SLAS Premier Members

It's time for another Electronic Laboratory Neighborhood Q&A. Thanks to everyone who answered last month's question about what you're currently reading. (You can read the responses in the current ELN article here: Find Yourself and Lose Yourself Between the Pages of a Book.)

This month we want to hear about your favorite pursuits outside of the lab. What are some of your favorite hobbies? How do you wind down after a long day or week? 

I'll start: I start off my day by running, so you could say that I'm already de-stressing before the sun comes up. After the work day, if I'm not reading something in the non-fiction genre, I can be found shutting my brain off by watching Ted Lasso, Barry, or any one of the fine Real Housewives of (insert city) program options. ;)

Looking forward to reading your responses!

Kathy

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Kathy Daniels
Marketing and Communications Manager
SLAS
Lake Geneva WI
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Can't believe this question passed me by...!
My hobbies reflect both sides of my personality:

On the analytical side, I am a keen genealogical researcher, have indexed over 1.6k old records (from the 1800s), and have built a tree with over 2.3k connections... it's amazing the amount of information you can find online, and by indexing old records more information becomes available all the time, for the benefit of the research community.

On the creative side, I am a self-taught artist (digital and traditional medium) with a predilection for cartoons and "mash-ups" (artistic creations combining elements from multiple franchises and characters). This is a mere hobby, no commercial side to it, I just create for my own pleasure... I do share my work on social media, and people seem to like it and find it fun for the most part. So long as I can raise a smile through my work, that will be mission accomplished. :)

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Silvio Di Castro
Principal Scientist
AstraZeneca R&D Gothenburg
Sweden
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