Science cannot be rushed

Dear backers!

The project is slowly but surely starting, with a few months delay due to sample permits (CITES within the EU) that needed approval before anything could be imported, which meant I had to wait a few months to be able to start in the laboratory here in Denmark. In the mean time my MSc thesis which lay the ground work for this project, was published! It is an open access publication which you can read here.

 

The waiting time I have filled with regular small animal practice work on Svalbard at the northern most vet clinic in the world, and I had an amazing time working as a "real" veterinarian.

The break has been nice but I am so looking forward to starting in the lab, and will be picking up the samples soon. They have been stored in a -80 degrees Celcius freezer waiting for the permits and time slot at the laboratory and now I can finally begin! I will of course, keep you updated along the way and hope that you will find it just as exciting as I do. I have had to move my milestones a bit, but as we all know, science cannot be rushed, and neither can permits.

As always, thank you so much for supporting this project!

Amanda