September 1 - 244/365

28-135mm lens @ 130mm, f/5.6, 1/40, ISO 800

In my new job I started back in June, I help manage science grants that are given to researchers who study Prostate Cancer, the second most common cause of cancer in men. Today marks the start of the month of September, national Prostate Cancer Awareness month. Look out for those you love...

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June 1 - 152/365

50mm lens, f/1.8, 1/50, ISO 200

Today was the first day at my new job. I went from being a lab rat... ok well not a lab rat, but a bench scientist... who dressed in blue jeans and t-shirts every day to a grants/program manager where I have to look semi-professional every day. Quite a change! While the black dress and suit coat I wore today was apparently a tad bit dressier than what I need to show up in normally, it still felt kind of nice to dress up a little. I even have my own office! With a door! I kind of feel like a grown up.... :-) But in actuality the first day was great and I can't wait to see how the whole transition process plays out.

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May 27 - 147/365

Canon Powershot SD600

Yup.... SLR still packed. Still haven't gotten around to unpacking. So the point & shoot came with me to work. Today is my next to last day at my lab job. Next week I start a new job! More about that when the time comes... But I took this picture of what I have been staring at these few days at work - my computer and my desk, trying to wrap up my work before moving on to the new job.

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April 30 - 120/365

Canon Power Shot SD600

I'm not sure if you have ever taken a minute to read my little bio on the left side of my blog, but it has a strange little word in it that has absolutely nothing to do with photography - scientist. Yup.... that's right. I'm a scientist by day, photographer/baker/traveler by night. Today actually happened to be the last day of my last full week as a research scientist! I am lucky that I have found a new job I will be starting when I get back from vacation, and the new job, while still in the science field, will no longer require me to do experiments. So I took a few photos of my lab space and the model organism that I do my research on - flies. Fruit flies to be exact. We keep and grow the flies in vials, like these, and do all sorts of crazy things with these flies. Trust me, you don't want to know. But while I am excited to be moving on to a new job, I will miss the flies.... just a little.

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