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This was my last week at the lab. I mostly worked on cleaning up the data files/folders in our server because we have to move all our data to a new server soon. I may be working more with the MRS data remotely.
This week, I got to shadow Yael at the Stanford HIMC to gain an understanding of how the blood spots we collect from participants are immunoassayed for different cytokines. The simplified process: The blood cells are extracted from the paper by centrifuge, they're incubated with beads (beads attach to cytokine + antibodies attach to beads), the beads are put through a machine that colors them with different gradients of fluorescence, and lasers identify each cytokine and measure its levels. This technique is called Luminex xMAP. I also got to see some human heart cells under a microscope and see them contract!
I did mostly NARSAD data entry and dura edits this week. I went to my first lab meeting. This week's RAD was about TIGER, which Tiffany presented on. I learned a lot about the inflammation-depression issue.