Wowow! Another week has flown by and now we are heading towards the final weeks of being at OIMB. This past weekend I took another trip up to Eugene with Alondra, Jordan, Maite, and MaKenzie. It was so nice to spend some time in the warm weather. Charleston can be very cold and at times does not feel like summer is currently happening. Taking a break from the thick overcast is what I needed. While in the city, we were able to go to the Saturday Market. It was adorable and I enjoyed seeing people out and about buying/selling fun products. They also had some yummy and diverse food selections. I ordered some jerk chicken and sweet plantains for lunch, very different from the fried fish I am used to eating in Coos Bay. We also made our way to Round1, the arcade. I do not remember the last time I went to an arcade, so it was a lot of fun playing games with friends and winning tickets. At the end, I had enough tickets to win some candy and a little tiara with a matching ring and wand. Upon our return to OIMB, Maite and I had another fun shift at the CMLC where we completed a full feed. This was an exciting day because Flash, the cephalopod was very active (I had never seen him come out of his hiding pot before). I had the opportunity to feed him some crab in a closed jar. He was being silly and kept swimming around the tank, getting close to the food but not completely grabbing it. Eventually he was enticed/hungry enough to actually take the jar from me. He opened it and shoved the crab into his mouth. Watching him eat was very entertaining. I could have watched him swim around the tank ALL day. This week all of the REUs have been preparing our lightning talks for the Oregon high schoolers. We all made short presentations about ourselves, our schools, and our projects. I enjoyed making the little presentation and adding/editing my photos of urchins. I also will talk to them about my educational path I took after high school and how I ended up at this REU program. When I was in high school I definitely did not know what sort of education I wanted to pursue or about programs like this, so I am all for helping inform other students about the REU programs available here at OIMB and across the country. My project this week has consisted of a lot of filtering and using the dissection scope to count microplastics on cellulose filters. Looking for microplastics feels like I am searching/panning for gold, especially since the plastic I am looking for is a very distinctive bright yellow color. I have been collecting lots of data, finally, and inputting it into a google sheet. Reyn taught me how to begin using the statistical program, R. It is a lot of information about something I have never heard of before coming to OIMB. Check in next week for some stories about dissecting urchins, counting more microplastics and all the happenings of the invertebrate ball!
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Annika SullivanHello blog visitors! My name is Annika Sullivan. I am from Agoura Hills, CA and have been studying at Santa Barbara City College for the last 3 years. This fall I will be attending UC Santa Barbara as an Aquatic Biology major. I have always dreamed of living in Oregon, and now I get to do so while conducting marine research at OIMB under Dr. Aaron Galloway and Dr. Reyn Yoshioka in the CTELab! Archives
August 2021
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