This is the start of the second to last week! All of us REU's are wrapping up data collection to we can start putting together our posters. It is hard to draw the line at the amount of information to put on the poster. I still have to collect the very early points of of just fertilization, to decide if there a pattern of sperm entry locality. I have been able to start analyzing and editing our raw image photos to get a better idea of the timeline and sequence of events. Using the program Fiji(formally Image J) to make our photos clearer and make them presentation ready! I can't wait to share my results and poster with you all at the end of this program. This past weekend we had a community outreach event! At the Charleston Marine Life Center(CMLC), we each had table to present our information to anyone who wanted to come! It was very fun to get younger kids excited about not only barnacles, but excited about science in general. It was funny to see their faces light up when I say I get to shoot laser at cells all day(in the confocal microscope) Hahaha. We also had many adults who were either very interested in science, or scientists who came in to see our work. It was challenging to change terminology so fast between a 6 year old to a 60 year old. It was a great experience to have and made me even more excited about my own work as I saw others so interested. Outside of the OIMB program, I was able to go fishing again this past weekend! A couple of weekends during this program, I have tried to go fishing and catch a Steelhead trout. It is a Rainbow Trout that lives in the ocean and swims up the rivers every fall. They are a very fun fight and jump a ton when they are hooked. I finally was able to catch one! I went with a fishing guide I became friends with named Jordan( from Rogue fishing anglers) and he brought me out on his float boat to go fishing. We fought the 101 degree heat but I finally hooked up and landed my first Steelhead ever! They are a beautiful fish. Next week I will include some of my images from the confocal that will be on my poster. Hopefully during this week, I will be able to collect a few more time points and get those microtubules on the inside of the cell more clear. It is sad that this internship is coming to an end, but the end is just so exciting!
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AuthorHello I am Gina Magro, currently attending University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. I am studying Biology with a minor in French as a senior this fall. Archives
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