Something I learned about interacting with girls today

[vashti]

I think it's harder for women to be funny... men can be raunchy and vulgar in public without jeopardizing how people view them. I agree with misombra that the way women talk when men aren't around is much funnier.

[DoesntMatter]

Cool. What are you working on?

The lab I am in works more generally on the biosynthesis of amino acids. There are about 8 people in the lab

More particulary, I am going to be taking over a project started by a scientist from Yemen who is going back next week. I've been working with him the last few days

What he specifically has been interested in under the larger context of what the lab does is elucidating the regulation or coregulation of the branched chain amino acids in Arabidopsis

[IndiReloaded]

What he specifically has been interested in under the larger context of what the lab does is elucidating the regulation or coregulation of the branched chain amino acids in Arabidopsis

Neat. Are you specifically interested in plant pathways or using arabidopsis as a model to find regulatory genes? Those aa are important for muscle/protein synthesis in humans (as you know) and the insulin pathway. Is your PI studying diabetes or muscle metabolism, by chance?

Anyway, have fun, sounds like good stuff.

[CocoChanel]

I think it depends on the jokes you are telling.

[DoesntMatter]

Neat. Are you specifically interested in plant pathways or using arabidopsis as a model to find regulatory genes? Those aa are important for muscle/protein synthesis in humans (as you know) and the insulin pathway. Is your PI studying diabetes or muscle metabolism, by chance?

The interest is entirely in plants. The Yemeni scientist identified 2 likely transcription factors that appear to coregulate the production of the aa's in question

These aa's are apparently present in high concentrations in drought conditions, presumably to have some kind of osmotic effect on water retention in plants under those conditions

One hope is that the work may lead to better knowledge on plant revival or resistance to drought

[IndiReloaded]

Fascinating, DM.

Check your PM.