Kirsty the Scientist

You might have noticed by my slightly inconsistent frequency and length of these blogs that at times, I've found it quite challenging to post a brand new blog post every week day!  It isn't really for lack of ideas or even forgetting or losing inspiration - but working in the lab every day has taken it out of me much more than I thought it would. I've always thought that I get my best ideas when walking in the fresh chilly British air, and everyday I walk home brimming with ideas, reflecting on my day in the lab, drafting the blog post in my mind. But as soon as I get through my front door, it feels like the weight of the day hits me and the thought of sitting and editing my thoughts together into a good blog post becomes the least of my worries. And so a rough draft of my ideas gets scribbled down and other things take precedent - like food, dissertation writing and sleep!  I will continue to try my very best to get the right blog post out on the right day and I am...

"You're not a real scientist until you've spent 3 weeks working hard on something and at the end of it all you might as well have been at home in your pyjamas the whole time!"  Unfortunately this week has ended up being a bit of a write off (which is incredibly frustrating in such a short 10 week project!). My Western blots (the experiment used to detect the presence of specific proteins) have all not been working and we've been really stuck as to exactly why. But maybe I'll just have to except sometimes science doesn't work when we want it to!