Wow, now it looks like the return of the old Sajha ! पुर्ण राजनैतिक कुरा पछि । अहिलेलाई अल्पराजनैतिक व्यक्तिगत कुरा मात्र । Ashu wrote: "A quick search in databases does NOT establish you as a prolific or even remotely interesting scientific figure in any sense. So one can safely assume that other than being just another apparatchik in a scientific building filled with 1000s of science PhDs, the existential question of "what should do I do with my life?" (well explored in Po Bronson's book of that same title) must haunt you for days, no? " Ashu, You are correct about the inadequacies of my professional life. I am not proud of these inadequacies. However, I am not ashamed of it either. Looking from where I come from (SLC एउटा अन्जान गाउँको स्कुलबाट second division मा पास गरेर I.Sc. र B.Sc. दुबैमा ब्याक लगाएर पास गरेको । M.Sc. पास गरेको कुरा मेरा पिताजीले सर्टिफिकेट नदेखाई पत्याउनु भएको थिएन !) I am doing fine भन्ने लाग्छ । You made mockery of my inadequacies. That's okay. Have fun. You assumed I am frustrated with my personal life. You are wrong. Obviously you and I have very different views about the measurement of success, we enjoy different things and look at other's life differently. Different folks, different strokes, naturally. Since last year it has been a standard way for you to trash my professional life to run away from my questioning your political position regarding the king/republicanism and, in a silly way, trash the republican ideology itself. My personal inadequacies are my own. They do not disqualify Nepal for a republic. So stop disqualifying the republicanism in Nepal with Nepe's personal inadequacies. Will you ? If my personal inadequacies interest you for other purposes, I don't mind. Go, make mockery of it. You don't have to do research about me. I can tell it myself. I am not ashamed to reveal it. Here is my resume. Plenty materials for you to play with. Last name Khadka Additional last name: Khandka First name: Deepak Academic Qualification: Ph.D. (Life Sciences, 2001, Ben-Gurion University, Israel) Title of Ph.D. dissertation: "Identification and Characterization of DNA Markers and Genes Linked to the Sex of Dioecious Mercurialis annua Employment Record: Jan 2005- Research Teaching Specialist IV Department of Biochemistry UMDNJ-RWJMS Piscataway, NJ July 2001- Dec 2004 Visiting Fellow NICHD/NIH Bethesda, MD June 1991-Dec 1992 Junior Research Scientist RLABB Kathmandu, Nepal July 1991- Nov 1992 Part-time Teacher Central Department of Chemistry, TU Kathmandu, Nepal Conference/Symposium Attended 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, July 21-25, 2002, University of Wisconsin, Madison. From Cells to Crops: Third Symposium in the Series- Recent Advances in Plant Biotechnology. Sept 4-10, 1999, Stara Lesna, Slovak Republic. International Symposium and Training Course on Molecular and Biotechnological Aspects of Sexual Reproduction in Higher Plants, Aug 24-Sep 4, 1998, Martonvasar, Hungary. International Cooperation for Development of Biotechnology, Oct 30- Nov 3, 1994, Jerusalem, Israel Bibliography: Khadka DK and Sargent TD. The Role of Msx1 and Msx2 in Neural Crest Induction in Xenopus (submitted) Luo T, Rangarajan J, Zhang YH, Khadka D and Sargent TD. 2004. Identification of Target Genes for Transcription Factor AP2a in Xenopus Ectoderm (submitted) Khadka DK, Nejidat A, Tal M and Golan-Goldhirsh A. 2004. Molecular Characterization of a DNA Marker for Sex and a Related Gene in Mercurialis annua. Planta (accepted). Khadka DK, Nejidat A, Tal M and Golan-Goldhirsh A. 2004. Cloning and Characterization of a Gene Encoding Ribosomal Protein L32 Family from Mercurialis annua (submitted). Golan-Goldhirsh A, Barazani O, Wang ZS, Khadka DK, Saunders JA, Kostiukovsky V, Rowland LJ. 2004. Genetic relationships among Mediterranean Pistacia species evaluated by RAPD and AFLP markers. Plant Syst Evol 246 (1-2): 9-18 Tuna M, Khadka DK, Shrestha MK, Arumuganathan K, Golan-Goldhirsh A. 2004. Characterization of natural orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) populations of the Thrace Region of Turkey based on ploidy and DNA polymorphisms. EUPHYTICA 135 (1): 39-46 Khadka DK, Nejidat A, Tal M, Golan-Goldhirsh A. 2002. DNA Markers for Sex: Molecular Evidence for Gender Dimorphism in Dioecious Mercurialis annua L. Mol Breeding 9 (4): 251-257. Khandka DK, Nejidat A, Tal M, Golan-Goldhirsh A. 1999. Molecular Analysis of a Male Specific RAPD Marker in Dioecious Mercurialis annua. Biologia 54(7):37. Khandka DK, Nejidat A, Tal M, Golan-Goldhirsh A. 1997. Variability in the Pattern of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA. Electrophoresis 18:2852-2856. Khandka DK, Nejidat A, Tal M, Golan-Goldhirsh A. 1995. RAPD Markers for Sex of Dioecious Plants. HortScience 30(4):878. Khandka DK, Nejidat A, Golan-Goldhirsh A. 1995. Polymorphism and DNA Markers for Asparagus Cultivars Identified by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA. Euphytica 87:39-44. Membership Society for Developmental Biology International Society of Plant Molecular Biology Extra-curricular activity Served as the President of the Student Union Council in Campus Sede Boker, Israel, Nov 1998- Nov 1999.