Second language

I don't know if I have mentioned it, but back in the day, I worked in a lab.  

The lab was a molecular physiology lab at SIU.  I spent my time pipetting tiny amounts of all kinds of things for a couple of the medical school professors.  I did a lot of lab prep and some research for them as well.  

We grew cell lines and studied breast cancer. 

We studied gene regulation/expression.

I really liked it, but in the end decided a PhD was not for me.  

  

I worked with all sorts of people at the lab.  Mike and Jodi were the professors and the brains behind the operation.  Phil was a full-time researcher working on his own theories as he earned his PhD.  Ramya was a PhD candidate from India.   And there were plenty of us that worked in the lab while we were finishing up our undergrad.  

One of my favorite co-workers was a Japanese girl named Takumi.  

She was so sweet and quite funny.  Sometimes it was unintentional because of cultural differences.  

When I ran across this picture the other day I laughed out loud.   

That is a tub of diluted bleach solution. 

Damn you English.