Day 2 Continued: The Meeting Begins

Being an insomniac, I really appreciated the days you lie down and within minutes are magically transported to 6AM the following day. I knew when I woke up at 4AM local time and couldn’t get back to sleep it was going to be a long day, and nothing stretches days like talks about adenovirus penton structures and CAR binding debates. Actually, everything today was interesting; it was just that the jet-lag kicked in pretty hard towards the end. We’re on a grueling schedule that demands some stamina from the participants. I remember meetings like this, its just been a while. For instance in Korea, we had every afternoon off. I think I would prefer that here as well, as that gives you time to see a few things in the day, before back to bidness at the night sessions.

I met up with Dave and Liz and they had a great time on their hike to the top of a Swiss peak. Hopefully I can get some of Dave’s pictures up here as well. Dave’s talk got cut from 25 mins to 10. I can’t think of a worse person for that to happen to, at least as far as the organizers should be concerned. HA!
He should be OK, he's speaking in a block with collaborators Adriana Kajon and Don Seto, whom he can both use for introduction.

Fish on...