Lots of data It is week six! I cannot believe how fast things are moving... We still have plenty of data to collect, organize, interpret… Meanwhile I am organizing data from all of our previous experiments. This is more data than I have ever seen in my life! It is both exciting, and intimidating. Fortunately there are so many intelligent minds around to answer my many questions. It has been a steep learning curve for me to get my data in the *perfect* form so I could interpret it easiest. I also wanted the data to look clean so that when I went to show people the data and had questions, they would find it easy and visually appealing to look at... As a result, I had been nit-picking away at my data sheets every day this week. Craig sat down with me and discussed a great way to create graphs immediately so I could interpret data quickly. This was very helpful and I think I am getting more and more comfortable with asking my mentor how to format my information. A Visual Person The graduate students Caitlin and Lauren advised that I print out each of my histology graphs in a small 6-7 inch size, and then to post them up in whatever way helps me differentiate patterns and information between each data set. Perhaps one of the Biggest lessons I have learned here so far, is always ask questions, ask for advice… In fact ask so many questions that it is borderline annoying, seriously. Hatfield marine science center We visited the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport Oregon and the Oregon Coast Aquarium! It was very exciting to see their lab setups. Something that fascinated me was their extremely large algae cultures. Round open top aquaculture tanks well over 2000 gallons large. Then a room dedicated to multiple species of algae, all in a very sanitary set up. Massive clear cylindrical tanks lit up like a lab worthy of comics. I am still uncertain as to what they are using the algae cultures for aside from feeding. Lake Trip!
Our trip to the lake was incredible this week! We took two full OIMB vans out to a beautiful lake with water so clear that when I was swimming I could see all the way down to my feet! There was a dune budding alongside the lake that you could run straight off of into the lake. We plan to go back next week!
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AuthorMy name is Kaylee Wilkinson, I am both a student, and am currently employed by Lane Community College in their wet lab for marine biology research. I serve as a coral husbandry assistant and tank-scape artist. I enjoy sciences where you can dive into the "unknown", being in Craig Young's lab is perfect for such interests. I am thankful for Dr. Young and his graduate students to have taken me in as an REU intern this summer, they have been very enjoyable to work with! Archives
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