This week I tried to really get back into the swing of things with SEM. It seems like I’m moving slowly with it to me which I’m concerned about because I want to get through all the back samples. This is especially important to me since the samples that have been in storage don’t have bacillus structures within their biofilms. I really feel like it’s related to the amount of time in between collection and analysis.
I talked to some professors about our protocols for FTIR, and they suggested that I go back to my resources and double check protocols in the literature. I’ve started doing that and already had a bit of luck! Also exciting, we found and shared an article with our Chem PI, and we’ve made a breakthrough on discovering what some of our peaks might be.
I hope that we can get some good conclusions before posters and abstracts need to be done. I’m really proud of the progress that we continue to make.
Dr Ong happened to drop in while I was in SEM, and he showed me a new addition to his microscopy lab. The image above is a penny. The color was a bit more green in person. I was thinking about painting some of our home this color. Dr Ong looked a little shocked about it when I told him so. Anyway, it was interesting that you can totally see Abraham Lincoln inside the monument. I guess that he was always inside on older pennies. I love that a little.
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