Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Tag: grad.school

  • Graduate Productivity

    For me, digital task management began with Microsoft Outlook somewhere in my “tween” years. By the time middle school came around, I was syncing it with a Windows Mobile PDA, awkwardly carrying it around wherever I could. Today, I find myself using Producteev to try and wrangle the myriad of to-do items that come with being a married…

  • One Long Week

    I stayed up writing a post last night, attached images to it this morning, and sent the email to Posterous before leaving for the research symposium—only to have it disappear from existence between my phone, Sparrow, and the Gmail servers. During the beginning of the symposium I wrote a new post on the back of…

  • Poster

    There are problems, yes. But none of them are related to the printer or to my setup of the document on InDesign, so, success.

  • Late Night Poster Workspace

  • This Is Happening Right Now

    This Is Happening Right Now

    Splitting five cell lines into six parts each. That’s thirty flasks to fill with cells before I can go back to work on my poster.

  • This Just Happened

    I was sitting at my desk, minding my own business, when one of the fluorescent light fixtures fell from the ceiling and crashed into the lab bench. Naturally, the first order of business was to share my shock and surprise with others by taking a picture and updating my status.

  • Inside the PhD Program

    Somehow I managed to sleep for twelve hours last night. I thought I’d take a “short nap” at around 8 PM, and basically ended up waking at 8 AM this morning. Huh. Oh, also it’s Rapture Day. Having made a similar mistake more than a hundred years ago, Seventh-Day Adventists know what to do. Anyway,…

  • Nilla Mitosis

    My bag of mini Nilla wafers contained one that was in the process of dividing when it was fixed (baked). The specimen allowed me to complete an informative and delicious diagram.