Saturday, January 05, 2008

Training in Santa Clara

Back in December (9-13), I got shipped off to Santa Clara for work to learn all about a nifty little instrument called the Bioanalyzer. Dang, I wish I had one of those to use during my graduate work.

Anyhoo, a picture of some other folks that attended the training. We were originally supposed to go to Germany for this, but as so many people from the US were interested, it was rescheduled last minute to Northern California. A good bunch of people...
Kai from Stratagene Europe, me, (back) Chris, (front) Peter our trainer, Angela, my fellow colleague Al, and Tom



While I was there, I spent a lot of time with my brother in Sunnyvale and Mountain View. I also had a chance to visit my cousin Julie and her family. I haven't seen them in over 5 years! The last time, little Audrey, was a wee babe with HUGE cheeks! (hmmm, I'll upload a pic whenever I find it) And I haven't seen my aunt and uncle in over 9 years, at Julie's wedding!

top: Andrew and Audrey; bottom: Julie, me, Aunt, and Gene

me, Julie, Audrey

My parents came into town a few days after I left the Bay Area and visited them as well!

Uncle, Dad, Mom, Audrey, Aunt

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all! Holiday pics will come (once I get them on the computer)....

1 comment:

KirkK said...

Happy New Year Mel - I hope all is well!