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Mark_M
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27 Mar 2011, 8:47 pm

I hate these self intros, but here goes anyway.

I am a diagnosed aspie, atheist, and science geek that moved from Texas to Connecticut and am still having a hard time building up any kind of social life up here. It's a relief to not be in Texas by the way. I've got my bachelors degree and now work as a cytogenetics technologist. I've been interested in genetics for a while so it's really interesting, although sometimes exhausting, to spend my day analyzing chromosomes.

Oh and before you ask, no, I don't think vaccines are the reason I have AS. That idea that vaccines are responsible for autism has been discredited so many times that it's nothing but a bat-shit crazy conspiracy theory now and the only people who believe it are ones who can't be bothered to use their brain for anything more complex than writing a grocery list.

PS: if you know who my avatar is, you spend WAY too much time playing video games.

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27 Mar 2011, 8:57 pm

Hi and Welcome to Wrong Planet

Thanks for taking the time to write the intro

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27 Mar 2011, 9:36 pm

Mark_M wrote:

no, I don't think vaccines are the reason I have AS. That idea that vaccines are responsible for autism has been discredited so many times that it's nothing but a bat-sh** crazy conspiracy theory

WORD UP! Spread scientific literacy. The public needs to know the truth.

Also, welcome to WP. I'm about the same age and also have a degree (mechanical engineering).

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27 Mar 2011, 10:44 pm

Mark_M wrote:

I hate these self intros, but here goes anyway.

I am a diagnosed aspie, atheist, and science geek that moved from Texas to Connecticut and am still having a hard time building up any kind of social life up here. It's a relief to not be in Texas by the way. I've got my bachelors degree and now work as a cytogenetics technologist. I've been interested in genetics for a while so it's really interesting, although sometimes exhausting, to spend my day analyzing chromosomes.

Oh and before you ask, no, I don't think vaccines are the reason I have AS. That idea that vaccines are responsible for autism has been discredited so many times that it's nothing but a bat-sh** crazy conspiracy theory now and the only people who believe it are ones who can't be bothered to use their brain for anything more complex than writing a grocery list.

PS: if you know who my avatar is, you spend WAY too much time playing video games.

Where do you work? Not Dianon right? I work in the FISH automation industry and Dianon in Connecticut owns a bunch of our machines for cytogenetics.

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28 Mar 2011, 12:25 am

Welcome aboard!

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28 Mar 2011, 1:09 pm

Welkome to WrongPlanet.

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Mark_M
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28 Mar 2011, 4:46 pm

JusSumBudi wrote:

Where do you work? Not Dianon right? I work in the FISH automation industry and Dianon in Connecticut owns a bunch of our machines for cytogenetics.

I work at Ameripath, one of Quest's companies.

JusSumBudi
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28 Mar 2011, 9:10 pm

Mark_M wrote:

JusSumBudi wrote:

Where do you work? Not Dianon right? I work in the FISH automation industry and Dianon in Connecticut owns a bunch of our machines for cytogenetics.

I work at Ameripath, one of Quest's companies.

Ahh ok, almost all the systems of our's Quest owns are out in California. Dianon is a Labcorp company.

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29 Mar 2011, 10:48 am

Welcome.

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29 Mar 2011, 12:56 pm

Welcome!

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29 Mar 2011, 5:38 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

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