hmm...but what is there to say?
...or perhaps, more importantly, what of significance to say...hmm
...i view life along the following lines...
To laugh often and much; to win
the respect of intelligent people and the
affection of children; to earn the appreciation
of honest critics and endure
the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate
beauty; to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better, whether
by a healthy child, a garden patch or a
redeemed social condition; to know
even one life has breathed easier because
you have lived. This is to have succeeded
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To live content with small means; to seek
elegance rather than luxury, and refinement
rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable
and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly,
talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and
birds, to babes and sages with open heart;
to bear all cheerfully, await occasions, hurry never.
In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and
unconscious, grow up through common.
This is to be my symphony.
-William Henry Channing
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luckily, i have extraordinary friends amongst the living.
from the delightfully rambunctious days of high school, my friends dave and tyler.
at bowdoin college i met neat folks like mikeepoo,
brentles, jonjon,
czuba, cart, mark,
pat
, cassie, nahyon, sue, susan, and the incredible jenfa.
when i lived in dabney house and attended caltech, i was fortunate enough to meet
lori,
rory,
juancarlos,
jim,
rafed,
charless,
gabe,
wesley,
niniane, jenny,
eric,
brigitte,
miles, and
anil.
since, i believe one's friends can say more about a person than one could write oneself, i'll leave
the rest to you
ooooh...other things that entertain me.
mikeepoo made me start paddling. mark and
pat forced me to develop an interest in
mountain biking. and since high school i fool around playing tennis, hiking, skiing, and rock climbing.
this 'n that happend, and i became a nationally registered emergency medical technician trained in wilderness medicine. during the
summer, i "work" as a maine guide for unicorn expeditions
sleep substitues or the reasons i'm so ...ummm...
productive.
non-trivial things? well, i'm studying molecular neurobiology. infectious disease epidemiology also
excites me
i thoroughly enjoy teaching. the classes i designed in chemistry, microgravity, and mechanical
engineering design at the exploration jr. program were thrilling.
currently, i'm a brain and cognitive sciences grad student in
elly nedivi's lab
at mit. we're in the midst of discovering the molecular basis
of activity dependent synaptic plasticity - molecules, biochemical pathways and their
mechanisms underlying the ethereal notions of learning, memory and mind. spiffy.
if i've failed to avert your attention, below is the beginning of a hopefully nice list of publications
Lee WCA, Huang H, Feng G, Sanes JR, Brown EN, So PT and Nedivi E. (2005) Dynamic Remodeling of Dendritic Arbors in GABAergic Interneurons of Adult Visual Cortex. PLoS Biol. 4(2):e29 [Epub ahead of print].
(pdf)
Lee WCA and Nedivi E. (2002) Extended plasticity of visual cortex in dark-reared
animals may result from prolonged expression of cpg15-like genes. J Neurosci 22(5): 1807
-1815 (pdf)
Wei-Chung Allen Lee
43 Vassar St.; 46-3225
Cambridge, MA 02139
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617.312.9539
darbly[at]mit.edu
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