As an effect of decrease in population of the lab, responsibilities that Grace and I need to carry suddenly increase. Besides our own research and being lab demos for gene manipulation practical classes this sem, we need to maintain our lab routinely which includes monitoring the use of chemicals and consumables to make sure there is steady supply for the lab, taking care of undergrads, keeping an eye on our grant spend and also cleaning the Animal Tissue Culture (ATC) lab. Since there is no male postgrad in the lab, Grace and I now need to carry distilled water tanks, liquid nitrogen tanks, pick up boxes of goods, all by ourselves. How I miss the days when Alan and William were around (during my master) to do all these heavy chores. (-_-;)
p/s: There will be soon 2 master students joining us (one of them is co-supervised by my boss), but they are both females... I just hope both of them are good labbers, so that they can share our responsibilities and not burden us.
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