January 8th, 2014

January 8th, 2014
Today I worked on handling the rats and I am much more comfortable moving the dummies in and out of the cannulae. I also helped label the rat boxes based on the rat's assigned group (A1, A2, B1, and B2). I also helped to mark the rats' tails. Also, Reid and I weighed the rats without cannulae. I also learned about microinjections today. I know that it is going to be a tedious process because so many factors can influence the success of the injection. I was surprised that even Dr. Sarah had some difficulties avoiding air bubbles in the tubing. Tomorrow, I am going to work on mixing solutions for the first phase of microinjections.