This is how nerds roll...

[fafinette21]

So I'm a fourth year genetics student...and this morning I was proctoring a horribly early 2nd year genetics exam. I was glancing through the exam and remembering fondly how I actually enjoyed (yep I said enjoyed) second year genetics classes and exams because they were all problem solving questions and I loved working my way to a solution.

So...here it is on a Saturday night, I have nothing better to do...so what am I doing? Yep I'm doing genetics problems...for fun. Really makes you realize...wow I'm a keener.

And that's it. Feel free to mock.

 

[ashk36]

Well hey, props to you! I wish I could find something I'm that interested in and passionate about!

 

[Little Addict]

haha ... the same thing basically happens to me all the time.
I try to clean out my room and then find old tests, then start yelling at myself since the problems are so easy now. lol

 

[.Ice]

hell I wish I could bring myself to buy an Organic Chemistry book & just start reading it

....

 

[NutMeg]

Heh. I find myself taking those online personality tests and getting angry and re-writing the questions in my head, or figuring out which rule they violate. Or trying to figure how the premise of the test relates to the famous psychologist who supposedly wrote it.

 

[Mabelle]

That's awesome, it's nothing to poke fun at! It means you will actually love your job, that it won't just be a source of income! Unfortunately, far too few people feel that way about their careers.

 

[frankenkitty71]

Oh, yeah? Well how 'bout this...I LOVE BACTERIA!!! I am a microbiologist and my job is to take a swab of a wound or infection from a patient, grow it up and identify it to genus and species, and then test it against several dilutions of different antibiotics to see which drugs will help the patient heal. Sounds like a party right

And to top it off, when bacteria metabolize "food" they produce gas...farty smelling gas! I don't even smell it any more. Geek or not, scientific studies lead to fruitful employment. People never stop getting sick and research/development companies are always looking for that next silver bullit. Congratulations, you will be successful!!!

 

[chocolategoddes]

I've spent hours reading my anatomy/physiology book. Don't feel bad.
It's the nerds, geeks, and smart people who make it far in life.

 

[fafinette21]

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Originally Posted by frankenkitty71 Oh, yeah? Well how 'bout this...I LOVE BACTERIA!!! I am a microbiologist and my job is to take a swab of a wound or infection from a patient, grow it up and identify it to genus and species, and then test it against several dilutions of different antibiotics to see which drugs will help the patient heal. Sounds like a party right And to top it off, when bacteria metabolize "food" they produce gas...farty smelling gas! I don't even smell it any more. Geek or not, scientific studies lead to fruitful employment. People never stop getting sick and research/development companies are always looking for that next silver bullit. Congratulations, you will be successful!!!

God E.coli smells lol way too many labs spent plating that bad boy. Your job sounds incredibly interesting! Fingers crossed I will find my glorious career after graduation

Oh I just remembered...those bioengineers who created recombinant strains of E. coli that smelled like mint or bananas. Genius!

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Originally Posted by chocolategoddes I've spent hours reading my anatomy/physiology book. Don't feel bad. It's the nerds, geeks, and smart people who make it far in life.

So true! I actually have an interview for my top Master's program next week, it's a Master's in Biotechnology and I am incredibly nervous lol

 

[frankenkitty71]

Are you kidding? E. coli that smells good? Dear God please let it get into the general population

Did you ever do a lab where you splice in a gene to make the E.coli turn blue? I got that once in a urine culture from a sick patient?! What the heck were they doing??? (he he)

 

[fafinette21]

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Originally Posted by frankenkitty71 Are you kidding? E. coli that smells good? Dear God please let it get into the general population Did you ever do a lab where you splice in a gene to make the E.coli turn blue? I got that once in a urine culture from a sick patient?! What the heck were they doing??? (he he)

Hmm I don't remember doing anything like that! It's always transformation experiments and things like that. Only thing blue I remember is blue plaque formation after infection with phages.

Haha! What an odd result...lol

 

[.Ice]

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Originally Posted by frankenkitty71 Are you kidding? E. coli that smells good? Dear God please let it get into the general population Did you ever do a lab where you splice in a gene to make the E.coli turn blue? I got that once in a urine culture from a sick patient?! What the heck were they doing??? (he he)

lmao!

 

[kaliraksha]

It's alright... I've done far worse on Saturday nights.... I won't even get into the random geekiness or nerdiness that I seem to be a magnet for in my life. Congrats on being a nerd!

 

[frankenkitty71]

Omg! I'm so jealous you got to work with phages! I saw a documentary about using phages to kill super resistant organisms! The phages weren't FDA approved so the patient had to go to Russia to get treatment. The lab they showed looked like it was from the 50's. All of their flasks and beakers were glass(that they autoclaved and used again) and they were using gauze or cheese cloth to strain liquids?! I can tell you the time has come where the bacteria have become more resistant than every antibiotic ever created! I just saw in the news that a 20 yr. old model in good health died of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. If we don't find a new antibiotic soon the next step will be phages

Thank you for telling me about your studies! Good luck on your Masters interview! Best Wishes!!

 

[Jinni]

I think that's great

I've got a master in chemistry and chemical engineering, and I love my job. I'm actually looking forward to going to work. It's great to feel like that.