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\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>This year’s ARVO<\/a>\u00a0meeting took us back to Vancouver, where it has been less than a year since I last visited with my family for ASRS. I arrived Sunday afternoon, and made my way directly to Xi’an Cuisine<\/a> in Richmond, only to find that my favorite purveyor of spicy wontons and cold noodles were gone for the week. Feeling defeated, I dragged my luggage next door to\u00a0Xin Jiang Delicious Food<\/a>\u00a0for solid beef noodle soup, then to Silkway Halal Cuisine<\/a> for flavorful goat soup and spicy Xinjiang-style braised chicken with broad noodles. After checking into my\u00a0hotel<\/a>, I networked at a reception at the Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden<\/a> and hung out with friends at the Harvard reception<\/a> before calling the night. I kept busy between scientific sessions on Monday, briefly sneaking away for Marutama Ramen<\/a>, and ending the evening with a clinician-scientist dinner sponsored by Alcon<\/a> at L’abbatoir<\/a>, followed by drinks at the SERI<\/a> reception<\/a>. I spent Tuesday by my poster, pleasantly surprised by the mounting interest in our work, attended my post-doc Sook’s talk, and became acquainted with the AMPC<\/a> as a new member. The soup dumplings at Dinesty<\/a> were worth the trip, but the\u00a0Cantonese seafood at Kirin<\/a>\u00a0was not as good as I remembered. Wednesday was more relaxed, which gave me a chance to do some video interviews<\/a> and podcast<\/a> recordings, revisit Long’s<\/a> for more soup dumplings, and return to Richmond with my friend Yao for\u00a0pineapple buns<\/a>, tofu fa<\/a>, and Taiwanese\u00a0beef noodle soup<\/a>. I spent Thursday morning strolling along the harbor to Stanley Park<\/a>, but cabbed back to catch my technician Iris’ talk, followed by a lab celebration over aburi sushi<\/a> at Miku<\/a> and Akbar Mashti<\/a> (saffron, rosewater, pistachio) gelato at Bella Gelateria<\/a>. My return flight was delayed by a mechanical issue that made me miss my connection, but I was thankful for the Priority Pass<\/a> credit at Yankee Pier<\/a> for some chowder and crab roll during my SFO layover. While I was underwhelmed by many of the restaurants I revisited on this second trip to Vancouver, the scientific exchange at the meeting was satisfying, and I returned home excited to continue our research.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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