Comments on: Your Body is a Fortress, Part 5 – Your DNA Suitcase http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/ striving for an agile body and mind Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:06:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lori http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Lori Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:35:23 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-304 No one's getting past eagle eyes, Lance! Like I said, you better watch it! 8) No one’s getting past eagle eyes, Lance! Like I said, you better watch it!
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]]> By: Lori http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Lori Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:34:18 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-303 Yeah, right, with Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker... 8) Yeah, right, with Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker…
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]]> By: Lisis http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Lisis Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:27:36 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-302 HEY! I saw that!! ;) .-= Lisis´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.questforbalance.com/2009/09/21/adventure-how-to-get-from-fear-to-faith/" rel="nofollow">Adventure: How to Get From Fear to Faith</a> =-. HEY! I saw that!! ;)
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]]> By: Lisis http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Lisis Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:26:39 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-301 You know, it never occurred to me to look in the lab next door. I bet Matthew McConaughey and Brad Pitt were working in THAT one. ;) .-= Lisis´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.questforbalance.com/2009/09/21/adventure-how-to-get-from-fear-to-faith/" rel="nofollow">Adventure: How to Get From Fear to Faith</a> =-. You know, it never occurred to me to look in the lab next door. I bet Matthew McConaughey and Brad Pitt were working in THAT one. ;)
.-= Lisis´s last blog ..Adventure: How to Get From Fear to Faith =-.

]]> By: Lori http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Lori Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:05:22 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-300 <b>Miche,</b> Thanks for taking the time to comment to this post! As you mentioned, not only are we crazy similar to other humans, we are 98.5% similar to chimpanzees, for example! You don't even want to know how similar we are to slime mold... ;) Life is amazing, it truly is. I'm thinking, right now, about how much you and I have in common. It truly puts me in a different state of mind, being so connected to others, and to you, too. I sending a big smile your way! :P Miche,
Thanks for taking the time to comment to this post!
As you mentioned, not only are we crazy similar to other humans, we are 98.5% similar to chimpanzees, for example!
You don’t even want to know how similar we are to slime mold… ;)

Life is amazing, it truly is. I’m thinking, right now, about how much you and I have in common. It truly puts me in a different state of mind, being so connected to others, and to you, too. I sending a big smile your way! :P

]]> By: Lori http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Lori Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:57:07 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-299 <b>Lance,</b> Agreeing with Lisis is risky - you sure you want to put yourself in that position? ;) I like my new header, too. I'll probably keep changing it since I can't seem to focus on one thing, though. I think I just need to come to terms with who I am, and I am certainly a certified dork! Thanks for the compliment, Lance! (ha) The 99.9% thing still blows my mind. I want to make a bumper sticker that says, "I'm 99.9% similar to you, so why are you tailgating me?" You know what makes me feel <i>really</i> good? That I'm 99.9% similar to you, Lance. Wow, that's a great feeling! :) Lance,
Agreeing with Lisis is risky – you sure you want to put yourself in that position? ;)

I like my new header, too. I’ll probably keep changing it since I can’t seem to focus on one thing, though. I think I just need to come to terms with who I am, and I am certainly a certified dork! Thanks for the compliment, Lance! (ha)

The 99.9% thing still blows my mind. I want to make a bumper sticker that says, “I’m 99.9% similar to you, so why are you tailgating me?”

You know what makes me feel really good? That I’m 99.9% similar to you, Lance. Wow, that’s a great feeling! :)

]]> By: Lori http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Lori Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:48:44 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-298 <b>Lisis,</b> Geez, you isolated RNA from Tobacco? I had no idea!! That is so cool, Lisis. You really hit upon something there, girl. A lot of researchers get burnout in the lab because it can be incredibly repetitive. Some take the approach that over time, they'll have a lab of their own that they run and have students/post docs do the benchwork so they can think about the big questions. But the many years it takes to get to that point becomes too unsavory for a lot of promising scientists and they often choose a different path for their life. Like becoming crazy pilots!! ;) It was cool learning this about you, Lisis. Thanks for sharing this story! Oh, and you were in the wrong lab - I ended up marrying the guy that worked in the lab next to mine. :) Lisis,
Geez, you isolated RNA from Tobacco? I had no idea!! That is so cool, Lisis.
You really hit upon something there, girl. A lot of researchers get burnout in the lab because it can be incredibly repetitive. Some take the approach that over time, they’ll have a lab of their own that they run and have students/post docs do the benchwork so they can think about the big questions. But the many years it takes to get to that point becomes too unsavory for a lot of promising scientists and they often choose a different path for their life.
Like becoming crazy pilots!! ;)

It was cool learning this about you, Lisis. Thanks for sharing this story! Oh, and you were in the wrong lab – I ended up marrying the guy that worked in the lab next to mine. :)

]]> By: Miche | Serenity Hacker http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Miche | Serenity Hacker Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:23:25 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-297 Love this post, and remembering that we're all 99% similar. The Human Genome Project is fascinating to me. How much DNA we share with others, humans, animals, and otherwise, is really so life affirming. When I ponder these things it brings back the mystery and reminds me how life is really so intelligent, so amazing, and how it's all truly interconnected. Love it! -Miche Love this post, and remembering that we’re all 99% similar. The Human Genome Project is fascinating to me. How much DNA we share with others, humans, animals, and otherwise, is really so life affirming.

When I ponder these things it brings back the mystery and reminds me how life is really so intelligent, so amazing, and how it’s all truly interconnected. Love it!

-Miche

]]> By: Lance http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Lance Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:41:42 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-296 Lori, First off, I'm agreeing with Lisis (why do I wonder about myself as I type that? P.S. Don't tell Lisis I said that!) - your header looks great. And...I love "dorky Lori".... Ha!! Too much fun! Okay...DNA. This is very cool. I never would have guessed we're that much alike. And why is it we pick on people, create wars, belittle, etc, etc. These people are all almost identical to us...deep down. I just find this all so interesting, the 99.9% and then how we treat each other sometimes... .-= Lance´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JungleOfLife/~3/o4CbDbB1a84/" rel="nofollow">Laughter Revisited</a> =-. Lori,
First off, I’m agreeing with Lisis (why do I wonder about myself as I type that? P.S. Don’t tell Lisis I said that!) – your header looks great. And…I love “dorky Lori”…. Ha!! Too much fun!

Okay…DNA. This is very cool. I never would have guessed we’re that much alike. And why is it we pick on people, create wars, belittle, etc, etc. These people are all almost identical to us…deep down. I just find this all so interesting, the 99.9% and then how we treat each other sometimes…
.-= Lance´s last blog ..Laughter Revisited =-.

]]> By: Lisis http://www.janebenimble.com/2009/09/your-body-is-a-fortress-part-5-%e2%80%93-your-dna-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Lisis Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:51:18 +0000 http://www.janebenimble.com/?p=714#comment-295 Lori! Your new banner is fantastic!! The old library, the candle stick... how in the world did you find that?!! :) I loved the video, too. I believe I could watch that every day, just as a relaxation technique. Your post reminded me of my early days, when I thought I was a genetic engineering major (my high school science teacher said I'd be good at that). My first year in college I did an internship in a lab, isolating RNA of Tobacco Mosaic Virus. We went out to the crops, harvested diseased leaves, brought them back to the lab, froze them with liquid nitrogen (which we then used to freeze and shatter whatever else we could find), ground them up with the old mortar & pestle, then the whole process involving every bit of equipment in a genetics lab. I really enjoyed this whole process the first, say, 50 times we did it. But then, guess what? You've gotta keep doing the same thing over and over again... looking for certain results, then trying to replicate them under the right conditions so you can "prove" whatever it is you're trying to prove. I thought I might go nuts in there. That was the same summer that I learned to fly... freedom vs. 24/7 in a lab. I'll let you guess which one appealed to me more. (Hint: The guys at the airport? WAY cuter than the guys in that lab.) ;) .-= Lisis´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.questforbalance.com/2009/09/21/adventure-how-to-get-from-fear-to-faith/" rel="nofollow">Adventure: How to Get From Fear to Faith</a> =-. Lori! Your new banner is fantastic!! The old library, the candle stick… how in the world did you find that?!! :)

I loved the video, too. I believe I could watch that every day, just as a relaxation technique. Your post reminded me of my early days, when I thought I was a genetic engineering major (my high school science teacher said I’d be good at that). My first year in college I did an internship in a lab, isolating RNA of Tobacco Mosaic Virus.

We went out to the crops, harvested diseased leaves, brought them back to the lab, froze them with liquid nitrogen (which we then used to freeze and shatter whatever else we could find), ground them up with the old mortar & pestle, then the whole process involving every bit of equipment in a genetics lab.

I really enjoyed this whole process the first, say, 50 times we did it. But then, guess what? You’ve gotta keep doing the same thing over and over again… looking for certain results, then trying to replicate them under the right conditions so you can “prove” whatever it is you’re trying to prove. I thought I might go nuts in there.

That was the same summer that I learned to fly… freedom vs. 24/7 in a lab. I’ll let you guess which one appealed to me more. (Hint: The guys at the airport? WAY cuter than the guys in that lab.)

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.-= Lisis´s last blog ..Adventure: How to Get From Fear to Faith =-.

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