Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Saludos from Santa Barbara



Hi all,

I'm really having a great time doing research at UCSB eventhough the RISE program keeps us really busy with talks, seminars and poster presentantions. I'm doing research with Dr. Craig Hawker and my research consists in making polyelectrolytes hydrogels using triblocks copolymes with anionic ends (middle block is neutral) and homopolymers with cationic chains. Polyelectrolytes copolymers are soluble in water, responsive to the environment, thermodynamically stable, and have important applications in drug delivery and underwater adhesives. So far we have not been able to make a hydrogel but we are very close of doing it.
Since I'm here, I've been driving to L.A. pretty much every weekend to see my lovely family. Eventhough it has been nice to have some time for myself, I miss my two boys and husband a lot!!!. They have come to visit me twice and here are some pictures when they came.

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