Penny here. Wow — what a day. It had been a couple of weeks since I’d gone to work and I’d been starting to wonder about that, but this morning Steve gave me the “Let’s go, Pup!” and I was right there because I’m always ready to go. Funny thing, though, was he put my…
It’s been a couple of good months for Penny’s Publicity Officer. Today there is an article in our local San Diego paper (SD Union Tribune) which ran a story about our company and one of the programs that we’re working on. I don’t usually go into work stuff here, but since Penny’s in the pictures,…
I’m spending a couple of days working from home writing a grant. It’s sort of nice – no commute, schlubby clothes, the whole pot of coffee to myself. Of course, another bonus is that I get to hang out with Penny. It’s a different change for her than when I bring her to work with…
Today is Take Your Dog To Work Day which you’d think would be a perfect time to bring Penny into the lab, but she’s busy doing hostess duties for her best friend Roxy who is staying with us for a couple weeks while her folks are on vacation. But not wanting to miss a chance…
Last week, we moved our company into new digs (bigger and brighter, but alas no more ocean-view commute) and one of the new site’s amenities is being able to have actual desks in an actual office area – previously, our computers had been at the end of our lab benches. I know! It’s the lap…
Last month, the person that I will forever think of as erin-dot-erin did an exercise of following a day by taking a picture each hour. I thought this was a darn good idea and thought it might be fun to cover a day in the life of Stevil. Erin did hers for 10 on 10…
Something sort of fun – I got to have a little extra company in the lab over the past couple of days. You see, we are having a couple of days work done at The Aerie (taking care of a couple of things before the holidays). That meant that workmen were going to be in…
Our new endeavor has been going for the past six months or so and a lot has changed from my old position. Different company. Different lab. Different projects. Lots of change. Yet, some things stay the same. Molecular biology is still the same – just different arrangements of A, G, C, and T really. And…
So, Penny and I have a new regular weekday routine. A few of you may know, but last month I started working at a start-up biotech company that a couple of colleagues and I are trying to get off the ground. At the end of last year, we were scouting lab space and getting enough…
So, one of the hardest things for a lot of people to deal with when they start working in the biotech and pharma industry is the constant upheaval. Companies always seem like they are in a state of flux – expanding, contracting, merging, collapsing. After a while, it makes for a pretty thick hide. During…
Stevil 