Our public health laboratory at the Minnesota Department of Health was filmed yesterday afternoon by Channel 9 Eyewitness news here in the Twin Cities.  They were giving their viewers an inside shot of our laboratory where intensive testing has been underway to evaluate hundreds of samples for Swine flu. 

I actually was minding my own business late yesterday afternoon, setting up a PCR assay unrelated to the Swine flu testing, but the cameraman caught snippets of me as I sat at the bench, competently setting up my assay.  Brief footage of me was integrated into last night’s news broadcast.

Once again, I’m proud to be a member of a excellent State health lab.  Minnesota can be confident that we’re doing everything we can to protect and maintain the health of the citizens of Minnesota.

(Here’s the link to the video. I’m having trouble getting the code to embed.)