Is it really bad when your husband brings you roses for Valentine’s Day and you are more excited about the holder they came in because a) It will make a great picture for your blog; and b) You are thinking about how to use it for experiments with the kids? He also got me a […]

Working in the lab, particularly a herpes lab, you often say things that would sound pretty funny when taken out of context.  And as a parent, who hasn’t shaken their head and thought, “I can’t believe I just had to say that!” Here is a list of some of the things that have crossed my […]

  The other day it occurred to me that there are many similarities between working in a lab and parenting.  Here are a few I thought of: 1)   I am always more careful with the first.  When I do an experiment for the first time, I am always very careful.  I pick the day I […]