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    Thumbs up Congratulations to Howard (Dr. Brian the Fist!)



    Hi all

    Howard successfully passed his Ph.D. thesis examination on 15 April 2003 and will be graduating from the University of Toronto Dept. of Biochemistry this June.

    Please join me in plastering this thread with your congratulations to Howard, and to all of you my personal thanks for your help and efforts on Distributed Folding which has significantly contributed to Howard's Ph.D. Thesis.

    The esteemed group of scientists that participated in Howard's Thesis defence is listed here with links to their research interests.
    It was an impressive showing by Howard given this group of "interrogators".


    Hue Sun Chan, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, U. of Toronto
    http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/chan/bch.html

    Regis Pomes, Ph.D. Hospital for Sick Children, Research Institute
    and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, U. of Toronto
    http://www.sickkids.on.ca/research/c...iles/pomes.asp

    Julie Foreman-Kay,Ph.D. Hospital for Sick Children, Research Institute and Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, U. of Toronto
    http://www.sickkids.on.ca/research/c...forman-kay.asp

    Emil Pai, Professor, Ph.D. Dept of Biochemistry, U. of Toronto
    http://echo.med.utoronto.ca/

    G. Andrew Wolley, Ph.D. Dept. of Chemistry, U. of Toronto
    http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/people/a.../woolleya.html

    C.I. Bayly, Ph.D. Merck Frosst, Montreal Canada (External Examiner)
    http://www.merckfrosst.ca

    This group included structural biology experimentalists, theoretical protein folding specialists, small and large molecule computational simulation and drug docking specialists. Their consensus was that Howard's thesis was excellent exciting and that they all looked forward to seeing our work in future publications. I would also say that there was quite a bit of excitement when Howard showed off the new protein folding movies generated by the beta test DF system.

    I am, personally very proud of Howard. Howard has accepted my offer for a full-time position as Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior Software developer in the Blueprint Initiative and he will continue sheperding Distributed Folding for the next few months as we roll in some additional staff to do new experiments using the beta that Howard has crafted, of course with your help. In the near future Howard will be shifting more of his efforts and talents to help us transfer elements DF technology into the public BIND database initiative (www.bind.ca).


    Christopher Hogue, Ph.D
    Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital and
    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Toronto

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    Howard,

    Let me be the 1st to congratulate you on your accomplishment. You should be proud of what you did! Go out and celebrate!!




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    CONGRATZ

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    Congratulations, Doctor!
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    Well Done, Doctor Howard!

    Got his experience right here, defending himself from us!!
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    Congrats Howard!!!

    That must feel great to finish your PhD. I can't wait to finish my Masters...

    Jeff.

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    Yeah, congratulations!


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    Congratulations Dr. Feldman

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    that's great news

    soon you'll use every post you make

    Is there a chance that your thesis will be posted online so we all can read why and with what knowledge you've passed the thesis examination?
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    Outstanding...now provide some free beer, a party to drink at, and a plane ticket to get there & I am on my way

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    BIG congratulations on all the work, and passing the big BBQ grill defense test.

    not that we ever had any doubt....

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    Congratulations Howard!!!


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    You done good, dude!

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    All the very best Howard.

    You deserve it for the work you have done.



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    Congratulations Howard. Do we need to now call you Doc?

    G

    P.S. I guess this will delay Beta 7.

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    Howard - may you enjoy your bachelor's night style entertainment to celebrate this achievement. Even if it is 2 hours of Bugs Bunny singing and dancing to "What's Up Doc".
    Congratulations. (chants encouraging words like "the native structure can be found, if we just fiddle a bit more..")

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    So does this mean you are gonna be leaving us to go get a real job now??


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    Excellant!

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    Congratulations Howard! All the hard work finally paid off. Now take some time off and enjoy it
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    Congrats Dr. Fist!
    Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say Ni at will to old ladies..

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    Thumbs up

    been a pleasure being associated with you guys..
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    and I guess it just got better...!! with a REAL JOB offer !!
    paying real dinero !! WO!!



    got to be a tremendous sense of accomplishment........

    [have a feeling you wont forget where you've been ] :
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    Thanks all.

    I hope to post my thesis online once I obtain the required permissions. While I may become more arms-length to the project over the next few months, I will always be watching you

    It's been a blast so far though, thanks to all of you for making this such an enjoyable experience for me.
    Howard Feldman

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    Congratulation Howard!

    Now,

    Hope you don't disappear completely from this project as I (and I'm certain, many others) have been very satisfied with how this project have been managed!
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    Congatulations Howard

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    hmmm, not sure I would want to visit a DR. called Dr. Fist

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    very nice



    i didn't know DF had anything to do with hydrogen though







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    Congratulations Howard!!!


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    Congratulations Dr. Howard !!!!

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    Congrats Howard,

    I'm sure that's a load off your sholders. I finished my Ph.D. in august and after years of hard labo...errr research it felt great to jump though that last hoop.

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    Some guys will do anything to be able to use the line "Trust me, I'm a doctor!"


    Congrats Howard!!



    /whiny mode on

    Please don't leave us Howard!

    /chocolate arrived...whining over

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    Originally posted by bubbadog
    Some guys will do anything to be able to use the line "Trust me, I'm a doctor!"
    I hear it gets you preferred/VIP service in some places too - can anyone verify? If not, I'll let ya know in a few months...
    Howard Feldman

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    Originally posted by Brian the Fist
    I hear it gets you preferred/VIP service in some places too - can anyone verify? If not, I'll let ya know in a few months...
    If you ever have any problems with Bell it will help you out. They tend to give immediate service to Doctors of your line gets cut, isn't working, etc...

    Jeff.

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    CONGRATS!!!

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    Congratulations!

    Congratulations Howard!!

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    Congratulations!!

    Mark

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