I was very excited to see you all join the forum. Now it is time to share some recent pictures and tell us where you are now. I'll lead by example.
Here I am with my children:
They probably grew a lot since you last saw them (Michal just graduated high school and will soon go to the army), but Ofek is not as tall as me yet (the image is misleading).
And here is a picture from a few months ago (pre-Covid-19) when Hamutal and I celebrated 20 years of marriage:
You all know I'm working at Tel Aviv University now. We decided to buy an apartment nearby the university and in the last 6 months we've been renovating. Here's a picture from the middle of the renovation (should be done in one month or so):
Now let's hear from you!
Lovely pics Ronen!
Good luck with the renovation and moving in. Looks like a great space. Just reminiscing about many-a-dinner get-togethers at your place.
Already looking much nicer :-)
Your place looks great! And hope all is well for you and family during this COVID-19 crisis.. As for me, I am still in Singapore but have moved into Intellectual Property (IP) now. Working with research institutes and enterprises on discovering their IP (a different type of research 😁) and some patent analytics work.
If anyone does have any questions about IP, just send me an email. No changes to my email.
Hope to see everyone soon!
Hi Jason,
Interesting pivot to IP. In Singapore IP is more important than research. Only problem is the government forgets that without research there is no IP... Good luck in your new endeavor!
@Ronen Zaidel-Bar Thanks for the well wishes.
Yeah. It is kind of true that without research, there is no new IP, in at least for research institutes, where the most of the IP lies in the researchers themselves with the only common readable output are papers, patents and students. One key area that is often not measured is know-how. It is important for labs to try build up their know-how and keep it within the labs, while adding in new know-how from new areas. This know-how would help build brand name for the lab, while hopefully help attracts more talents and grants for the lab. 😉
For others entities like NGOs/companies, there are many forms of IP such as brand, data and copyright. Different entities capitalize different mixture of IP to target different market segments. I would like to think that moving forward, different labs could mimic the same to differentiate themselves from each other, other that the area of research that they are doing.
This is just my two cents. 😅
Nice to see all your family members, time flies so fast, kids grow and you both look really happy to settle in Tel Aviv.
Our daughter is ready 2.5 yrs old, active and sweet, this pic was took last lunar new year right before Covid-19.
Trang and I are busy with our private English center in Hanoi, we are hosting around 200 students here to help them with English and motivate their dreams to study abroad.
We have just signed an MOU with Emporia State University to be their recruiter in Vietnam. This pic was shot during our last-year visit to the US with the president and the Vice President of ESU. We are building partnership with other schools over the world.
Wonderful Thang! Nice to see your daughter, Trang and You. What did you name her ?
Her Vietnamese name is Chau, we also call her Jenny as well. How is your new chapter in India?
Thang your new adventure sounds exciting and Chau is really cute. Say hi to Trang from all of us ;)
Hey Thang, awesome to see you! Doing important business with Trang and outdoors with very pretty flowers and Chau. If you have student who not only know English well but are also smart and interested in biological research send them my way :-) (or to Cristina). Based on the news Vietnam did an excellent job responding to covid-19. Good for you! Give my warm regards to Trang.