So this last week, actual stuff started happening with research! We managed to figure out why our cells kept dying in Dr. Trinkle's incubator: the CO2 level was 0.5% too low. I took care of that business, but it takes forever for cells to grow up. While this issue was getting sorted out, the confluency assay for the petri dishes was underway at pharmacy. This was quite a nerve-wracking experience this time, I went to change the media WITHOUT JD. Changing media isn't too bad, but it's really nice to have a buddy at pharmacy. The people who work over there are all pretty nice, I'm sure, but I know very little about them--only that they are experts at the latest gossip. I imagined them shooting me furtive looks as I blundered around their gigantic lab, possibly judging my biosafety cabinet skills. While the experience was uncomfortable, I felt quite accomplished as I walked back to Dr. Grady's lab in the soggy oven that is Lexington. Unfortunately, I have no exciting pictures of the pharmacy lab to include here because I didn't have the guts to take one. I do have proof of my confluency assay! Here are the little MG-63 cells adhering to the plate! They're cuties.
Toward the end of the week, Floyd said he was done with the two pieces that I designed on Inventor! The microscope dish holder and the spincoater lid have come to fruition!!
Aside from research, there was a fantastic adventure to a cheese factory over the weekend and I am now planning making homemade ricotta--and possibly cheese cake.
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