Ongoing Crisis in Room 215…

To date, I’ve had to swap my experiment to and from the new growth chamber three times since the first freezing incident. Finally, after trying everything the company who sold the department the machine instructed us to do, there is someone here to do a check up on the chamber. Turns out the chamber wasn’t acting up simply because of the nature of my experiment…which is a good thing! Apparently, the refrigeration unit was not functioning properly, so the guy is looking for a leak and is going to fix it (today hopefully)…YEA! Currently, my experiment is being housed in the old growth chamber that may stop working at any minute, since it is actually quite old and temperamental (hence the need to purchase the new growth chamber!). So far however, the good ol’ temperamental growth chamber has been holding a constant temperature and is acting as a great surrogate for my samaras. After today, I am hoping I’ll never have to worry about checking for ice build up in the chamber! We'll see! If everything works properly from here on out, then things aren’t so bad! I am glad this mishap occurred at the beginning of the experiment, because otherwise the consequences may have been more detrimental.