Chemistry may be coming back to haunt me for my PhD research. Today, we worked on Metabolomics - meta analysis of the metabolites of the samples we are interested in . I did not know whether it will be useful for my research, so after the presentation, I went to talk to the presenter. After listening to my research brief, he immediately said metabolomics IS DEFINITELY useful for me! He said knowing the chemical contents in the coral mucus layer, and relate that to health of the coral and the microbial communities will be able to help me form a much clearer picture. In this workshop, I learnt how to use the HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromatograpgy), UPLC (Ultra-High Pressure Liquid Chromatograpgy)and MS (Mass Spec).... Fun times.
The other students doesn't seem too enthusiastic about the prospect of metabolomics. I guess not many people like chemistry.I WILL HAVE to like it if it helps me to get a better insight.
On another note, I am really annoyed by people who are just impolite. The presenter was trying his best to give us all his knowledge, and there are people on facebook, people chatting, and just doing other stuffs. Sigh... whatever. Here I am trying to learn shit even though I have a shitting laptop that hangs, and there they are chatting on facebook with their thousand-dollar laptop! AND if I hear anyone saying "LIKE" as a conversational filler one more time, I am going to twist his head off!
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