I just received a unit schedule for my first year of medical school at the University of Kansas. Seven units, zero female instructors.

silly sigma

Yesterday I received a product from Sigma that is stored at 4 degrees Celsius - it was shipped on dry ice and ice packs. Today I received a product from Sigma that is stored at -20 degrees Celsius - it was shipped at room temperature. This makes no sense.

One was a protease inhibitor and the other a phosphatase inhibitor.

KU med memo - H1N1

KU med school has already given accepted students an email account (mine is forwarded to my gmail) and is sending out all the campus announcements. The latest:

From: "University Broadcast"
To: "University Broadcast"
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 16:04:40 -0500
Subject: H1N1 Update

Several individuals have asked about commencement activities in the wake of the H1N1 flu outbreak. At this time, all activities associated with the 2009 Commencement will proceed as scheduled. However, the administration continues to closely monitor the status of the H1N1 flu outbreak and will provide updated information as necessary.

Honestly, these people are graduating from medical school and are entering their residencies. And they are concerned about a currently extremely mild pandemic effecting their graduation activities.

And I'm already complaining about med school before it even starts...

photo album tip

If you click twice on the bottom right of the album, you will be able to look through the album without going to the Picasa website. I've seen the second-click appearance on albums embedded in blogger. Can anyone figure out how to do this?

lab mice

Josh and Liz make bagels

Josh and Liz make a terrarium in a whiskey bottle