Blog update

In the meantime, enjoy a feisty humming bird we saw at the feeder in North Carolina. He very aggressively guarded the feeder, under assault from other humming birds.
Still not able to clean out the debris and ruined equipment from the lab fire on August 29. We have to get "approval" from the UF insurance officials before we can remove damaged equipment, etc. Slowly beginning to replace essential items, and continuing cell culture and experiments from colleague's labs.

If we don't find opportunity to post again from the Nepal expedition tomorrow, we will resume after returning on Oct.1 from a National Geographic safari to South Africa(We're outbound at 11:05 am, Friday morning).

Seen in the Chitwan Jungle, from atop an elephant

A Black Rhino


Another Black Rhino


A huge Python ahead!


Several peacocks in trees

Lab Fire

While visiting relatives in Minnesota, I learned that a fire broke out in my research lab about 12:30 AM on October 29, 2008!
Ceiling sprinklers contained most of the fire, but the water running all night managed to flood one wing of the research building 2nd floor, and water leaked through fixtures onto the 1st floor, and even into the basement, flooding other labs and offices!

Check out the newpaper article about the fire at:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080829/NEWS/808290216/1105/NEWS&title=UF_lab_blaze_quickly_quenched
(You will have to copy the above link and paste it into your browser)