Hello non-existent followers! I have been missing in action for more than 8 weeks! I know that the invisible masses that follow this blog were devastated and anxiously awaiting my return to the blogosphere....So here I am!
So, where have I been, you ask? Well, I got into a summer research program (funded by NSF!!) at UCLA, and have been working in Chris Evans' lab researching the role of the Delta Opioid Receptor in chronic and neuropathic pain :)
Oh dear, I have so many stories to share, but oh-so-little time right now (the program is wrapping up this week)! So here are a couple representative pictures of my time here in LA (to tide you over), and I will be back when time allows (aka- I'm back at CSUSM where I know what I am doing and can accomplish things is 10% of the time allowed, hah).
Lets just say, I have the best supervisor (Post-Doc) anyone could ask for in my lab and have learned so much already (including brain slicing! woo woo!!) Not to mention I re-visited what its like to share a room, but made a great friend doing it :) and we found the best Nigerian-version-of-Lil-Kim on the internet that makes me laugh out loud on a daily basis....then there were the 13 hour days and GRE classes....and the visits from amazing friends, free live shows, dive bars and museums...as well as reconnecting with old AXO's and discovering the "Carlsbad" of LA.... Needless to say, a crazy 8-weeks!
So at the end of my UCLA summer program, it has been decided that I will go home for 6 weeks to finish my thesis, and then I will be working at UCLA full time!!
I feel refreshed and invigorated....I am excited to finish up my thesis at CSUSM and move to LA for the start of a new beginning :D
