major victory for galaxee

[galaxee]

you may recall i walked out on my boss about, oh, a month ago now. the stress was going to kill me.

[and sure enough, in 6 months i developed hypertension, frequent heart palpitations, and another major depressive episode...]

anyway, this is now turning into a happy story. i was tenatively invited into a lab about 2 weeks ago and we've been shuffling out the details since. i was asked last week to go through, read all the relevant literature, and pitch my new boss and her collaborators a project.

so i busted my tail. read all the lit, went through the biochemistry, the molecular biology, the ligand binding, all that fun stuff. and today i spent like 5 hours writing everything out. first it was a little drawing of the receptor on paper, covered in arrows pointing out ideas. then it was written out. and as i wrote it my heart sank as i started to think more and more they wouldn't like it.

but i got such great feedback (she loved it!) that i did a little dance around the living room... and it looks like this is now my project.

i have a lab home. i have a project. my boss thinks i'm smart. all is right with the world. and i am in one hell of a great mood

i just never thought i'd be studying drugs of abuse... but we all surprise ourselves sometimes. :P

[ralphh]

Originally posted by galaxee@Feb 3 2006, 08:10 PM
you may recall i walked out on my boss about, oh, a month ago now. the stress was going to kill me.

[and sure enough, in 6 months i developed hypertension, frequent heart palpitations, and another major depressive episode...]

anyway, this is now turning into a happy story. i was tenatively invited into a lab about 2 weeks ago and we've been shuffling out the details since. i was asked last week to go through, read all the relevant literature, and pitch my new boss and her collaborators a project.

so i busted my tail. read all the lit, went through the biochemistry, the molecular biology, the ligand binding, all that fun stuff. and today i spent like 5 hours writing everything out. first it was a little drawing of the receptor on paper, covered in arrows pointing out ideas. then it was written out. and as i wrote it my heart sank as i started to think more and more they wouldn't like it.

but i got such great feedback (she loved it!) that i did a little dance around the living room... and it looks like this is now my project.

i have a lab home. i have a project. my boss thinks i'm smart. all is right with the world. and i am in one hell of a great mood     

i just never thought i'd be studying drugs of abuse... but we all surprise ourselves sometimes.  :P

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Throw in a copy of that receptor drawing...unless it's privileged information!

[Frank Hudon]

congrat's on your dance!

[Sufferin' Prius Envy]

Sounds like time to send the first of many career highlight postcards to your ex-boss – thanking him for making it all possible. :P

Congrats!

P.S. The dance isn't like Elaine's on Seinfeld, it it?
"It's more like a full-body dry heave set to music."
- George, about Elaine's dancing in The Little Kicks

[galaxee]

Originally posted by ralphh@Feb 3 2006, 08:13 PM
Throw in a copy of that receptor drawing...unless it's privileged information!

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okay. it's not so exciting but here are the list of good ideas i had... heh.

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thanks for the support, guys

[seasalsa]

Way to go girl!

We all knew your old boss had to be a jerk. Guess this just proves it.

Congratulations

[miketoyo]

Originally posted by galaxee@Feb 3 2006, 08:10 PM
you may recall i walked out on my boss about, oh, a month ago now. the stress was going to kill me.

[and sure enough, in 6 months i developed hypertension, frequent heart palpitations, and another major depressive episode...]

anyway, this is now turning into a happy story. i was tenatively invited into a lab about 2 weeks ago and we've been shuffling out the details since. i was asked last week to go through, read all the relevant literature, and pitch my new boss and her collaborators a project.

so i busted my tail. read all the lit, went through the biochemistry, the molecular biology, the ligand binding, all that fun stuff. and today i spent like 5 hours writing everything out. first it was a little drawing of the receptor on paper, covered in arrows pointing out ideas. then it was written out. and as i wrote it my heart sank as i started to think more and more they wouldn't like it.

but i got such great feedback (she loved it!) that i did a little dance around the living room... and it looks like this is now my project.

i have a lab home. i have a project. my boss thinks i'm smart. all is right with the world. and i am in one hell of a great mood     

i just never thought i'd be studying drugs of abuse... but we all surprise ourselves sometimes.  :P

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[miketoyo]

Originally posted by galaxee@Feb 3 2006, 08:10 PM
you may recall i walked out on my boss about, oh, a month ago now. the stress was going to kill me.

[and sure enough, in 6 months i developed hypertension, frequent heart palpitations, and another major depressive episode...]

anyway, this is now turning into a happy story. i was tenatively invited into a lab about 2 weeks ago and we've been shuffling out the details since. i was asked last week to go through, read all the relevant literature, and pitch my new boss and her collaborators a project.

so i busted my tail. read all the lit, went through the biochemistry, the molecular biology, the ligand binding, all that fun stuff. and today i spent like 5 hours writing everything out. first it was a little drawing of the receptor on paper, covered in arrows pointing out ideas. then it was written out. and as i wrote it my heart sank as i started to think more and more they wouldn't like it.

but i got such great feedback (she loved it!) that i did a little dance around the living room... and it looks like this is now my project.

i have a lab home. i have a project. my boss thinks i'm smart. all is right with the world. and i am in one hell of a great mood     

i just never thought i'd be studying drugs of abuse... but we all surprise ourselves sometimes.  :P

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Hello Galaxee,
I'm interested about your background. Was the lab that you left a clinical lab?
I am curious if the drugs of abuse testing will involve antibodies to the drugs.
I am a Medical Technologist, so my interest in laboratory testing comes with the territory. My specialty is in Clinical Chemistry with emphasis on QC.
Thank you.
mike

[Mystery Squid]

Congrats Galaxee!!!!

[galaxee]

Originally posted by miketoyo@Feb 3 2006, 09:13 PM
Hello Galaxee,
I'm interested about your background.  Was the lab that you left a clinical lab?
I am curious if the drugs of abuse testing will involve antibodies to the drugs. 
I am a Medical Technologist, so my interest in laboratory testing comes with the territory.  My specialty is in Clinical Chemistry with emphasis on QC.
Thank you.
mike

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i'm a PhD student in molecular pharmacology. i left a lab that was involved in a huge clinical study, but my work there wasn't clinical at all.

what i'm looking at now is actually signal transduction through a cannabinoid receptor after ligand binding- will be using Ab's to the receptor and various molecules in the signal cascade, but not to the drugs themselves.