A living, breathing, test tube

A few disclaimers to start.  Yes, I’m a scientist.  Yes, I’m intellectually curious by nature.  Yes, I view my life as one big experiment.

Do you see me in here?

To start the public portion of “my life as a test tube”, I’ve purchased a personal genetic testing kit from 23andme.com.  I’ve been skeptical of this service, but I’ve watched the price go down over the years, read extensively the reviews comparing different genetic testing services, become less worried about the security of my personal genetic material (and used a pseudonym when ordering, despite needing to use my real credit card and mailing address), and have become more and more curious about what SNPs are lurking in my genome as I read about new linkages to disease predispositions.