Journal Club

This morning, we got up and headed in to work early to set up for our Journal Club. Unfortunately, I awoke to the sounds of an irritated roommate, after Dani and I made changes to the power point. It was quite frustrating...since we know how to make a power point presentation, and that you don't put full sentences on the slides. But alas, Sarah was quite upset. I think I might have succeeded in convincing her that we didn't really change anything - she could still stay all her stuff.

Anyways, so we got to the Bacteriology Building, set up the presentation, and began once everyone had arrived. It was quite nerve-wracking, especially since I didn't feel as prepared as I would have liked to be, and I didn't like the article at all. I found it rather boring, actually. But it turned out really well. We didn't stumble too much, and even started a long discussion on antibiotic resistance in animals that lead to Martin having an idea to start a new branch of research. Haha. Ironic, but definitely comforting. At least it's over.

Since I had streaked out isolates yesterday, Sandra and I got to making plugs for Pulsed-Field today. It wasn't too hard - I'd seen it before - but definitely interesting. The gross part was suspending the bacteria. There was sooo much in the tube!! We took that and added it to agarose, which made solid, bacterial plugs (I called them bacterial jell-o; ew). After they had solidified, I set them to lyse and wash, then stored them overnight to be loaded onto a gel tomorrow. Not too bad...but it took quite a while.

When I got home, I took a nap, because I was so exhausted. I feel like that every day, really, but I guess I usually avoid taking naps at LSU. Mostly because I won't want to get up afterwards. I made dinner after that, and we all just hung around watching TV again. It was the usual Simpsons and Friends, so that was fun. Woo hoo!

Now it's time for me to deal with crappy internet and get to bed. Cheers!

Just an aside from a previous Irish term - "your man" is used when you talk about men, of course, but when you refer to a female, you use "your one". It makes sense, really, but interesting nonetheless!