I started lab today, and it was really fun! I learned about the graduate students' project and the procedures they use to study the mice. I was glad to see the mice in my lab were a lot smaller than the rats in some of the other labs! My lab focuses on autism specturm disorders, specifically Rett syndrome. They use many of the same immunohistochemistry procedures that I used in my lab at UNI for my thesis. The students were surprised that I knew anything about the projects they were working on, I don't think they even knew I was going to be a biology major. They were really interested in the work I'd done for my thesis, so I showed them my thesis powerpoint at the end. Even though I don't speak chinese well at all, and they only speak some english, it was cool to be able understand eachother's science. They had all the same brands of lab supplies that I used at home :)
I'm starting to learn symbols in my Chinese class this week, its pretty difficult!
Here is the public link to the facebook pictures I've posted so far:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2199140416219.129902.1178520002&l=981306bb6b
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