Today, I returned to the lab. I helped do some PCR work and then ran the PCR product on a gel. I was working with two other people who hadn't worked with gels in a while. Fortunately, I was able to recall most of what I have learned about pouring and running gels. As a result, I looked like I knew what I was talking about. And I got to use a computer that still had Window 3.1 on it (it is used to take pictures of the gels, so you can imagine that it didn't get updated regularly.) Tomorrow, I will be running the PCR product through a purification kit. And then repeat about 73 more times. Eventually I will be sequencing the PCR product to validate mutants (please note this is the tail-end of the Big Blue Assay that I worked on last year). In the mean time, my mom lent me her "Ultimate Dolly Parton" so I am enjoying listening to the CD in the evening. Hopefully I will have a more interesting post soon.
"What kind of a doctor are you anyway? Will you do something? What are all these machines for -- what about that laser? Use that laser on my husband right now!" - Peggy Hill
Bonus Quote:
" I'm not gonna be blind forever, you know. And the second I see some ass, I'm kicking it. " - Hank Hill
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