It was all going so well...

Lab work has been going really well on the samples that I collected last cruise, starting with getting lots of DNA because we filtered lots of water. I've made fosmid libraries for 8 of the 12 samples that we wanted from that cruise and started the last 4 last night. The I go to school this morning to start the 12+ hours of processing the sample today, only to find that the building has been shut down due to a blown electrical transformer. So, right now all of my precious DNA is sitting in the size selection gel degrading as the lab gets hotter and hotter. No electricity means that our beautiful building with it's huge glass windows and skylights is now a giant greenhouse. AAACCCCCKKKKKK