I have not written for a while because things have been VERY VERY busy – and also very exciting – on the BioBus in the last few weeks.
First off, Friday is an open-bus day at my alma matter, Columbia. I will be on College Walk (116th btw. Broadway & Amsterdam) from 10AM until 5PM, with a break for lunch in the middle. If you are around or know anyone there, please invite them!
I’ve started teaching a class of students in an adult GED program in Harlem. The students are great and we’ve been having a lot of fun with metaphors of viruses as spanish conquistadors and of course looking at all kinds of different cells on the microscopes. This will be a regular gig – Tuesday and Thursday of every second week through April.
We also had a great day last weekend at Rubulad kids day – I just updated the website with lots of pictures. There were two groups – a younger 3-5 year old group and then an older 7-10 year old group. Both groups were really fun to work with, and I think everyone had a fun time. Lynn helped out a lot with that event, and we got paid with really yummy burritos that one of the parents made.
I am also proud to say that we are officially a New York State educational not-for-profit corporation now, under the name Cell Motion Laboratories, Incorporated. Any donations from now on will be tax exempt once or final federal approval is attained in the next months.