This past week has been quite a rush. I collected the last of my larvae pictures on Tuesday, and the rest of my time has been dedicated to measuring the larvae and measuring pigment cells. I still have some more to finish, but I’m sure I’ll have everything finished by the end of the weekend. I never realized how time-consuming measuring larvae could be, when I’m measuring 4 of them it isn’t so bad, but multiply 4 by 12 (for the 12 beakers used in total) and then again by 2 (for the 2 days they are photographed throughout treatment time) then suddenly the numbers start to add up. On Tuesday afternoon our professional development was a leadership training session that was given by a faculty member at the University of Oregon. I think the most informative part of the training for me had to have been the session that covered impostorism or imposter syndrome. I learned so much about impostorism, like the fact that there are different types and how the different types differ from each other but are still under the category of imposterism. We all got to view the different types and see how we connected with certain ones, and how we can connect at times to more than just one type. In the end our session leader provided us with tips on how to overcome those feelings and I think it was a wonderful way to learn how we aren’t alone in our feelings because all of us were able to connect in some way to those types of impostorism. We all have been worried about our posters and have been working hard to make sure they are perfect. On Wednesday night we all got together along with Richard, Nicole, and Maya. They all gave us very helpful feedback on our posters most of the feedback was related to the layout of posters and how to make it look organized and easy to read. We also gave feedback to each other on what might look better in terms of layout and organization. This took a little more than 2 hours to go through 11 posters, and I think by the end of it we were all tired, but we were ready with everything we needed to edit our posters the next day. With only one week left I’m wondering where all our time went, it feels like not to long ago we were just arriving to OIMB and meeting our mentors in person for the first time. I’m excited to see the products of all of our efforts this summer come together on a single poster.
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Zia Nisani
8/30/2022 09:55:16 am
Congratulation on a great accomplishment. Enjoyed reading your weekly blog. Good luck in your academic journey and life in general.
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AuthorMy name is Victoria I am from Palmdale, CA but over my life I have moved around a lot and lived different places. I love to travel and explore, especially along the coast. I am a Zoology major studying at Cal Poly Humboldt and like to spend time reading about animal behavior. Archives
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