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The Summer Weather Has Arrived
It is definitely starting to feel like summer here in the Shenandoah Valley. My roommates and I turned on our air conditioner for the first time the other night. And let me tell you... when it's hot, it's HOT!
Yesterday turned out to be a very long day for me in the lab. Our last project was not working out the way it should have been. The results were negative and there were some problems arising. Because of this, we were moved to another project in which one of our professors, Dr. Coffman, had already been working on. My partner and I went in at about 9:30 in order to digest the protein. The entire digestion process takes about an hour and a half. After digestion, an electrophoresis gel is run for verification to assure that the correct DNA is present. At the time, we were sharing our gel with another group and by accident they disposed of the gel before we were able to get our picture which meant that the entire process had to be completed all over again. So later that afternoon I had to run another digestion, but during this time there was a mix up with one of the chemicals and because of this our gel did not run correctly. So now it looks like I might have to redo this test again today. As you will learn quickly, lab work tends to be very repetitious, so there needs to be an interest for doing what you are doing. I will try to post some pictures this week of what exactly goes on inside the lab.
Last night after lab, a bunch of the guys and I got together and decided to go bowling. Here in Harrisonburg, the bowling alley has specials during Monday Night Bowling. Games are very cheap. This tends to be very popular among the JMU community, so it's a great way to go out, have fun, and catch up with some friends that you don't normally get to see. Well I hope you're all enjoying summer, I know I am. Till next time...
Posted by Kristen on June 7, 2005 11:56 AM | Link | Email Kristen
