Failures-
1. This week was supposed to be the last week that we were running bulk PCR's for Matt's Tiger Rattlesnake project however come Friday we hit a speed bump. A batch of PCR's didn't work and we don't know why. Next week we will re-run these samples and if they once again don't work we will start all of and re-extract them from the tissue samples.
Hopefully we will have the entire problem sorted out on Monday so that we can finally send everything off to G.A.T.C to get sequenced. Once we get that back we will begin the next step of our project. We'll start the analysis, and pens and paper will replace our pipettes and beakers.
Opportunities-
1. The entire week I was very apprehensive about the journal club. This week. My week. Logan and I hit center stage on Friday to deliver our reports on our respective articles. I can't remember exactly how my went (I am already repressing those moments but it might have turned out ok.... maybe?), but Logan's was very interesting. I also want to thank Nathan, our guest speaker, for his presentation on NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease).
2. I really got to know Demetre this week. Two weeks ago I never would have guessed that he lives such an interesting life or can speak perfect Greek for that matter! I am glad I get to work with him.
3. More great food and social adventures with the rest of the cast of Intern Survivor.
As you can see the opportunities beat out the failures three to one. Go go opportunities.
2 comments:
Your presentation was awesome Greg.
Yes, 3 to 1 is a good ratio of disappointments to successes. Your presentation showed that you understood the article well and were able to help the club understand as well.
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