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Guh [teaching]
May. 4th, 2021 01:15 pmTuesdays always feel like they're rearing up and smacking me across the forehead.
Especially when the lab prep is finicky and something goes wrong and I don't know what it is.
I might have these labs figured out after about 10 years of doing them. We shall see.
One of the problems is that today's lab involves studying ion transport across frog skin, but the anaesthetic I'm required to use is a (voltage-dependent) ion channel blocker. I don't know whether it interferes with the ion channels found in frog skin, but from the morning lab's data it seems like there's a good chance it does.
Another problem is that it's impossible to ever wake up early enough before these labs to get ready for them.
For instance, when I got to campus this morning, I discovered that the ice machine was out, with a note taped to it.
It's a little hard to just come up with ice on the spot.
Especially when the lab prep is finicky and something goes wrong and I don't know what it is.
I might have these labs figured out after about 10 years of doing them. We shall see.
One of the problems is that today's lab involves studying ion transport across frog skin, but the anaesthetic I'm required to use is a (voltage-dependent) ion channel blocker. I don't know whether it interferes with the ion channels found in frog skin, but from the morning lab's data it seems like there's a good chance it does.
Another problem is that it's impossible to ever wake up early enough before these labs to get ready for them.
For instance, when I got to campus this morning, I discovered that the ice machine was out, with a note taped to it.
It's a little hard to just come up with ice on the spot.
