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I can't think of stuff to post on this website so I figured I'd continue with describing a little about me. I live in the woods of Lafayette, Ca where I live at home with my mom, brother and dog, Shelby. My dad died when I was one in Denmark, and then I moved to Japan with my mom until I was 4, and then we moved to California. My mom remarried, had my brother, and here we are. Growing up was weird, but I guess I had the typical upbringing, getting addicted to coke at age 12, stealing cars, having wild sex....just kidding, although a lot of kids I went to school with did just that. As for interests, I've always liked the outdoors, hiking up the mountains and along rivers, horse-back riding, camping out, reading, dancing and art. I was planning on going up to Yosemite in April with some friends, it should be beautiful!
Since I'm not in school anymore, I'm working, at a pharmaceutical company in the north bay as a research assistant where I am examining the growth conditions and specific productivity of a variety of cell lines to optimize our manufacturing productions. In addtion, I also am working on a project called phenylase, in conjuction with our MPS projects. With phenylase, I will be growing the cells and inoculating them into a 20L fermenter and running the system. The hardest part is probably just getting everything setup. To increase robustness and tighter control into our operating systems at a process development level, I am also in charge of implementing FermWorks into our processes, which is a supervisory and data acquistion software. The cool part will be when I begin configuring the DAQ boards and channels to our software to provide control loops for our larger systems. I like working with my hands, with computers and in a lab setting so this is all great.
But eventually, I would like to go to grad school, to pursue a degree in neuroscience. I've applied to UW, but I'm still waiting for a response. I really don't have a backup plan, since I was counting on getting in, but we'll see. In the meantime, I've been a little on edge and a bit anxious, so I've been at home, trying to get my mind off of life in general, reading some good books, but trying to avoid going out so much, which is a big deal considering my weekends are usually packed with great fun, lots of dancing, and hanging out with great friends. Ahhh!! I think once I know if I got in or not, the more relieved I'll be to just keep on going....right now my life seems to be at a standstill almost...it's weird, but I can't really explain it.
Since I'm not in school anymore, I'm working, at a pharmaceutical company in the north bay as a research assistant where I am examining the growth conditions and specific productivity of a variety of cell lines to optimize our manufacturing productions. In addtion, I also am working on a project called phenylase, in conjuction with our MPS projects. With phenylase, I will be growing the cells and inoculating them into a 20L fermenter and running the system. The hardest part is probably just getting everything setup. To increase robustness and tighter control into our operating systems at a process development level, I am also in charge of implementing FermWorks into our processes, which is a supervisory and data acquistion software. The cool part will be when I begin configuring the DAQ boards and channels to our software to provide control loops for our larger systems. I like working with my hands, with computers and in a lab setting so this is all great.
But eventually, I would like to go to grad school, to pursue a degree in neuroscience. I've applied to UW, but I'm still waiting for a response. I really don't have a backup plan, since I was counting on getting in, but we'll see. In the meantime, I've been a little on edge and a bit anxious, so I've been at home, trying to get my mind off of life in general, reading some good books, but trying to avoid going out so much, which is a big deal considering my weekends are usually packed with great fun, lots of dancing, and hanging out with great friends. Ahhh!! I think once I know if I got in or not, the more relieved I'll be to just keep on going....right now my life seems to be at a standstill almost...it's weird, but I can't really explain it.
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