Hi everyone, welcome to week 8 - the finishing touches!
Last weekend was the Invertebrate Ball! I dressed as a snail last minute, with antennae (pipe cleaners attached to barrettes), and my backpack stuffed with a pillow as a "shell". There were many amazing costumes with a lot of hard work put into them! After the ball, we went to Seven Devils to watch a local band perform. On Saturday we presented at the Charleston Marine Life Center. We had about 30 visitors who came with many interesting questions! It was an excellent hands-on opportunity to improve my public speaking skills and engage with the public. This week I have been working on my poster. Out of the six species, I was unable to get Balanus nubilus and Pollicipes polymerus to settle, however I photographed Pollicipes polymerus juveniles that settled onto an adult’s neck. Richard was kind enough to allow me to use an image he took of a settled Balanus nubilus, so I am not missing any images! I have 6 species, with two photos each - one photo of its cyprid stage, and one photo of its juvenile stage. On Tuesday we attended a leadership training session, and a session on imposter syndrome. I found the imposter syndrome session very helpful, as it seems a taboo to discuss. We learned about the different types of imposter syndrome, and techniques to fight the negative thoughts associated with each type. Imposter syndrome is defined as “doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud”. I found out that all of the REU’s experienced imposter syndrome during the first couple of weeks here, which was comforting to know how common it is. We all thought I was alone in that experience, but little did we know we were in the same boat! I think the session would have been very helpful during week one or two. Wednesday we shared lunch with Ed Hughes from Oregon Fish and Wildlife. He talked to us about his career pathway, fish, and more fish! He explained how OIMB and OFW work together, and is experiences with interns from OIMB. His passion for salmon was inspiring. On Wednesday afternoon we had a seminar with Dr. Melva Treviño Peña from the University of Rhode Island Department of Marine Affairs. She discussed her experience engaging with diverse coastal communities, and the importance of listening to the communities and allowing them to engage in the research. On Thursday afternoon she discussed how to create our paths in academia, the benefits of taking the traditional or non-traditional path, and how to carry our identities with us into the scientific community. Wednesday evening was our poster critique session! We received a lot of helpful feedback to begin our poster revisions. It was exciting to see everyone's beautiful work! We've all worked hard and come a long ways. It's nice to have a physical representation of our summer's research. After our critique session, we revised our posters and turned in our final products on Friday. Over the weekend Maya and Richard will give us our final feedback, and we will have until Tuesday to complete our revisions. On Wednesday Nicole will print the posters, and next Friday we will present them at our poster session! This weekend there are some good low tides, we hope to go tide-pooling for the last time, I can't believe it's our last weekend here! The REU's want to spend some more quality time together this weekend, before we part ways. It's weird to think I might not see some of these people again, who I've spent everyday of my summer with for the past couple months. I definitely want to stay in touch with the friends I've made! Thanks for joining me along my summer adventure with barnacles! Until next week, 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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