I always get excited when new beads are on the way. I just ordered materials that will be used to make our first ever fall collection (at the AARI Gift Shop) and I can't wait for them all to arrive. Autumn foliage and Halloween served prominently as inspirations in my designs so you can expect to see lots of chalcedony (carnelian, sardonyx, bloodstone, agate, etc.), volcanic scoria, tiger eye, garnet, red jasper, and fire opal Swarovski crystal accented by rich gold and copper in our inventory this fall. My heart is literally fluttering with anticipation; almost like falling in love! Seriously!
That's not all I have to be excited about... Today, I start working on GUVs, otherwise known as giant unilamellar vesicles. After two solid months of amino acid and lipid adsorption isotherms (and my first lot of publishable data), I am soooooo ready for change. That's the thing with me-- I need to circulate projects every so often to ward off boredom and minimize frustration. In the past, I've worked for people who were content to have me do nothing but reproduce other people's results over and over and over. Not only did this stifle my creative spirit, but it effectively shut down any opportunities I would have had to publish original research. Trust me. If innovation is what your pioneering spirit craves, then the life of a lab technician isn't for you. If you don't mind the monotony and you'd rather not be published, then maybe it is. Thankfully for me, my PI seems to want to move forward as much as I do (well, most of the time, anyway).
That's not all I have to be excited about... Today, I start working on GUVs, otherwise known as giant unilamellar vesicles. After two solid months of amino acid and lipid adsorption isotherms (and my first lot of publishable data), I am soooooo ready for change. That's the thing with me-- I need to circulate projects every so often to ward off boredom and minimize frustration. In the past, I've worked for people who were content to have me do nothing but reproduce other people's results over and over and over. Not only did this stifle my creative spirit, but it effectively shut down any opportunities I would have had to publish original research. Trust me. If innovation is what your pioneering spirit craves, then the life of a lab technician isn't for you. If you don't mind the monotony and you'd rather not be published, then maybe it is. Thankfully for me, my PI seems to want to move forward as much as I do (well, most of the time, anyway).
GUVs can be up to 100um in diameter!
So, I expect to spend the day in my nice, comfy office pouring over the papers of my predecessors and trying to figure out what I need to get started. It would be nice to have this project off the ground before classes start in just a few weeks. Dr. Sahai and I still haven't discussed which courses she'd like me to take (she's been on medical leave for the last few weeks) so it could be anything from fluff to the hardest science in the catalog. One thing she did already make clear however, is that she expects me to keep those As rolling in! No pressure though, right?
Welcome to the “A” factory! My office in it’s current state.
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