The Camenisch lab is once again busy as I perform my fifth IHC. I keep repeating the same procedure. Being a researcher is very interesting, and working is part of an all-out effort, and not so pleasant jobs. There’s washing dishes (yuck), making cell cultures, removing embryos from the uterus of the mouse, picking up stuff from various parts of the College of Pharmacy, and a few other things. Fortunately, explanting embryos and running errands for my mentors here seem to be of great interest to me, mainly because I prefer dissection and doing stuff for others.
There are several minor procedures that seem to come to light on Mondays. One of them is autoclaving the graduated cylinders, Erlenmeyer flasks, and various other tools of science, such as glass test tubes and bottles. Sterilizing the equipment is very important in order to provide the necessary tools of the trade for the good of science. Failure to do so isn’t an option.
The fifth IHC, so far, only has three slides to be tested with Filamin-1 antibody. Dr. Camenisch seems to have developed an interest in Filamin-1. That is still subject to debate. Maybe it’s because Mark has done so much with MEKK4. But, in all sincerity, I do not know.
Mark is leaving for Washington D.C. tomorrow, and he wants me to possibly perform a DNA extraction from the tail tip digests he’s going to make today and PCR. It’s going to test for MEKK4 so we could add a little relevant color to our projects. Progress has shown over the weeks for sure.
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