Comments on: In the lab http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/ You'll laugh you ass off. (I did.) Tue, 15 May 2012 03:15:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Charlie Hills http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16098 Charlie Hills Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:00:10 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16098 Did you see on Ellen what happens when you drop boiling water into twenty liters of liquid nitrogen? Ever since then, I've been wanting to get my hands on twenty liters of liquid nitrogen. :) Did you see on Ellen what happens when you drop boiling water into twenty liters of liquid nitrogen? Ever since then, I’ve been wanting to get my hands on twenty liters of liquid nitrogen. :)

]]> By: Andy Lee http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16097 Andy Lee Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:20:11 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16097 So how do we reach you SIL?? Thanks for the post, you are a fun writer to read! So how do we reach you SIL?? Thanks for the post, you are a fun writer to read!

]]> By: auntie http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16096 auntie Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:31:57 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16096 very cool post! i love it when funny and profoundly serious come together like that. very cool post! i love it when funny and profoundly serious come together like that.

]]> By: Inny http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16095 Inny Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:16:14 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16095 @s - Yeah, I think that's true. The hood probably has a UV lamp inside. I worked with a hood like that once. I turned the UV lamp before I put the cells in the hood, so that the UV rays would kill everything inside and all the instruments and the media would be sterile. @s – Yeah, I think that’s true. The hood probably has a UV lamp inside. I worked with a hood like that once. I turned the UV lamp before I put the cells in the hood, so that the UV rays would kill everything inside and all the instruments and the media would be sterile.

]]> By: s http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16094 s Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:30:24 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16094 @Jaime - i could be wrong (and probably am) but i worked in a cancer lab for a summer and i think a lot of times the point of working under the hood is to protect the cells themselves. the chemicals i used when i did cell culture were pretty safe. but the cells were very sensitive to microbes and stuff like that... @Jaime – i could be wrong (and probably am) but i worked in a cancer lab for a summer and i think a lot of times the point of working under the hood is to protect the cells themselves. the chemicals i used when i did cell culture were pretty safe. but the cells were very sensitive to microbes and stuff like that…

]]> By: Jaime http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16093 Jaime Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:27:25 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16093 I work at a company that has the word laboratories in our name. the only thing i think is shouldnt she be wearing a lab coat when she was splitting the cells? looks too much like work to me....oh that thing that looks liek a turkey baser is a pipette. :) and she is working under the "hood" it has its own exhaust system. ok im going to stop being a nerd about this entry. :) I work at a company that has the word laboratories in our name. the only thing i think is shouldnt she be wearing a lab coat when she was splitting the cells? looks too much like work to me….oh that thing that looks liek a turkey baser is a pipette. :) and she is working under the “hood” it has its own exhaust system. ok im going to stop being a nerd about this entry. :)

]]> By: Susan http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16092 Susan Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:39:07 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16092 I'm a huge advocate of cancer research. My mom is a two time breast cancer survivor and my dad has survived colon and prostate cancer. Kudos to your sister-in-law for doing this to help everyone out there. And for everyone else out there, don't forget to get your mammogram/colonoscopy, etc. They really do help save lives. I’m a huge advocate of cancer research. My mom is a two time breast cancer survivor and my dad has survived colon and prostate cancer. Kudos to your sister-in-law for doing this to help everyone out there. And for everyone else out there, don’t forget to get your mammogram/colonoscopy, etc. They really do help save lives.

]]> By: Helen http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16091 Helen Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:34:31 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16091 Great post PQ! I've always thought your brother was cool and now know he married cool too. When my dh and I were on vacation this past June we met a young man who lost his mom to breast cancer. He had been doing cancer research in college. His research focused on the best way to deliver meds to cancer patients so they wouldn't get sick - something about attaching the meds to a magnet and running it through the blood. (His mom died because she couldn't stand the thought of facing another round of chemo.) His college grant ran out so he joined the Air Force to he could get his degree and continue his research because he promised his mom he would get a degree but wouldn't go in debt to do it. At that moment we wished we were millionaires so we could fund his education. I hope someday to see his name in lights because of his research. Great post PQ! I’ve always thought your brother was cool and now know he married cool too.

When my dh and I were on vacation this past June we met a young man who lost his mom to breast cancer. He had been doing cancer research in college. His research focused on the best way to deliver meds to cancer patients so they wouldn’t get sick – something about attaching the meds to a magnet and running it through the blood. (His mom died because she couldn’t stand the thought of facing another round of chemo.) His college grant ran out so he joined the Air Force to he could get his degree and continue his research because he promised his mom he would get a degree but wouldn’t go in debt to do it. At that moment we wished we were millionaires so we could fund his education. I hope someday to see his name in lights because of his research.

]]> By: DonnaLynn http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16090 DonnaLynn Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:14:51 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16090 What a neat experience that must have been! What a neat experience that must have been!

]]> By: Deanna http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2008/10/in-the-lab/comment-page-1/#comment-16089 Deanna Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:43:35 +0000 http://pastaqueen.com/blog/?p=940#comment-16089 Wow, mucho thanks to your SIL - that's like a really important job and instead of saying the snarky "it's not like she's curing cancer" - you can say the total opposite, love it!! Wow, mucho thanks to your SIL – that’s like a really important job and instead of saying the snarky “it’s not like she’s curing cancer” – you can say the total opposite, love it!!

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