A short article that I found a bit encouraging today after feeling like how the above graph (from PhD Comics) illustrates..."PhD...What They Don't Tell Yo...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Welcome to Research!
This is definitely one phrase I'm starting to get weary of hearing! Let me give you some of examples of where it has come up:Case 1Me: Wait, was I supposed to use the distilled PEG to mix with the MeCl??Labmate: Yea, sorry I didn't make that too clear in the protocolMe: Oh goodness...now I'm going to have to redistill my solution and start back at step 2. 4 hours of work down the drain!Labmate: Welcome to research! : )Case 2 Me: These gels are taking a bit long to form, how long do they usually take you?Labmate: Oh about 10-15 minutesMe: Really?? Mine take like 30-40 minutesLabmate: Well are you making new initiator solution for every polymerization?Me: Umm, no. No one told me about that. I thought you could make a batch and it would last you several days. That means I'm going to have to redo...
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