A day for me in the lab differs from day to day. It all depends on where I am in a protocol or how the cells look that day. Some days I am changing media on cells or completing assays. Other days I am sitting down and reading papers or doing research on a procedure.
An example of some lab work! These are cells on a rocker during the immunostaining process.
Most of the time I am taking care of cells. This includes changing the media on cells or passaging them to keep them healthy and viable for experiments. I also go through protocols to carry out experimentation, which involves a lot of different techniques.
There’s also a lot of down time in lab, whether it is during incubation periods or just waiting for cells to grow. This is when I usually read papers or work on designing experiments/protocols. I also look up protocols for techniques that we will be using or call companies to try and figure out what products to use.
