I got to play on the confocal and multiphoton microscopes yesterday. I was even allowed to drive the multiphoton myself, which has cool green laser tubes and all sorts of funky stuff and is basically more fun than a postdoc should be allowed to have (so don't tell my boss, 'mkay?).
It was basically a driving lesson for me, to figure out what the equipment can do, how to use it, and only secondarily to examine my cells to see if we can figure out what the fruitbat they are doing. So this picture has no scientific merit, but is very pretty:
I said to the Younger Pawn (aged seven and a half!) this morning "Come and see a koala bear!" and showed her the picture.
"Koalas aren't bears!" she stroppily informed me.
"Oh, what are they?"
"Marsupials" she said, definitely.
Sigh. Trust kids to take the fun out of science.
Comments
Confocal microscopy is so cool. I'd love to play with it although it's hard to find an opportunity these days. Good luck in learning to drive..
Posted by: Mad Dog | July 6, 2007 12:47 AM
Favourite fact: Koala have two opposable thumbs on each hand.
How cool is that!
Posted by: Flossie | July 12, 2007 10:06 PM