I know that you guys are like where are the science posts? Well, don't worry, I will update you on my work (some of it). Currently, I am wrestling with writing a good protocol for embryonic stem cell extraction and expansion. The problem is that for a protocol, it's the details that matter. I understand the basic gist of how to make ESC but I have found about 4 different ways of handling the exact details of the procedure. Asking people who have done the experiment also did not help elucidate the situation (I was more confused about what to do). So, currently, I have decided to consider my timetable, my resources, and my own technical abilities. With these things in mind, I am formulating a protocol that is a combination of different protocols (it is also an improvement on the last protocol, my last ESCs did not look so great :( )
For something not so nerdy: yesterday I met up with my new Spanish tandem partner-- una espanola quien esta en Berlin para una aventura (for non-spanish speakers: she is a girl from Spain who is in Berlin for an adventure) --truly a girl after my own heart! She is a photographer and is fun-spirited not to mention friendly. Talking with her made me realize how rusty my Spanish is-- so I dusted it off and went with her to watch the Spain v. Portugal game with her Spanish friends-- un grupo amable. Spain won!! All the Spaniards were doing the wave. They joked to me that the ones who were not joining in were the Germans (probably 90% true).
Vivo por aventura!
LILY
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