Anyways, I'm on vacation now until the summer session starts... I'm glad I'll have time to read my books, paint, go biking, get my head together, relax..
I havent been shadowing for a few weeks. I definitely haven't have time to do that but at least I've been making it to the lab. They've finally trained me on how to do the perfusion in the mice. It's pretty gory though and much harder than it looks. I'll get the hang of it. I gave myself a B- for my first try. Everything from cutting through the abdomen to perfusing the little guy with fixative went well, but I accidentally took a chunk out of its brain when I was trying to remove it. For perfect imaging, you need a perfectly intact brain. Good thing it was a practice mouse. Either way, i'm learning a lot of valuable skills in this lab. I cant wait until my headband magnifiers arrive ;)
