fredag den 3. april 2015

Work bitch!

For nu lige at forklare overskriften så mener min professor at det ville være en ganske udenmærket laboratorie slagsang. Som om!

Ikke desto mindre er det en ret så passende overskrift til min forgangne uge. Jeg har afsluttet mit første store forsøg og havde måske været lige tidsoptimistisk nok. Jeg har derfor kun været hjemme for at sove og tilbragt resten af tiden med aflivninger og fedtklumps processering. Tilsæt hertil et rystevandbad, der gik I stykker I går (heldigvis først et kvarter inden de allersidste prøver var færdige) hvor der ikke var andet for end at smøge ærmerne op og så ellers ryste prøver med god gammeldags håndkraft. I dag var det data tid og jeg har sidde ved en ordentlig basse af et apparat – en såkaldt FlowCanto-II – for at detektere fluorescerende immunceller een ad gangen. Heldigvis kan den tælle rundt regnet 12000 celler I sekundet, så det kom “kun” til at tage en dags tid – hvilket også er mere end rigeligt når der hverken er dagslys eller kaffe. Aaaaargh.
 
The explanation for the heading is that the professor thinks it would be a perfect song for our lab. As if! 

Yet it is still a very good description of my past crazy work week. I have ended my first big experiment and I have apparently been slightly optimistic with the planning. I have mainly only been home to sleep and spend the rest of the time in the lab dissecting mice and processing their fat pads. As a final touch the shaking water bath broke down yesterday (luckily not until there was only 15 minutes left for the final samples) so there was nothing else to do than roll up the sleeves and get shaking. Today was data collection time and I have had a date with a giant machine known as the FlowCanto-II to detect fluorescent immune cells one at a time. Luckily it counts up to 12000 cells pr second, so I only had to spend about a day in here – more than enough still as there was neither daylight nor coffee. Aaaargh.

I næste uge venter der fridage for både ungerne og undertegnede samt et enkelt visit eller to hos en immigrationsmyndighed udpeget læge der skal tage røntgen billeder, sprøjte os med tuberkulose test og tage syphilis bodprøver. Hurraaa. Og vi får endda selv lov at betale for hele herligheden. Endnu mere Hurra. Første hold blodprøver ER I hus og til både min og Kristians store overraskelse er vi ikke helt så immune overfor diverse smitsomme sygdomme som vi lige gik og troede.

Next week we have days off coming up for me as well as the kids. Some of this time will be spent visiting an immigration authority assigned physician for xrays, injections of tuberculosis test, and blood sampling for syphilis. Yay! And the best part is that we have to pay out of pocket. More yay….! First round of blood testing has been done and both Kristian and I are not quite as immune for certain diseases as we thought we were.

Vejret er kun blevet bedre dag for dag. Vi mangler stadig at se bladene og blomsterne komme frem, men vi satser kraftig på, at der snart sker mirakler udenfor. Ifølge statistikken for 9 forskellige grene taget indenfor, så vil 100% af træerne få blomster. Ikke nødvendigvis store blomster, men små blomster har også ret. Jeg vil også rigtig gerne køre en tur ud til een af de store søer her I ferien, da jeg snart trænger til at se rigtig vand. Hvis det ikke bliver for meget regnvejr så ville en tur til Detroit for at se The Heidelberg Project heller ikke være helt af vejen. Men først og fremmest skal der findes påskeæg I morgen henne I kirken – hvor Ulrik skal være med til at gemme æg, så gad vide om de stakkels unger finder nogen……

The weather has only improved day by day. We are still waiting for flowers and leaves to show up, but it seems to be getting close. According to the statistical evidence of 9 random branches brought inside there should be a 100% chance of a random tree having flowers. Not necessarily big flowers, but still. Small ones are good enough for me. I would really like to make a trip to one of the great lakes as well, as I miss seeing some real water. If it is not too rainy a trip to Detroit to see the Heidelberg project would not a bad thing either. But first thing planned for good is easter egg hunt at our church tomorrow. Ulrik will be helping out hiding the eggs – I wonder if the poor participating kids will find any……



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