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I woke up at 7am this (Saturday) morning to an amazing realisation: I’ve wasted weeks of work because one of my tests was completely futile.
I’ll tell you the steps of my work; see if you can pick where I went wrong.
Aim: Create a copy of an E. coli gene on a plasmid.

Amplify tiny piece of [...]

Uni
I apologise for being a bit absent from my blog. The main reason is uni.
I think this year is going to be a killer! My first major assignment was due on Wednesday. It doesn’t go towards my mark, but acts as a guide for improvement and forced me to read extensively on my subject area. [...]

Damn, this week has been a bit of a nightmare. Thus my lack of posting for which I apologise.
I started honours this week. It started with a bunch of seminars and workshops on thesis writing and computer skills and safety. I was dead scared of starting honours, it felt like so much pressure and hard [...]

“I think the word you’re searching for is absent. Tardy people show…” 1
Yes, I’ve been slightly absent from my blog, but not from blogs in general! I haven’t been writing much because I’ve been reading much. Pro Blog Design is one of my new favourite blogs. Michael writes really well and promotes extensive discussion. Being [...]

Some days are just good and some days aren’t even if you had every intention of making them great.
Saturday was good for me. I got to sleep in a little bit and I managed to clean the bathroom, do some dishes, two loads of laundry and a little bit of uni work all by 12:30pm. [...]