5/6 June 2008

I began working at the Institute of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Biologicials (IAH&VB) in the FMD lab running ELISA tests. I’ll give a procedural rundown of what we do at some point, but mostly we pipette bits of liquid from one tray to another and incubate it, wash it, and repeat. Work went pretty smooth. I show up around 10:30, work at a relaxed pace, and get to sit around while plates incubate, which is a lot of the time. We can have about a 2 hour lunch if we don’t need to take plates out, and we can leave by 5. It’s really a pretty sweet deal if not a little one-tracked and repetitive. The lab breakdown is as follows: Boss- Dr. Hedgre who I met before and our group decided reminded us of Dr. Snyder from home. He’s quite friendly with me but he is a boss for everyone else, so the dynamic is a bit different. I know technically he is my boss but I’m not getting paid and only work one month so there’s no real worry.