Last Western Blots
This week I began my second round of Western Blot tests. The first test I completed was to determine the proper conditions to do the...
The New Medicines
This week I was not able to do any work in the lab because I have been in San Antonio and Seattle to visit possible colleges. Although I...
An Imperfect Western
After finishing the Western Blot gels last week, I was ready to begin the actual test this week. A Western Blot test usually requires...
Certified
Finally, I am able to act independently within the lab. This week I became certified with the University of Arizona and I was able to...
Competition is in the Air
After a week-long break (that happened to align with spring break) everyone is back in the lab again. I was told that the conference...
The Conference
This week has been very busy in some ways, and very slow in others. For the past few months, the graduate students in the lab have been...
Results
The main focus of this week has been Western Blot readings. Last week we started several Western Blots which finished on Monday. After...
More Western Blots
So far, this third week has been the most hands-on week yet. On Monday, we did very little because both the Western Blot tests and the...
IHC Results (unofficial update)
These pictures are the results of the IHC tests. The left two pictures are healthy livers while the two on the right are livers affected...
Mistakes
On Monday, I learned that the IHC test that we had set up on Thursday, had not turned out well. Something in the process had gone wrong...
