Tuesday, July 11, 2006
6:26 AM
haha....haven't heard from me for some time ne?haha...into the third week of my internship. more or less getting a hold of the ropes.first weeks results were off the spot.remeasurements done on monday. man, the piriform cortex is a damn pain in the ass to inject tracer into. somehow my mentor has also picked up the chase and become more interested in my existence and my project.ok okto be perfectly honest the guy is great. Though kinda childish. Hey! who cracks peanuts at people's ears whilst they're trying to mount fragile 40 micrometre brain slices onto the slides in an attempt to break their concentration and watch them flounder?!But he's funny in his monotonous way and can be patient and encouragin in his teachings.though scarce on the compliments it just makes his praises more believeable and satisfying.haha...other good news.The two mice i did using the new coordinates on monday are still alive today.my drill holes are getting more accurate and and nice and round.i haven't broken a probe before injecting the tracer this week. though i did break one after i had removed it from the mouse brain.did 5 perfusions today. 5 brains removed. not too bad. 3 out of 5 received the lao ma thumbs up.all in all....i'm beginning to get more guidance and getting more confident and hopefully i will progress.GUMBATTE ET!!!!!