Hi everyone! Thank you for joining me in my final week of this summer journey with barnacles.
Last weekend was truly our last weekend. We celebrated with the South Slough interns with a crab boil party. The invasive European green crabs were collected by Colleen and Sebastian during their 10 weeks of research. Chloe and I tried crab and shrimp for the first time! We all had fun getting to know the South Slough interns better. Victoria, Chloe, Sherlyn and I had some delicious boysenberry frybread (or as we call them back home - elephant ears), free clam chowder, free shrimp, and free ice cream at the Charleston Seafood Festival. We had our last girl’s night, complete with face masks, snacks, and Lindsay Lohan! On Thursday I started PCR, Polymerase Chain Reaction, for barcoding the DNA of cyprids. PCR allows identification of the DNA or RNA of organisms. On Friday I began the gel electrophoresis - the movement of charged particles in a fluid or gel under the influence of an electric field. Richard will pick up where I left off. It feels very relieving to finally have my poster complete! So much hard work went into our posters, and they all turned out wonderful. It felt good to have others in the scientific community appreciate our contributions and encourage our future endeavors. Wednesday afternoon Sherlyn, Chloe, Victoria, Gina, Colleen, Sebastian, J'mie, and I took a daytrip to Hall Lake. We swam in the beautiful blue waters and sunned on the giant sand dunes. Then we stopped for some pizza! Friday evening, we said our last goodbyes over a barbeque at Richard’s house. We had mac n cheese, and lots of fish. I am going to miss the friends I’ve made, so much. We will keep in touch! I got a recipe for a coconut Thai curry soup from Lisa for an amazing soup she made at the cafeteria. Victoria and I loved it, it was the best dish we’ve had at OIMB. We will attempt to recreate it at home and send a photo! I would like to thank Richard Emlet, Maya Watts, and Craig Young for allowing me this opportunity. Thank you, Richard, for guiding me through my first research experience, and teaching me the ins and outs of barnacles. Thank you, Nicole Nakata, for the endless help and support through this program. I appreciate you all! Your barnacle lover, Annika
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Heather M Reynolds
8/24/2022 02:33:50 pm
Yay!!! You had a successful, intriguing, adventurous internship!
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Hi! I'm Annika, a biology student attending Lane Community College. I will be researching cyprid larvae in the Emlet lab this summer. I look forward to sharing my findings on Cyprids. I love roller skating, my eleven penpals across the globe, my two cats, two guinea pigs, and the enchanting PNW woods - my forever home.
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