PCR song has a friend!

As part of my boss's continuing efforts to keep us a happy bunch of lab rats... he introduced us to this song today!

(but he won't get us the robot darn it!)



IN case you've been longing to hear the PCR song again.-- Click here!

Colorado Trip

At the beginning of March I was sent to a meeting in Keystone, Colorado for work. The meeting was titled Stem Cells and Cancer and was really a perfect match for presenting my thesis project and getting a little feedback to help me tie together the parts and hopefully get it all finished so I can graduate someday. This trip turned into a very fortunate coincidence for Craig who tagged along to go skiing-- a lot, and in exchange I got someone to carry the heavy luggage-- and my favorite free ski lessons!
So off to Denver and then the 2 hour shuttle ride to Keystone-- the base there is at almost 10,000 feet above sea level with the peak at almost 13,000 feet-- the altitude really got to me, but by the 3rd day I was out and about skiing (and doing that whole science thing I was there to do). We got some amazing photos while we were on the slopes, and as the weather was gorgeous, I definitely enjoyed my first ski trip to a "real" mountain.

Here are a couple of pictures from our trip.

Sorry mom, no cameras allowed in the exhibit hall!

Yes, I need a helmet-- I am a bit clumsy on skis! (but I made it down some really really steep trails this time!)

The view from the highest peak, and I made it down from there all on my own without falling! (the slopes on the mountain behind us are Breckenridge)

Wow, it really was just beautiful up there, if only the oxygen would hang around!

Ah, my "Wild Irishman"