TY TY... I've known I got the job since Friday, but i wasn't sure if I was gonna be able to find a house to rent in Portland soon enough... I already told my buddy he could sublet my room for the summer. Thank god I have good friends, cause he said he'd find another place
Its gonna be damn interesting thats for sure... but ethically a little questionable i guess. Like for instance, in one of the projects they are trying to isolate certain genes that contribute to alcohol dependence/withdraw symptoms... So they stick mice in an ethanol chamber for 72 hours. The mice get drunk as hell for 3 days and then they are taken out of the chamber. About two hours later, the researcher picks up the mouse by its tail and can gauge its intensity of withdrawal by measuring the seizures that ensue... I mean all in all its for a good cause (i.e. treatment and prevention for alcoholics) but some if is a bit brutal, eh?