I am sure that most people in my lab could pass as perfectly normal members of society. I know that some of them even have real lives, and seem to be able to maintain relationships outside the lab.
Therefore I have been somewhat taken aback by the response to the Axygen 'eppendorf' tubes. A fair proportion of the lab rats have come up to me in the last week and raved - there is no other word for it - about these tubes. All right, they are good, but I never expected such an emotional excess.
Talking of emotion (danger, bad segue ahead), the issue of 'cloning' is bound to engender a strong (and often ill-informed) response from your average voter. It is heartening then to read Keren's attempt to explain the issue, and she's a physiology student. Mad props to her, and her Dad for raising the issue at home. Get 'em young and train 'em right, as the Queen has been known to say.
In other news, the Boss is away. I've not yet been here six months, but I was asked yesterday if I was in charge in his absence. I am not completely sure what this says about how I am regarded or perceived by my fellow rats. Maybe if I do a bit more spadework I will be able to stage a coup at Christmas.
