so um yea stuff
the past week has been all sorts of productive and stuff.
*i got back my immunology exam and didn't fail. (i took it without studying because i had been in atlanta the week before and flew back the day of--Neuroscience2006 was fabulous too.)
*got back my neurodegenerative diseases exam and was happy-ish. i would have been happier with my 92 if curtis hadn't beaten me by 4 points. stupid smart people.
*finally asked Thorsten to write me letters of recommendation. and he said he would :)
*also asked Sue and David. haven't heard back yet.
*didn't cry at my annual evaluation. in fact, they gave me a bonus and a raise (no promotion this time--apparently the jump from RA I to RA II is easier than the jump from II to III.)
*took the subject GRE (biochem) yesterday. i was really scared when i took the practice exam the night before, but i think i did ok.
*i've got a pretty solid list of 6 schools i want to apply to (i'm currently in the process of asking if they'll take me despite my pitifully low undergrad GPA.)
*just leant roo money to buy herself a car. i feel all sorts of good about myself now. it's kinda neat to have enough money saved to be able to cut someone a check for a truck.
*margo thinks that i should also include that i've "learned" how to muffle my sneezes so i don't give her a little mini heart attack when i sneeze behind her.
now i just need to:
*do laundry
*put sheets on my bed
*write application essays and apply to schools
(people who offer to read essays for me get extra special bonus points and possibly a basket of margo cookies. margo makes good cookies.)
*read all those articles for class
*prepare article presentation for immunology
*write the Huntington background
*figure out how to determine what gets modified when you differentiate SH-SY5Y cells
(ran westerns with a bunch of modification motifs and found that there are changes in threonine phosphorylation and lysine acetylation but i can't just blast the peptide sequences used to generate the antibodies because there really isn't a peptide sequence. i'm thinking of making IP lysates and trying that ...)
--apologies for the jargonishness. science geeks can feel free to offer suggestions.
*i got back my immunology exam and didn't fail. (i took it without studying because i had been in atlanta the week before and flew back the day of--Neuroscience2006 was fabulous too.)
*got back my neurodegenerative diseases exam and was happy-ish. i would have been happier with my 92 if curtis hadn't beaten me by 4 points. stupid smart people.
*finally asked Thorsten to write me letters of recommendation. and he said he would :)
*also asked Sue and David. haven't heard back yet.
*didn't cry at my annual evaluation. in fact, they gave me a bonus and a raise (no promotion this time--apparently the jump from RA I to RA II is easier than the jump from II to III.)
*took the subject GRE (biochem) yesterday. i was really scared when i took the practice exam the night before, but i think i did ok.
*i've got a pretty solid list of 6 schools i want to apply to (i'm currently in the process of asking if they'll take me despite my pitifully low undergrad GPA.)
*just leant roo money to buy herself a car. i feel all sorts of good about myself now. it's kinda neat to have enough money saved to be able to cut someone a check for a truck.
*margo thinks that i should also include that i've "learned" how to muffle my sneezes so i don't give her a little mini heart attack when i sneeze behind her.
now i just need to:
*do laundry
*put sheets on my bed
*write application essays and apply to schools
(people who offer to read essays for me get extra special bonus points and possibly a basket of margo cookies. margo makes good cookies.)
*read all those articles for class
*prepare article presentation for immunology
*write the Huntington background
*figure out how to determine what gets modified when you differentiate SH-SY5Y cells
(ran westerns with a bunch of modification motifs and found that there are changes in threonine phosphorylation and lysine acetylation but i can't just blast the peptide sequences used to generate the antibodies because there really isn't a peptide sequence. i'm thinking of making IP lysates and trying that ...)
--apologies for the jargonishness. science geeks can feel free to offer suggestions.