In the lab

When I was in North Carolina, I got to stand next to liquid nitrogen.

Liquid nitrogen makes me think of Terminator 2. It was good to know that if the T1000 wandered by, I would be able to disable him long enough to scream and run away like a little girl. The liquid nitrogen is stored in my sister-in-law’s lab for reasons I don’t know, but probably has to do with fancy research techniques I know nothing about. Same thing goes for all these vials and bottles on the shelf.

We stopped by the lab because my sister-in-law needed to split some cells so she would have material to do her experiments. She studies inflammation pathways in cancer cells. That’s right, she’s helping to cure cancer, which pretty much makes everyone else’s job look insignificant in comparison. Here she is, kicking cancer’s ass, which involves stylish purple gloves and something that looks like a turkey baster.

After she was done taking petri dishes in and out of an incubator, we walked past this chart of a cancer [...]

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