Some more on the M3 meeting held on 27th of june 2009 in Stockholm, where I gave a presentation on my current project on Pathway Signatures. The meeting itself was very informative and interesting, with both presentations on new developments in metagenomics and on how the field is reorganizing itself in the light of metadata and annotations. One of the organizers, Iddo Friedberg, posted summaries of most of the presentations in two parts on his blog. If you could not make it to the meeting itself, it’s a great way to get a taste of the topics that were discussed. Moreover, Iddo has done a great job on writing good and easy-to-read summaries to each presentation.
On a more personal note, presenting our research to such a large scientific audience for the first time was a very exciting and somewhat intimidating experience. After spending so much time working on all the nitty-gritty details of the project, it’s refreshing to take a step back and explain the bigger scope to fellow scientists. It was stimulating to receive so much interest and positive feedback from friendly people during the poster sessions. The presentation I gave can be found back on Slideshare, and is embedded below.
All in all was a very positive experience, even more so because Stockholm is truly a beatiful city with a very rich history. I was surprised to learn on arrival that we were staying in a former prison, on its own separate island. Luckily I had the opportunity to visit some museums and get to know the city a little bit before the conference was over. I never knew that water was such an integral part of Stockholm, but apparently ‘holm’ means island, which kind of gives it away. The city consists of 14 separate islands and up to 30% of the entire city area is composed of waterways. Combine these waters with a city that is hundreds of years old, and you’ve got yourself a beautiful capital. Water really has that power to make cities feel special, like it does in Amsterdam, Venice and, no I know, Stockholm.
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