In Dallas
Hi y'all,
I've been in Dallas since Monday. I feel slightly guilty typing this while at work but I'm waiting on reverse transcriptase to do it's thing. I'll write about graduation some other time.
Work
My First Real Job!
It's so exhausting and I have homework. I have all these journal articles to read. I work in Andrew Zinn's lab in the McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development. My mentor for this week has been Basil and he's leaving today to go to India I think for a month. Monday Kristen comes back and since she does the same sort of thing I do I guess I'll be transferred to her care.
Today I made it to the lunch time seminar on Ethics in research. The gist of it was that it's ok to exclude data points but not to make them up. He had a cute joke in his paper. Quoted from Frederick Grinell's The Practice of Science at the Edge of knowledge
The behavior of baseball umpires helps defien the issues. Tehre are three types of umpires. The first type says: "I call balls and strikes as they are." The second says: "I call them as I see them." And the third says: "What I call them is what they become."
Jenny's nice but she's moving soon. She said I'm doing really well for having just moved to dallas sortof and this being my first lab job. She got a bio degree form UT three years ago before the 15 options. She dissected mice and took out their hypothalami, but I was too busy to pay much attention. Lane is nice. Purita is the "Indian grandmother" of the lab. I've learned how to grow cell cultures(why does no one clean the microscope in that room)and split them. I broke soemhting on my second day and have now successfully ordered the replacement part. On my first day I was meek and introduced myself. On the second day (I was wearing my UT shirt) some people may encouraging comments about the longhorns and other people stared at me in a way to suggest who are you and why are you here. I've decided to wear my lab coat around in hopes of getting more respect, while at the same tiem remembering to reintroduce myself and try to be humble. I try to look like I know what I'm doing and soemtimes I do know.
That's all for now folks!
I've been in Dallas since Monday. I feel slightly guilty typing this while at work but I'm waiting on reverse transcriptase to do it's thing. I'll write about graduation some other time.
Work
My First Real Job!
It's so exhausting and I have homework. I have all these journal articles to read. I work in Andrew Zinn's lab in the McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development. My mentor for this week has been Basil and he's leaving today to go to India I think for a month. Monday Kristen comes back and since she does the same sort of thing I do I guess I'll be transferred to her care.
Today I made it to the lunch time seminar on Ethics in research. The gist of it was that it's ok to exclude data points but not to make them up. He had a cute joke in his paper. Quoted from Frederick Grinell's The Practice of Science at the Edge of knowledge
The behavior of baseball umpires helps defien the issues. Tehre are three types of umpires. The first type says: "I call balls and strikes as they are." The second says: "I call them as I see them." And the third says: "What I call them is what they become."
Jenny's nice but she's moving soon. She said I'm doing really well for having just moved to dallas sortof and this being my first lab job. She got a bio degree form UT three years ago before the 15 options. She dissected mice and took out their hypothalami, but I was too busy to pay much attention. Lane is nice. Purita is the "Indian grandmother" of the lab. I've learned how to grow cell cultures(why does no one clean the microscope in that room)and split them. I broke soemhting on my second day and have now successfully ordered the replacement part. On my first day I was meek and introduced myself. On the second day (I was wearing my UT shirt) some people may encouraging comments about the longhorns and other people stared at me in a way to suggest who are you and why are you here. I've decided to wear my lab coat around in hopes of getting more respect, while at the same tiem remembering to reintroduce myself and try to be humble. I try to look like I know what I'm doing and soemtimes I do know.
That's all for now folks!