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And So It Begins…

Well, we’re now about a week into classes, and things have started to get into a groove.  Freshman have had the luxury of being moved in by upperclassmen,  and gone then been through the un-luxury of the orientation process.  Later it is the fun of memorizing your new schedule and finding new classrooms for the first time.  At the same time, there is the getting aquainted with the roommate process, and building your raft with your mentor group for the raft race that just took place on Monday. It’s a lot to handle for the first week.

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A Conference…about Worms??

During my summer of research on C. elgans, our lab attended the 16th International C. elegans Meeting held on the campus of UCLA.  I know it may be hard to believe, but 1,600 people came to this conference to share their research and observations about one tiny nematode.  Let me tell you, these people were serious about worms.  No matter where you went, there was always a group of people engaged in a conversation about C. elegans

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