First week as a Research Officer

My first week is fun! I promise I am not lying. Lol!

The senior researchers and my supervisor are nice people. :D Time in the research lab passed quickly since we were doing experiments that I have never done before. One of such is mouse work. Mouse necropsy and drawing blood from mouse. Poor mouse! Will be also planting tumors in mice and killing them via carbon dioxide suffocation and cervical dislocation. Cervical dislocation is a technique to kill the mouse in one swift action by pressing a forceps on the back of its neck and then pulling its backbone such that it breaks quickly. These are the 2 most commonly used ethnical methods to sacrifice mice.

Mouse looks like a toy when it is not breathing anymore. I feel so sad! It's ironic how I kill mice for a living and Jun Wen is an animal lover.

2 licenses to obtain before I can start on my own experiment: laser and mouse.

I was very happy to learn about culturing cells. I mean I wanted to be exposed to do cells stuff but didn't have the opportunity during my internship and FYP. But who would expect my workplace is training me for that now?!
:)


I guess the bad thing i could think out of this job is.. Like any other researchers, I have to study the materials after work. :(