Hope everyone is doing their best playing their role in the feature film "APOCALYPSE 2020". My character spends 12 hours a day on his laptop in his jam room at home with his new office mate, a 5-year old named Sophia. There's this one scene where Sophia asks 4,518 questions. There's another scene where she asks 2,183 questions. Then there's this one scene where she spills cereal everywhere. This other scene she plays the drums incessantly for 35 minutes straight. The other character, my character Paul, he spends the majority of those scenes telling Sophia "remember it's a workday so PUMP THE BRAKES ON THE F'IN QUESTIONS AND TRACE THE LETTER B". People are whispering "Oscar". I'm pretty pumped.
The new Langlais Crew is gaining traction. Mac, Austin, and DeHaven have made excellent strides and we are starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel. Langlais Lab picked up the very first undergraduate Honors Thesis students, Atley and Skylar, both of which are poised to dominate some science. We got one manuscript on CLASP2 that's nearing completion and we are working on a review as well. We are all working hard on our second and last shot at the CLASP2 R01 renewal, which is focused on G2L1. We have also made the commitment to a new R01 on CLIP and AGAP.
The Proteomics Lab is out of control. Austin jumped all-in right from the start and has proven to be elite. 2019 was a good year, a lot of collaborators were able to publish work that involved the Quantitative Proteomics Lab. 2020 has the potential to be even more productive. We couldn't be any happier with the opportunity to have the Proteomics Lab, it has been very rewarding to help everyone out.
Alright, that's it for now. See you in the "new normal".