I studied Microbiology and Immunology in undergrad and now working on an immunology PhD. It's for sure my favorite system to study. Check out Jane Way's Immuno Biology. It's an amazing book to get comfortable with how elaborate the immune system function is in our bodies. Learning something new everyday is a goal of mine, sounds like it's the same for you too, which is fun. But ya, immunology is the bee's knees's!!!
Hey, congrats! That's big news. I've only ever known one microbiology adjacent individual and they said the heaviness of the subject actually forced them to drop it. They were plastering index cards everywhere, and studying books 500 pages thick and somewhere in-between they broke. I always applaud folk like you, because you keep folks like me (and of course others in the future) alive and well. It's huge, so many kudos and the best of luck with your research. Although clearly you've got the passion, and you'll do fine. Speaking with you made me kick the bits out of myself, because I have an auto-immune and while I looked into the disease itself I never actually studied anything on the immune system as a whole. And realize there was this whole chunk of information that I could probably look into that could help me better understand the internal workings of my inner-world over just the symptoms.
I grabbed an older edition (because it's not academic for me, just you know - personal interest) of that book. I'm pretty excited over here! I know this sounds horrible, but I am an absolute idiot! Hahahaha! I think I saved myself by reading books out of the local library growing up, but I wish I were more academically sound like folks like you. And in living, and growing - I have found so much interest in understanding the means and mechanics of this world. And I honestly believe you train your brain regardless, but you've got to choose what you're going to put in there. And a huge reason why I had to stop going to Reddit (I couldn't even hold an account on that site, I mean look at how I type) - is because I don't care one flying fig about "celebrities" and I don't want that gunk in my brain. I'd much rather have beautiful stuff like this. Which sparks the imagination and allows you to follow a variety of questions down the rabbit hole.
Big thanks, you've been fantastic to converse with <3!
I studied Microbiology and Immunology in undergrad and now working on an immunology PhD. It's for sure my favorite system to study. Check out Jane Way's Immuno Biology. It's an amazing book to get comfortable with how elaborate the immune system function is in our bodies. Learning something new everyday is a goal of mine, sounds like it's the same for you too, which is fun. But ya, immunology is the bee's knees's!!!
Hey, congrats! That's big news. I've only ever known one microbiology adjacent individual and they said the heaviness of the subject actually forced them to drop it. They were plastering index cards everywhere, and studying books 500 pages thick and somewhere in-between they broke. I always applaud folk like you, because you keep folks like me (and of course others in the future) alive and well. It's huge, so many kudos and the best of luck with your research. Although clearly you've got the passion, and you'll do fine. Speaking with you made me kick the bits out of myself, because I have an auto-immune and while I looked into the disease itself I never actually studied anything on the immune system as a whole. And realize there was this whole chunk of information that I could probably look into that could help me better understand the internal workings of my inner-world over just the symptoms.
I grabbed an older edition (because it's not academic for me, just you know - personal interest) of that book. I'm pretty excited over here! I know this sounds horrible, but I am an absolute idiot! Hahahaha! I think I saved myself by reading books out of the local library growing up, but I wish I were more academically sound like folks like you. And in living, and growing - I have found so much interest in understanding the means and mechanics of this world. And I honestly believe you train your brain regardless, but you've got to choose what you're going to put in there. And a huge reason why I had to stop going to Reddit (I couldn't even hold an account on that site, I mean look at how I type) - is because I don't care one flying fig about "celebrities" and I don't want that gunk in my brain. I'd much rather have beautiful stuff like this. Which sparks the imagination and allows you to follow a variety of questions down the rabbit hole.
Big thanks, you've been fantastic to converse with <3!