When you are a postdoc, a new job usually means a new lab, new PI (= Principal Investigator, a.k.a. boss) and a totally new project. Even though I am sticking to the same cancer I was studying before, all similarities sort of end there. Ergo: Jules has A LOT to learn.
…and there are A LOT of things that Jules has already learned in the past, but has somehow buried deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep down after she passed the particular exam. Which was way in the past. We are talking about a decade, people. Wow. Jules is getting old.
So… this is how my work and home life look like these days:
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| Exhibit #1: desk at work |
1: Post-it page markers.
2: Pen.
3: Paper on ubiquitin's role in cancer.
4: Sharpie highlighter. My best friend these days.
5: Notes. Piles and piles of notes. I apologize, trees.
6: A protocol for a test that's got nothing to do with ubiquitin.
7: A healthy snack, because big brains don't feed themselves.
8: Mug to make me smile. ℅ SuperMiro & SuperMira. For those who don't speak slovenian, "Pasji časi" literally means "Dog days".
9: Tea for an energy boost in the mug that makes me smile. Because big brains don't caffeinate themselves.
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| Exhibit #2: lack of desk at home, enter alternative |
10: Scented candle for a cozy feeling.
11: Cherry tomatoes. Again, a healthy snack (When it comes to food, I'm being such a good girl in the U, S & A!)
12: Another paper on ubiquitin.
13: A paper on mesothelioma genetics. Because when your head starts spinning, you should really let it spin. Like a boss.
14: Some light reading thrown in the mix. Good old papers on the Hallmarks of cancer. Compared to the above-mentioned papers, both of the "Hallmarks" actually are a light read. And yeah, there's two of them. Because the best stuff always comes in pairs.
15: Couch. Because when your head starts spinning, you better have a comfy place to lay down.
16: Alberts' Molecular Biology of the Cell. 'Nuff said.
I need a beer now.
Jules
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