Another day submerged in reading about cancer genomics and DNA microarray applications. I think I may have finally reached the “inflection point”. Previously, every new bibliographic reference or website link led to another entire world of information. The subject matter seemed to be ever-expanding. But now I think I’ve finally glimpsed the outer boundaries. I still have a lot to learn, but at least what I don’t know has stopped growing.

One thing I’m beginning to recognize is that genomics is a very expensive line of research to pursue. I’ll soon be at the point where I’ll have to start requesting various essential purchases, and I’m quite curious to know what the response will be. Two issues that are pretty much out of my control, and which I’m entirely in the dark about, are my budget for supplies and reagents and my access to patient samples and data. A failure on either front is going to shut my down productivity quite rapidly. Time will tell…

Does it seem like all I ever write about is work? Must be very boring reading. Sorry, but work is rather all-consuming for me at the moment. Don’t get the wrong idea about my life here though. It isn’t as dull and tiresome as it must sound. After all, I am living in a foreign country. It’s very novel, and every day I see and learn things that I wouldn’t experience if we weren’t here. I could write about all kinds of stuff, but unfortunately I only get about 20 minutes a day (maximum) to contribute to this blog, so I’m just sticking with the basics: what I did today. And what I did today, mostly, was work.

It’s Enid’s second week of school and she has come down with her first cold. That sure didn’t take long! I am not anticipating a very good night’s sleep tonight. Oh well.