Cells Do Not Care About You, But You Should Care About Them

I do not yet know what it is like to work in other types of labs outside of cell biology and genetics, but I can say that working in a lab primarily with cells, you have to be willing to work weird hours. It is possible for me to schedule my time as I please, but cells will not wait for you. They do not care if you what plan you may have already made if they need to be split or cared for a specific day, they do.

Some cells will stop growing altogether once they have become too confluent, whereas others will grow on top of each other infinitely.

Figure 1. Cells are pretty cell-fish, wouldn't you say? (Luong, 2014). 

If cells did have feelings, they probably would put you into their own Burn Book, like Gretchen Weiners from the movie Mean Girls. They'd be bullies. However, cells are not people, they do not have feelings or emotions, but they do make up every living thing in the world around us. Now, I don't want it to seem like I hate cells, because it's really just the opposite. Rather, I am willing to deal with the difficulties that come with cells because of how amazing they are, and how useful they are in research. Cells can allow me to find new treatments for diseases and disorders, which is simply remarkable.


References

Luong, C. 2014. Cell-fie. [Image]. <http://christineluong.tumblr.com/post/79189174454/apologies-for-inaccuracies-i-tried#notes>.