What an exciting module 1. Despite reassurances that 'life isn't easy', I was sure everything would go off without a hitch.
Even more exciting was all of the new things I learned to do. Never before had I done a purification or an SDS-PAGE or an assay for protein concentration. I'd hardly been in a lab at all. I feel like I'm finally starting on the path to becoming a bioengineer.
As for the work:
That's me doing the data summary draft.
This is me doing the revision:
And this is me doing the homework for every lab:
That's a man who looks like he knows what he's doing. Despite the fact that I don't really know what I'm doing most of the time, I truly feel determined to try. When the data summary came around, I wasn't dreading it like I thought I would at the beginning of the semester. I had ideas of what to do for most of it, and the things I had no clue about became clearer as I went along (with help).
Being in 7.05 and 20.309 has also been surprisingly helpful. Every few weeks this happens,
and I learn one concept or procedure in triplicate. All of my classes bring it up at the same time, or even just two of my classes and I get the feeling of deja-vu. It's surprisingly helpful to let something sink in and then be taught about it by a new person in a new way for a different end goal.
I'm excited to do more things I've never done before in 20.109 module 2. And am quite looking forward to some hiccups to learn from or about.
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