Hi! You can call me LZ, for now. I'm a student in college for Medical Lab Technology. I spend the vast majority of my time in front of a microscope with gloves and a lab coat on - I wouldn't have it any other way!

I've been roleplaying for several years, all one-on-one. It has always been a wonderful outlet for me, that has gotten me through anything that life put in my way. I hope that I can find a new home here, and some amazing stories!

Thanks for reading :)

Lovely seeing fresh meat new material around. I hope you find plenty of bruhs and whatnot around here and have plenty of fun. Hit me up fam if you ever need anything as well.

Welcome to the Guild, Landing Zone.

@LHG100 Thank you! I appreciate the welcome :)

@Hank Haha, thank you very much!

@Hank Haha, thank you very much!

Friendly tip; try to avoid double-posting where possible. If you feel like you left your post unfinished and want to say something else, incorporate it in your post with the Edit button.

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A friend of mine is studying Life Science Technologies, so he spends a lot of time in a lab as well. What's the difference between that and what you're doing? Are you very specifically focused on the equipment?

@Hank
Ah, gotchya. I honestly didn't even think to look for an edit button, but I appreciate the tip greatly!

I'm not quite sure what one does when studying Life Science Technology.

I can, however, tell you about my program. Basically, it's everything that you would do in a hospital/medical lab setting. So, when you go to the emergency room and you give a blood sample, for example - we are the ones behind the scenes that do all of that actual testing. We also do anything from rapid strep testing, to culturing bacteria, to chemistry panels, etc...

To quote one of my teachers, "Without the lab, the doctors are just guessing."

:)

@LabZombie You're welcome.

LST isn't medical in nature at all; it's all about microbiology, chemistry and gentech. So... that's a pretty big difference.

The closest my friend might get to medicine is something like finding the cure for cancer, but right now he's focusing on a start-up that wants to 3D print with metal. Applications include shipping a 3D metal printer up to the ISS so the astronauts can print the instruments they need instead of having to store them all in the ISS on the off-chance they'll need something.

Your program sounds like it has more immediately useful applications. As in, literally life-saving. Right on.

@Hank
I hope that he has much success, that sounds like a great way to spend his time!

It does. I love it, but it often gets stressful. In our blood bank section, if we don't do the testing correctly to get the right blood type or the right antibodies/antigens, we could cause a transfusion reaction, and ultimately death for the patient. No pressure, right? :P

Sounds like a stroll in the park, @LabZombie.

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