Welcome to week seven! On Tuesday, Craig Young and Svetlana Maslakova gave us advice on applying to grad school, letters of recommendation, and deciding which lab we want to work in. We talked with past REU’s of the EMBOC program, and asked them our raw and unfiltered questions about the grad school experience. It was nice getting to hear the opinions and experiences from both current grad students, and PhD researchers. Tuesday night Victoria, Colleen, Sherlyn, Gina, and I celebrated with Chloe on her birthday! We shared a fun, relaxing night complete with yummy drinks, delicious chocolate mousse, and strawberry shortcake. It’s been lovely getting to know my fellow REU friends, and share this exciting new experience! Wednesday we attended a seminar with Dr. Ana Spalding from OSU. She discussed her experience working with marine policy, MPA management research, and international lifestyle migrations in humans. I learned about the clash between protecting the environment and protecting people’s livelihoods, and how to protect both without disrupting the other. I was able to get 10 Amphibalanus improvisus to settle! I have sufficient photos of Balanus glandula and Chthamalus dali. I have some good photos of Balanus crenatus and Amphibalanus improvisus, but I want more images of their villi. I currently have not been successful in settling Balanus nubilus or Pollicipes polymerus. I will now try C.A Lewis’s method in having a live Pollicipes polymerus adult present with the settlement plate, in a last resort to get the cyprids to settle. I’ve been preparing for Saturday’s CLMC session all week! Sherlyn, Gina, and I will be collaborating, as all three of us are working with barnacles - they are working with the embryological development of barnacles - specifically with mitosis I and meiosis II divisions. I will be bringing live barnacle cyprids and a compound microscope, for visitors to take a look. I’ll have a 3D model of a cyprid to help visitors to better visualize the tiny organism. I created some “barnacle pokemon cards” to help the kids better understand larval stages, as they “level up”. Sherlyn and Gina will have a tub of live adult barnacles for visitors to touch and examine, and they will demonstrate live barnacle dissections! I have a lot of exciting plans to look forward to this weekend! Friday night is the invertebrate ball, it will be pretty interesting to see what creative costumes everyone has come up with. My family is visiting on Saturday to check out our CMLC sessions. There is a food truck festival in Charleston this weekend, and we’re going to check it out - I can’t wait! Only two more posts to come! You can look forward to hearing more about my CMLC session and the invertebrate ball in my week eight post. My week nine post will include my poster session, and my final results of my research project. Super exciting! Annika
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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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