On Friday, July 3rd, we took a lab break and traveled to Madison Wis to visit Om at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Biochemistry Department, NMR Facility. In the pictures are Ben, Blake, and Om next to the Varian 900 MHz NMR spectrometer...or is that the moon lander? Om shared with us his project related to biofuels and then we enjoyed lunch together at the Student Union on the lake...nice place!
After U of Wis, Madison, we visited Gorst Valley Hop farm outside of Madison. Here we learned about the chemistry, biology, and business of hop growing. James gave us a tour of his experimental hop plant and then the larger 1 acer hop field (sorry no pictures...i was asking too many questions). We may collaborate with James on some chemical analysis.
Overall it was a LONG day (6 am-9 pm), but well worth the trip!
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