this morning i met with biophysicists and lab technicians in order to discuss the possibility of including some genetic analysis as part of my PhD... very exciting stuff! they are going to provide me with kits so that i can take cheek swabs from my participants, and then later they will analyse the arrays for me when i've worked out what polymorphisms i want to study.
i'm very excited about including a behavioural genetic aspect to my research as it makes the project more multi-disciplinary. but i'll need to do lots of reading as it's not an area that i know too well.
so they taught me how to use the cheek swab kits... not particularly fancy or glamourous.... rub a cotton bud around the inside of your cheek for a few seconds, pop it into the test tube. easy peasy :)
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