It’s 4:30pm on a Friday and they’ve started fumigating the lab. A man with a mask, a work suit and what looks like a deafening leaf blower is blasting nauseating clouds throughout the hallways.
Me: (cringing) What the hell are they doing?
Lab technician: Fumigating.
Me: What?! For what?
LT: Mosquitoes.
Me: What?! But we’re still here.
LT: Yeah. So?
Ok, I’m likely signing off for a few days. Heading south, maybe into Costa Rica. Back home on Thursday with lots of samples. I think I’m feeling dizzy. More soon…
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I'm a Berkeley PhD. student studying international emerging infectious diseases. I work at Joe DeRisi's lab at UCSF and am co-mentored by Eva Harris at Berkeley. Occasionally, my interests send me to Nicaragua. These are my stories.
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nathan! you gotta show us pictures. love, raja
...if you haven't been gassed.
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