Not much excitement in the lab except that I keep plugging along with my data collection. It is at times tiring and stressful. Well, the actual data collecting part isn't bad, it's the part afterwards that can be a little tricky. I run all my blood samples on a flow cytometer to measure my NK cell proportions, and I'm never 100% sure if the machine will cooperate with me. Last Friday, the flow cytometer was not nice to me; maybe it sensed that it was Friday the 13th. But this morning, everything seemed to work fine. Maybe it was because my advisor tagged along (he was not familiar with flow cytometry), and so the machine sensed there was a guest and decided to behave.
I am definitely experiencing whatever version of "senioritis" corresponds with the final year of a PhD program. I am so ready to be done with this data collection because I really want to see the results. But I know that patience is the key here. Also, I think I am ready for a change, meaning that I am really looking forward to transitioning from Beth the doc student to Dr. Evans the faculty member. I hope to know something more on that front in the next month or so.
In the meantime, we keep plugging along. . .
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