Nine weeks, 97 worms, and 13 new species later, my time here at OIMB has come to a close. This week we finished our posters, and presented them to the OIMB community. We had a great turnout so we were able to present our research many times throughout the poster session. I am going to miss a lot of different aspects of OIMB. First of all, I will miss the research. This summer I realized how much enjoy taxonomy and systematics. This realization will help me to better choose a graduate school as I move forward in my research career. I am also going to miss Oregon (the ocean in particular). This was my first summer of tidepooling and hiking through the woods to hidden beaches, and I never want to go back to good old landlocked Iowa. I have no doubt that I will be back to the Pacific Northwest in the near future! Most importantly though, I will miss the people. Everyone from my mentor and the staff at OIMB to the University of Oregon students and my fellow REU interns has made an important impact on my life. During the final week we spent as much time as we could together hiking, measuring crabs, and hanging out on the beach. I know that through this experience I have done some amazing research and made lifelong friends. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity.
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AuthorHi! I’m Megan Powers, a fourth year Biology and Environmental Sciences student at the University of Iowa. Throughout my summer at OIMB, I will be working with the Maslakova lab to assess Nemertean diversity in the Caribbean. Archives
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