Thursday 12/08/10
After another long night, we all headed to Megabites for breakfast at 7.15 am. The morning started off fairly normal, I ran more PCR arrays and also helped the group set up the new LAMBDA experiment....
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The day started off with breakfast at Megabytes as usual. We then headed our separate way to frantically work on our individual projects. We were all starting to get a little worried about finishing...
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Saturday we had a day off to catch up on some much needed sleep and to catch up on our work. We have a number of reports and surveys to complete by Wednesday next week as well as our final...
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Today we were going wine tasting with Pete Worden, the Ames Research Centre Director. We arose early and Jake’s car went to pick up Pete from his house and then travelled to the winery in the Sierra...
View ArticleMonday 16/08/10
The last week of the Academy had finally arrived. It started off as usual with breakfast at Megabytes followed by much work on our individual projects/reports/presentations as well as work on the group...
View ArticleTuesday 17/08/10
Tuesday brought another long day in the lab, either Oana’s or individual project labs. The last day of group testing brought some promising results. We may actually be able to get some good results for...
View ArticleWednesday 18/08/10
Wednesday brought the Academy burrito challenge. Participants had to eat a burrito for breakfast, lunch and dinner and most of the Academy participated. After the morning burrito challenge was over we...
View ArticleThursday 19/08/10
The second last day of the Academy and we were all exhausted after a long night of writing reports. We spent most of the day clearing up our individual lab space and Oana’s lab. I also went for a...
View ArticleFriday 20/08/10
The final day of the Academy dawned bright and early. Doug met us at Megabytes for our last breakfast before our final presentations. After a morning of presentations, Kristina bought donuts and coffee...
View ArticleSaturday 21/08/10
Saturday was a day of goodbyes. Jake and Heather drove everyone to the airport in batches except for Corey, Sukrit, Kevin ann Max who all drove to their respective destinations. Brad dropped Veronica...
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