the "experts". Happy Holidays everyone! Matt. ============================ Matthew B. Schabath Predoctoral Fellow Department of Epidemiology University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX USA lab: 713-792-5760 office: 713-745-1078 fax: 713-792-0807 Alice.L.Givan@dartmouth.edu (Alice L. Givan) on 12/14/2001 03:19:24 PM To: cyto-inbox cc: (bcc: Matthew B. Schabath/MDACC) Subject: RE: FACS question Well, it is certainly true that many "individuals who are hired/assigned/want to use flow cytometers have no or inadequate training." I was like that myself 16 years ago (and even now I often ask stupid questions). I think we should be encouraging beginners to use this network as a way to get started. I don't see any problem with beginners asking us naive or even stupid questions --- and I am perfectly willing to point them to references that may help them to get into the field. I think this network can be broad enough to answer simple questions from beginners and also sophisticated questions from experts. No problem, as far as I'm concerned. Alice Alice L. Givan Englert Cell Analysis Laboratory of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth Medical School Lebanon, New Hampshire NH 03756 tel 603-650-7661 fax 603-650-6130 givan@dartmouth.edu
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