My main memory from week 8 is merely doing computer work for my poster. It involved a lot of editing photos with imageJ and organizing my thoughts. I also repeated the same experiment of fixing and staining barnacle embryos in their peristaltic stage but with CytB and Pronase-treated cells. Even though the posters are ready to review, we are still actively conducting research and planning experiments for next week. We are thinking of making a good timeline of the CytB treatments we did early this summer for reference in future projects, and to keep raising treated embryos till Friday. Outside of the lab, we had a very interesting professional development session about imposter syndrome and defining your identity. I learned a lot about myself, my social circle, and about my personality. I also learned that I identify myself with several things, but I dont fit in any of the imposter syndrome identities because I have a bit of each one. This workshop is helping me grow and understand myself better. On the fun side, this week my whole lab went to grab dinner at 7 devils, which seems to be everyone's favorite spot. We mainly discussed letters of recommendation, graduate school, and how to properly cook lobster mushrooms. We also did a crab boil with the Sought Slough interns on Saturday where we cooked around 50 invasive green crabs! Colleen and Sebastian have been collecting these crabs all summer for their studies so it was time to try them. It was so much fun to connect with everyone after a long week doing poster things. The girls and I also hit the food truck music festival in Charleston, and even though we got there at the end, almost every food truck there gave us free food. We ate spicy clam chowder, mini shrimps, ice cream, and fried bread. After that we had a spa night with snacks, face masks and good movie. Monday marks the beginning of my last week here. I have so many mixed feelings because I will miss this place and my cohort, but at the same time, I am ready to go back home and share my gained knowledge with my community.
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Aileen Sanchez
8/15/2022 09:42:03 am
So interesting! We’ll done!!!
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Irma
8/16/2022 07:36:35 am
a magnificent opportunity to learn, and to know places, friendships and rediscover yourself.
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Maribell
8/16/2022 08:08:31 am
Well done.. interesting can’t wait to see more congratulations
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Maria M.
8/17/2022 06:57:55 am
Sheryln continue to enjoy this experience. Glad it has been fun as well for you. Living life!
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Sherlyn SanchezHello :) I'm Sher, a first-gen biology student transferring to UCSD and passionate about science. This summer I'll be working in George von Dassow`s lab doing barnacle embryology research. In this blog, I'll be sharing some of my adventures and life updates at the OIMB. Archives
August 2022
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