Ashley's Arrival and a Belated Birthday Bash.

As implied by the title, Ashley arrived a few days ago!  For those of you who don't know her, Ashley is best described as being completely and utterly awesome.  She was a senior neuro major at Pomona when I was a sophomore and we worked together in lab.  Now she's in grad school at UCSF, and is currently here to attend a neuro conference.  Between sporadic periods of studying, we've been having a great time going to the Wellcome Centre, British Museum, and Borough Market, among other adventures.   


The entire library of the Human Genome at the Wellcome Centre...



 

...the font in each book is this small - so many nucleic acids!



British Museum exterior turned interior with this quasi-Crystal Palace ceiling. 
The geometric structure is the same as that of a Buckyball.

Picnic-ing at Borough Market!

Also, a couple of days ago my friends arranged a surprise birthday dinner for me, which was just about the nicest thing anyone's ever done.  It was arranged so discreetly and cleverly, it really was SUCH a surprise, I was speechless, and so touched.  Rachel E., Rachel Lee, Ashley, Steven, Ani, Rey, Faz, Luke and Alex were all there.  It was overwhelming, being surrounded by so many friends all at once!

One side of the table was members of the Johnson Lab...



...and on the other side, all the folks I've met in London!