Today was the last day in the plant lab, and thus the last day as "not yet a grad student." Moving upstairs for the rest of the summer isn't much of a physical change, although it means getting used to the techniques used by a different set of people, a new lab manager with a new style, and the biggest one, being much more proactive about my own work. Not like I don't suggest things to try when screening primers in the plant lab; there wasn't as much pressure to understand exactly how a particular experiment fit into the larger picture. And definitely no pressure to read as much primary literature as possible and do critiques.
I'll miss a lot of the things that come with working in Chris's lab, like...
- the lab candy
- coming into lab and realizing that Hope just bought a gazillion pairs of primers...that all need to be diluted...
- ...and tested
- the "toxic room" (aka electrophoresis room)
- swapping dumb stories with Hope, or with anyone who has a story to share
- the centrifuge story (which is partially my fault)
- Sandra's singing
- Shalene and Susana singing along to Sandra's ringtone (yeah...)
So we'll see how tomorrow (technically today, in a few hours) goes. It almost feels like the first day of school...back in kindergarten.
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