7/18/07

Today, we earned the PSI crystals in the cold room yet again and found out that we had one vial of crystals from the seeding crystals that was large enough for x-ray diffraction. Dr. Fromme was quite impressed. We were also informed that our phyocyanin crystals were being measured and analyzed at Berkeley due to their clarity. Additionally, we placed our isolating GFP through a nickel column and allowed it to drip out as the truly isolated GFP. This took several hours even beyond our time there but in the end, we will be bringing back the GFP that will glow with a black light- a sure way of grabbing students attention! In Wachter's more bio-type lab, there is a lot of waiting which allowed us to go back and forth.