Today was my second day of work and was reasonably productive. José, Luiz, Sean and I had a meeting to discuss the development of our research goals. We agreed to focus on some blood cancers. Luiz and José are both hematologists and get plenty of patients with those diseases, so obtaining patient samples won't present a problem. We are going to review current literature independently and then meet again in about a week to start zeroing in on specific lines of research. Other than that I mostly worked on helping Sean translate his lecture slides for tomorrow, and on getting prepared for my own lectures next week. A student named Judith also asked for my help with RNA extraction from cultured cells, and I told her I’d be happy to help after next Thursday.

On the home front, Ismael got the door on the laundry room and began mending the screens. He plans to return tomorrow to work on the cracked window panes. Robin reports that Enid took her first shower today all by herself. Up until now we bathed her in a bathtub and she disavowed any interest in showering because she didn't like getting her face wet. I figured her fear of getting water in her face would eventually go away on it’s own, but I didn’t expect it so soon. It's fortunate though because our new apartment doesn't have a bathtub (they are not very common here). Hopefully this also bodes well for her swimming since once she’s used to getting water in her face it’s only a short step to dunking her head under in the pool, something she’s refused to do up to this point.