Comments | teacup_lotus: I love my new job. So much.

teacup_lotus

I love my new job. So much.

Aug 07, 2010 12:04

But it can get a little boring. So I've decided to alleviate the mind-numbing dullness of scanning through defective p53 genes for cancer-boosting mutations by pretending that I'm scanning X-genes for mutations that confer superpowers.

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hairy_beast61 August 7 2010, 19:38:58 UTC

What kind of mutant power would you want?

teacup_lotus August 7 2010, 23:22:17 UTC

...All of them. :D

But specifically--superstrength. Which actually does occur in humans with a doubly-defective myostatin gene. Which is totally nifty.

hairy_beast61 August 7 2010, 23:41:33 UTC

Haha, that just gave me a nerdgasm. I think I'd either go with flight or teleportation for the sake of convenience.

crazyshortcake December 30 2010, 19:10:18 UTC

What is your career specifically called? I'm looking into the opition of doing medical research; If that's what you 're doing I want to know what the job is called. If there is a specific name for it. Thank you!

teacup_lotus December 31 2010, 18:39:41 UTC

I'm a research technician, officially. It's an ideal position for someone like me, who's finished a bachelor's degree and wants some real work experience before going back to school. I want to teach high school for a living, so this is a temporary job (one to two years) before I get a teaching license.

Do you plan on doing research as a full career? Most people I know in the field go for a full PhD. I think you can also get by with a masters, particularly for jobs like lab manager and such.

Hope that helps! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

crazyshortcake December 31 2010, 19:47:41 UTC

I think that helps, thank you.
Though I'm wondering if you want to research disease, (since I know Alzheimer's disease, and Cancer both have major research facilities) if that'd be a similar job to yours. It sounds kind of interesting to me.

teacup_lotus January 3 2011, 19:25:40 UTC

Yeah, you can do different types o work. There's pure lab research, clinical research, etc. i'd look around for volunteering or tech jobs to get a feel for what you're interested in.

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jecrois April 14 2011, 02:07:48 UTC

Neerja, omg, I had totally forgotten about that .gif icon. I miss our Star Trek days.

teacup_lotus April 17 2011, 16:53:14 UTC

It's totally my default icon.