CELLebraTEZ

I survived the first week of Graduate School! Phewphhh!!  Core courses (Systems Biology, Genes, Proteins, Cells, Biostatistics) are no joke! Three hours of lecture everyday, 1 lit review, 1 experimental design problem set and 1 biostatistics problem set all in a week... And rotations have not even started!!  Next task in the next few weeks is to figure out the best way to manage my time between classes and rotations as well as study for my first exam :-O  Wish me luck!! ~Cell-ebraTez

It’s August and as promised I am back! The last two months were the most incredible months of my life! My appetizer sampler plate of Europe was life changing. My favorite part? Impossible to say! Every city had so much to offer and I had such unique experiences. Switzerland: I went to Zurich and Interlaken. Zurich offered a nice big city feel while Interlaken had such beautiful mountains to experience. Germany: Spent about 24 hours in Stuttgart visiting my old Lab that was there for an Elastin conference. While in Stuttgart, I took a 40 min train to Heidelberg. Seems as though Stuttgart might be a sister city to St. Louis, because there was a compass in the middle of the town center and the only US city that it highlighted was STL (which is quiet random). Hungary: Budapest was an amazing city! I wish I had more time to walk around and visit more of the ruin pubs. Definitely on the list to visit again. Croatia: I have never seen such beautiful blue water in my life. The...