5 Months In – Working as an MLA/T | Pt 2

5 Months In – Working as an MLA/T | Pt 2

It’s been 5 months since I graduated from college, and 5 months working as an MLA/T. During this time I’ve had two jobs that were completely different from each other. One under the title of clinical assistant/lab technician and the other a medical lab assistant. I have to say, it’s been an interesting journey so [...]

An Old Lab Book

An Old Lab Book

Two years ago I posted a little blog post talking about my feelings and excitement in taking a 6-hour molecular biology lab course. I mentioned it once afterwards, then never again. So here’s a summary of what we did, how I felt during the course, and afterwards! This course comprised of one 2.5 or 3 [...]

PCR Problems

PCR Problems

I've never felt so connected with this meme:  I laugh at it so much because I understand what it's like to work so hard and yet get a negative result, but actually performing PCR and getting a negative result... I still laugh but I'm crying on the inside. I performed my first PCR experiment for [...]