Hi Guys! As you might notice by the time of my posting (I should be in bed), just got home from the lab, and had a chance to check my e-mail. Dr. B has to leave for a meeting on Wednesday so we are trying to get everything we can done before he goes.
Ok so time frame for PHA tests, if we already have a DNA sample on file, I'd say turn around time is around a week, maybe shorter. One thing to note, if you have the lab ID number that helps out tremendously. If it's a new sample, I think they've been getting done around two and a half weeks for verbal results. Sometimes it might take longer depending on the sample numbers that come in (it will be quicker if we get 80 samples in that week vs. 500). The large cattle shows and sales seem to slow things up a bit, I know I got slammed before Denver. I'm trying to keep up the best I can. It's important to understand that real life genetics is not CSI, where you just take a sample put some clear liquid into it, stick it into a machine and then 30 seconds later a results pops out (some days I really wish it was).
shorty, make sure to stop by when you get to campus! oh yeah funny thing is that we (our whole lab of 5 girls) actually do have lab t-shirts for sand volleyball..... (lol) I'm not going to say much about them except that it involves a cape, tights, and big B on the chest, a picture of a guy we all know and love, and some very creative photoshoping done by a PhD student........ ;D