BSURF 2017

First of all, I would like to say that everybody did a great job with their Chalk Talks and I really enjoyed this week of morning meetings. I know that we have gone in circles a lot of times telling...

I remember recently reading an article by The Onion (warning: a bit graphic; mildy NSFW) about a flies mating. In summary, it's about flies mating on a pile of rotting meat and how it enhanced the experience. To humans, this putrid smell may...

Everyone did such an amazing job with their chalk talks this week, given that no one had really done one before. New knowledge has been acquired from all of this. Success! To be honest, it was a bit nerve-racking, especially...

My day usually starts with me trying to drag myself out of bed...which takes a while. Then I go to the program meeting or have breakfast. Before work or at least sometimes during, I usually have some sort of coffee,...

My day in the Levin lab usually varies. Some days I come into the lab and I have a few rats to harvest. Harvesting includes extracting the brain and spleen and liver from each rat (after they have died of...

In four actions, that is essentially a day at work for me. Let me clarify, that's just the series of actions you go through when you're running samples through High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). I'm essentially a lab assistant and...

After completing my fourth week of the BSURF program, I have a better understanding of my role and what to expect in the lab. Most of my time in the lab revolves around a computer screen, while a small portion...

My day usually starts with cells. I am culturing dendritic cells, and they need to be passaged on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So when I get into lab, I meet with the Lucas, the graduate student I am working with,...

That’s a lot of L’s. Not to worry, the L’s are an unfortunate pattern, unrepresentative of this blog post. If you can think of synonyms beginning with, let’s say the letter, W, feel free to comment below. At this point,...

I wake up by 8:00 every morning just in time to get my morning coffee, making sure to start my day off with a kick. Depending on the day I will either head to French Family Sciences for a B-SURF...

My day in the lab I must say varies a lot day to day. Most weeks we perform several Glucose tolerance tests with our mice, so the morning is spent fasting them and getting prepped for the GTT. This involves...

10:30 – 12:30: Say hello to the lab and the lab dogs. Pipette 10µl of one sample of solid phase extract into two tubes.  Repeat ~170 times for a great thumb workout. Our challenge every day is to get a...

Mother, you've always wanted me to become a doctor. Sorry to say it, but I kind of sort of like lab life. I can imagine your expression right now: [embed]http://imgur.com/SFIK2LU[/embed] source: http://imgur.com/SFIK2LU And while I've got your attention to the lab,...