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On my second day of work, Tuesday May 15^th, I had the opportunity to work a little in the wet lab. I was exposed to SDS page gels, and how to run, process and analyze these gels. I also, had the privilege to produce the first sixty-four capsules of the drug Prevagen^TM. Let me say that being the second day of work, and the company being in existence for three years, and being the first to make this drug is honoring.

I do want to make a disclaimer and say that I do not have the right to sell or produce Prevagen^TM or take any claim that Prevagen is mine. Thanks to Quincy Bioscience I have had the opportunity to work with Prevagen, and I support Quincy Bioscience to the fullest extent.

On Thursday May 17^th, I had another opportunity to see Ian Wilmut. I know this is not a name that everyone knows, but maybe if I said the name Dolly people might be able to put the two together. Well, if the connection is not being made let me help. Ian Wilmut is the leading scientist in cloning of many animals; Dolly being the one animal that has become, or I guess now became, popular in the United States. I was not the only person that was able to hear about his work, and have an hour lecture on how to clone animals, but nonetheless the time spent was something of a treat for us in the Biotech business or just science fanatics.

Another disclaimer is that I do not know how to clone, have no experience in cloning, and am not giving my endorsement to cloning.

By the way this is my sister Hannah's birthday, and I am sure she would love for everyone to wish her Happy Birthday!

Madison-Week 1

I was in complete disorientation when moving to Madison. That might seem a little over the top, but let me break down the analysis of my situation. I leave Searcy, AR to move to the Capital of Wisconsin, Madison, which has a variety of differences; culture, population, beliefs, economics, education, and if I really wanted to continue the list I could. But, I think the point is made that moving to a place where everything is different changes how one lives. Ok, enough with that I am going to tell you a little about week one.

I live 4.03 miles from my house to the front door of Quincy Biosciences office suite. I ride my bike to work on days that it is not raining, and use public transportation on days when the weather is out my hands. I work with Quincy Bioscience, and am a Research Intern for this Biotech Company.

I figured out that this summer is going to be a time of research (hench the name), and developing the template for the book that we are coming out with sometime this fall. So, I have a lot of things that I need to get done at work in the next three months.

The research that I will be doing is all library research on diseases, disorders or more importantly aging of the human body. Once I am able to find out more about the mechanism of these different diseases and disorders I will be able to discern if our dietary supplement, and therapeutic drug will work in restoring normal function.

This research will help not only my database skills or google skills, but also will help me learn about the physiological advances of therapeutics. The human anatomy is very complex, and if I am able to touch the surface of therapeutics, anatomy and physiology (especially the neurobiology of human life) then I will have the resources to help those in need, and add this knowledge to my repertoire.

I also did not know what expectations they had for me coming in this summer. I recently figured out the expectations that my boss has for me when we, CEO, Marketing Director and executive assistant, went out for dinner last night. Of course my boss is the President/CEO of Quincy Bioscience (QB), and the expectations are set high.

I am happy that I am here, and the expectations are set high to accomplish a lot during this summer for the benefit of the company, my life and hopefully this will be "The Tipping Point" (A book written by Malcolm Gladwell on "How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference") that benefits human life through knowledge of neurodegenerative disease and therapeutic ways to cure such diseases.

I hope everyone has a great summer!