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a good lab demo day
Mar. 22nd, 2017 07:42 pmThis morning I opted to drive in so that I would have good energy for the lab demo day. I first checked the power point presentation, and it still looked fine, so then and M, our PhD student and I chose some areas on one of his samples to analyze for the demo. This took till pretty much noon to get the experiment completely set up and ready to just push go, which left me just time to eat a quick lunch before taking my computer to the conference room to set up for the talk. We had chosen one of the medium-small rooms, and got just enough of an audiance to completely fill the room, which was nice.
I told them about the lab, about what LA-ICP-MS is, some of the advantages and some of the limitations of the technique, then showed them pictures from some of our projects, and from projects other labs have done, then took questions and answers. After that we took a 10 minute break while M and I went down and started his experiment, then I left him there to answer questions from some visitors, while I went upstairs and demonstrated the really powerful data processing package we use and took more questions. Then I brought everyone who was still interested down to the lab, where we watched the experiment finish. Several people said they will be in touch to show me their samples and see what we can do with them. They are all in different divisions or different departments, so some of the samples will be quite different from anything we have run so far.
All in all it was a good day. After I was done O joined me for the drive home and we have a pleasant hour or so resting and snuggling before I had to deal with the laundry that I started when we arrived. Now I need to pack for the trip to Finland for the music and dance SCA event this weekend. Tomorrow I will be running another experiment for one of the Master's students, then in the evening is Frostheim, then I will drive to Kalix, about an hour north of here, where a friend of mine lives, to borrow his guest bed. Then way early Friday morning I will drive another hour or so over to Finland, where I will catch a flight to Helsinki and then train to a friend's house, where I will nap and cook food for the weekend, and when he gets off of work we will head to the event, which I am really looking forward to.
I told them about the lab, about what LA-ICP-MS is, some of the advantages and some of the limitations of the technique, then showed them pictures from some of our projects, and from projects other labs have done, then took questions and answers. After that we took a 10 minute break while M and I went down and started his experiment, then I left him there to answer questions from some visitors, while I went upstairs and demonstrated the really powerful data processing package we use and took more questions. Then I brought everyone who was still interested down to the lab, where we watched the experiment finish. Several people said they will be in touch to show me their samples and see what we can do with them. They are all in different divisions or different departments, so some of the samples will be quite different from anything we have run so far.
All in all it was a good day. After I was done O joined me for the drive home and we have a pleasant hour or so resting and snuggling before I had to deal with the laundry that I started when we arrived. Now I need to pack for the trip to Finland for the music and dance SCA event this weekend. Tomorrow I will be running another experiment for one of the Master's students, then in the evening is Frostheim, then I will drive to Kalix, about an hour north of here, where a friend of mine lives, to borrow his guest bed. Then way early Friday morning I will drive another hour or so over to Finland, where I will catch a flight to Helsinki and then train to a friend's house, where I will nap and cook food for the weekend, and when he gets off of work we will head to the event, which I am really looking forward to.
