It feels so very strange to be done with my research! Of course I still have to do the paper and the presentation, but man, I just wish I could keep going. I love doing research, the possibility of finding some previously unknown piece of information that could potentially lead to more information is something special.
I drove to the center, bringing back all their supplies that I borrowed. I arrived a little after 9:00, which is when the weekly lab meeting starts, so I went upstairs and unpacked the things I had brought back. I had to take a lot of labeling tape off of tubes and dishes and racks and boxes in the process; a lot of what I had borrowed I labeled as property of the GGC so I wouldn't forget it. After that was finished I got to analyzing the last four sequences. Since I ran out of ExoSap on Exon 6, I had to load the last 8 samples from that Exon onto the last few sequencing plates. I also analyzed those. It was a bit tricky to find those samples among the other 70 samples per each sequencing plate. I completed the mutations chart for Exons vs. patients on the computer and in the binder for this gene.
I also talked to Melanie about a few details about the gene and the procedure, and then I was ready to leave. It was sad the last time I left the GGC this past summer, and it was sad this time as well. I'm going to miss stopping in regularly! But I've already decided that I'm going to try to come visit everyone there this summer. I'm really grateful for the opportunities they've given me.
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