A few weeks ago, my lab advisor called me and asked me not to go into the lab. Apparently an issue had come up between the lab and the VA research office. I was officially a volunteer at the VA, which had, previously, been an acceptable status for working in the lab. Not so anymore, though. To try to gain readmittance to the lab, I have applied for without compensation status (WOC) at the VA. Hopefully the paperwork will be processed quickly, but thus far it doesn't look like it will be.
So, since my advisor called me through the present, I am not allowed into the lab. I have been spending my time working on getting the WOC paperwork filled and reading journal articles relavent to my research.
On that subject, I just read a particularly interesting article. A lab is working on creating engineered heart tissue (EHT). They were able to successfully do so and tested it in rats. The EHT, when place on an infarcted rat heart (heart after a heart attack), improved heart function significantly as compared to the infarcted hearts that were not treated. This study shows serious promise for clinical applications.
-Catherine
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Cate, I was sorry to read this - and I hope you'll be back in the lab soon. What caused the change in status? Sheer bureaucracy?
Anyway, the research sounds interesting - fill us in with more details about your project soon!
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