Christmas Gifts

It is never too early to jump on the ball and start your Christmas shopping.
Wondering what to get that someone in your life who has it all??

I hate to ruin the surprise, but I think I have found the one gift that everyone on my list is getting this year.

Click here if you don't want to be surprised when you open your gift from me.

M. H. Howell in Black and White

I am very excited to say that I am an author now. Over the summer, Jeff Guyon (and others in the lab) and myself manage to put together a review article on modeling human muscle disease. This article was e-published in July and the printed version is due out soon.

This article is a summary of the work that has been done by numerous people and is not as important as publishing a paper on one's original work, but it is a start.

If you would like to read the abstract you can view it here or look it up on www.pubmed.gov. Just type the number, 16934958, in to the search field.

"Modeling human muscle disease in zebrafish."

Instant Russian Tea

This is a nice substitution for mulled cider... the advantage is you can keep it in your cabinet and it only takes as much time to make as it does for the water to boil.

2 cups Tang (like the astronauts drink)
3/4 cup of Instant Tea
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup lemonade drink powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

In a large container mix all ingredients. Make sure everything is thoroughly mixed. This can be stored in an airtight container for quite a while. (Also, if you are watching your sugar, you can substitute part or all of the 1 cup called for in the recipe.)

Then when you are ready to drink this hot beverage, add about 2-3 tablespoons per cup and mix with boiling water. You can add more or less of the mix to taste.

You can also place this mix into decorative jars (with recipe and instructions) and give as cute little inexpensive gifts.

The Fall Out...

Wow! I am really bad at keeping up with this blogging stuff.

But the reality is that not much has transpired since I last posted. I took the MCAT. I cannot say that I left the exam with a warm, glowing feeling, but we will just wait and see what happens.

Currently, I have sent off my intial AMCAS application to the following schools:

1. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2. Baylor College of Medicine
3. Boston University
4. Case Western Reserve
5. Columbia
6. Dartmouth
7. Drexel (PA)
8. Duke
9. Emory
10. George Washington University
11. Georgetown University
12. Jefferson Medical College (PA)
13. Keck School of Medicine USC-CA
14. Loma Linda (CA)
15. Loyola University (Chicago)
16. Medical University of South Carolina
17. Mount Sinai
18. Tufts
19. Tulane
20. University of Massachusetts (Worcester, MA)
21. University of South Carolina
22. Vanderbilt
23. Wake Forest University
24. Cornell
25. Yale

I am now working to fill out and submit my secondary applications for consideration. I will keep you posted on this progress.