Tuesday, July 01, 2008 ++
In lieu of frog dissection, our batch extracted DNA in a UP-Diliman laboratory during my second year of high school. I vaguely remember the steps involved in the entire procedure. What I do recall is the repetitive use of centrifuges, long waiting hours, and carcinogenic ethidium bromide for photo documentation. The same arduous work was what I presumed for today's molecular biology experiment.
Surprisingly, I could hardly describe our work as taxing. Our professor must have been excellent at making a prolix process seem simple. The most difficult part was probably twirling DNA strands in our disposable micropipettes. But what makes it so exceptional is that we get to keep our DNA... in pretty glass teardrop-shaped pendants. Awwww.
9:23 PM
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