CELLebraTEZ

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I thought I would make an A-Z list of things I am thankful for from the past year related to my research! It was hard to not double up for a few letters, but a few letters it was impossible to thing of anything :-/  Feel free to ask me questions about any of them... A- Adipose Tissues  B- Brown Adipose Tissue C- Cell culture D- Dissections  E- Elastin  F- Fibrillin 1 G- Glucose Tolerant Tests  H- Hypothesis  I- Insulin Tolerant Tests J- ?? K- Knockout Mice L- Lypodystrophy  M- Marfan’s sydrome  N- Nanodrop O- Obesity  P- PCR Q-qPCR R- RT-PCR S- Stramal Vascular Fraction  T- Thermogenesis  U- UCP1 V- Vitro W- White Adipose Tissue X- X-Axis Y- Y-Axis Z- ?? Happy Labs-Giving! ~Cell-ebraTez

Happy 1 yr Anniversary to me!!! Happy 1 yr Anniversary to me!!  I cannot believe it! It's been a year since I moved to Saint Louis and Officially started working at Washington University!! So much has happened in the last year and I have learned so much about myself. This past year has helped me grow not only as a person but also as a scientist.  Shout out to everyone who has helped me along the way!!! Few highlights: ~ Living alone!! ~ Learning to work with mice! ~ Getting Buttercup ~ Exploring a new city with new friends ~ Being Independent! ~ Finally getting Published!!!!! :D ( De Marsilis AJ,Walji TA, Maedeker JA, Stoka KV, Kozel BA , Mecham RP, Wagenseil JE and Craft CS (2014) Elastin Insufficiency  Predisposes Mice to Impaired Glucose Metabolism. J Mol Genet Med 8: 129. doi: 10.4172/1747-0862.1000129 ) Co-author publication!  One step closer to fulfilling my dream of being a young , female , Ismaili scientis...