Rainy day. It was kinda frustrating when I woke up as I had to walk to walmart relatively early in the morning, but it ended up being the perfect weather. It was a decent 47 F, so not frigid with the rain, and well, I was at work for 9 hours, so it was all good. Its spring break and raining, so majority of students left, and no one really felt like being out and about. I ended up doing some good pharmacology reading/notes during my shift. Now that's how you pass time.
Just got "Biology of the NMDA Receptors" as a PDF, and excited to jump into it. I find the NMDA receptors extremely intriguing. Honestly, I'd say they are my favorite class of receptors. I'd love to find my way into some research diving into that realm, though that'd be a ways away. There is some interesting research that I am trying to get involved in this summer (atleast get my head in the door) or next year, that actually deals somewhere with in the realm of my interests for a career and personal/independent studies. The research is on organic anion transporters; building models of OAT structures to investigate amino acids that contribute to the function of the transporter, as well as examining the consequences of genetic splice variances and nucleotide polymorphisms, on the protein expression and regulation. We'll see what happens. I feel like it is possible as I have a decent relationship with the prof (in charge of the TA's for intro labs, and I was one).
Hope everyone is having a good night.