Breadth != depth

Here's a list of what one of my classes have covered this quarte in its nine modules:

1Inflammation; innate vs. adaptive immunity
IRF8 and leukemia

2ubiquitination, canonical vs. noncanonical; ubiquitination in cell signaling
ubiquitination in immune response signaling

3microbes and infectious diseases
malaria and protein trafficking

4protein kinases & phosphorylation sites

5kidney and physiology
nephrology and homeostasis

4tyrosine kinase & diabetes
protein phosphatase & Ras signaling pathway

6hematopoiesis and stem cells
stem cell niche and developmental biology

7genetics and macular degeneration
genetic analysis and methodologies

8GPCR types and function
GPCR signaling and cardiac hypertrophy

9glycosylation and vesicular trafficking
COPII transport and sialic acid in human diseases

The final thing is due on Monday, to be turned in electronically, though the profs wanted us back on Tuesday for a debrief on the class, which they only told us about yesterday and so I am fully excused to beg off. Right now I'm trying to finish the Monday thing today so I won't end up working next to the frazzled couple with the screaming kids at the airport (small airport == you're always within six feet of a frazzled-looking couple with at least one loud kid). I had to change the connection setting to using the proxy (autoproxy setting's not quite right, so I have to do manual, which was annoying) so I can access online articles, which are more reassuring at this point than specifically helpful. At least I am still on the "design an experiment" part with the chimeric proteins and I get to use "theoretically" a lot.

(Many things are possible in theory. I like theories.)