As of yesterday I sealed a lab rotation position for the summer. In July, I'll join Dr. Jane Lian's lab to do research using human stem cells to treat disease. I'll start out with a week or two of training in mammalian cell culture technique (like how to grow cells in jello without getting it infected with mold), then I'm not quite sure just what research I'll get into. I do know the lab does work where they use mouse embryonic stem cells to treat mice that have broken bones. At any rate, I'm really excited to get started and now I feel much less ennui heading into the next month of working full time at a call center where I call people to ask how satisfied they are with their financial advisors (most aren't very satisfied at all!!!).
So yeah, the readers of this blog may have to endure a few months of gibberish about stem cell research until I finish that rotation in late August. :)
- James
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