Well, I did it. After a thoroughly successful Basic Sciences Division Retreat in a most luxurious (and free-food-filled) setting, I returned to the city this afternoon inspired with graduate school aspirations. So, I contacted three people begging for letters of support for graduate school. One, from my undergraduate institution, will hopefully consent with no hassle. I've equally high hopes with the other two, who are connected to my humble existence through two internships and post-undergraduate employment.
Now, all I have to do is wait for their replies... and eat ice cream.
As for the retreat itself, I've actually found five labs I'm interested in. And what model systems do some of these labs utilize, you ask? Why, three-spined sticklebacks, Drosophila, and foamyviruses, of course! And I thought the organism I currently torture was fringe.
Update: One Two All three said yes!
