Welcome to the week three blog post everyone! For me this week has still been full of learning new and interesting things. I have continued learning about and working with PCR. Polymerase chain reaction is used to make many copies of certain strands of DNA so there is enough DNA to work with. I’ve also been learning how to use the confocal microscope. I was able to get some beautiful and interesting videos of first cleavage with Dr. von Dassow directing me. I also think I’ve got the timing down with the barnacles. Up until this point I usually have had to wait until right before lunch to get a brood so the embryos don’t always have enough time to mature before the end of the day. I also found something that I need to work on. On Friday I tried pipetting some embryos into an injection dish. After watching Dr. von Dassow easily perform this maneuver perfectly I figured that I could at least get the embryos lined up on the dish. Well, I vaporized the first 20 I tried to move and got the next 20 stuck in the pipette. After that I got some embryos that were in one piece on the injection dish. However, they were scattered randomly across the dish. I’m going to make sure to practice before I try that again. We’ve also been busy with events outside of our lab. On Saturday we spent the day on and around the University of Oregon’s main campus. We were able to tour a lab that works with brain activity during movement. Also, since Thursday was the 4th of July, most people had little or no work to do in the lab. In the morning I was able to check crab traps with Renee and Megan. It was very muddy but I enjoyed learning about crabs and their habitats. In the afternoon we had a potluck at Sunset bay. It was a beautiful warm day, perfect for being on the beach. I enjoyed getting to climb down to visit a hidden beach and exploring the many hiking trails that weave through that area. We have our proposal for our projects due on Tuesday so I’m spending plenty of time looking up articles. Putting together a paper has given me the chance to more firmly decide how I will answer my research questions and what I need to do in order to get the final result. We are going camping this weekend with the interns from the main U.O. campus. I am looking forward to getting to know them better and hopefully enjoy a few hikes.
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AuthorHi! My name is Sadie and I just graduated from Central Oregon Community College in Bend Oregon. I am working in Dr. von Dassow’s lab and I am excited to learn about research and cells. Archives
August 2019
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