Ice cold

Monday, I attended a meeting given by one of Frans's colleagues. She was giving a presentation of how her research was going so far. She is investigating a mutation that causes Arabidopsis thaliana to grow lots and lots of fruit organs, and has so far linked it back to two receptor kinases, and is investigating several other leads that look promising. It made my day when someone pointed out that one of the plant's cross-sections resembled the Batman logo.

Today, I transferred my seeds from the germination freezer to the room where the seedlings grow. (I'm pretty sure that there is a fancy, professional-sounding name for the room, I just can't remember it at the moment.) The seeds should sprout in the next few days, now that they have been exposed to winter-like temperatures. I'm planning on spending some more time today reading; Frans sent me two more papers to read.