Instead of spending 6h in micro-world looking at worms at the fluorescent microscope, I spent that time exploring the macro world and possibilities of my new camera.
Here are few first pictures.
Picture number 2 - view of the lab from my desk. Wow, 18-55mm lens is pretty wide already...

Picture number 40 - bushes in front of UCSF. Again, 18-55mm deals pretty well with taking macro pictures:

Picture number 97 - skyping with my parents. Polarizer helps to get rid of "computer interference" (or however it is called):
