ASM Rap Up

These last few days have been exhausting. The poster presentation went great. It was really nice to have a chance to discuss my work with some of the top names in the field. It was even better that they liked where the project was going… On a side note, this discrepancy over the name of the gene I am studying is a little frustrating. A decade old pissing contest over which of two names should be used was resolved earlier this year. Apparently a few people were not aware of this and tried to take a tinkle on my leg. What’s the deal people? I am going by the sequenced genome. The name thing was resolved in the literature. What more am I supposed to do? Oddly enough, the major player on what was the opposing side liked the project and offered some resources from his lab for future studies. It looks like things are really going to get exciting over the next few months. (I am reluctant to name the gene or protein simply because I don’t want random researchers to google these names and happen upon my blog.)