Wow! The year is almost over! Looking back, I am most proud of all of the bacteria I cultivated. This was my first experience making media / inoculating and I am glad to see that it went well. My greatest obstacle would be the scientific literature I was assigned to read. The language was both unfamiliar and dense, and I struggled with this the most. My presentation on reunion weekend went super well! More people showed up than I anticipated, which was definitely a good sign. I think I perform much better when I have an audience to work off of (as oppose to simply practicing alone or presenting in front of Mr. Calos). I was much more fluent and humorous in my final presentation than in all of my practice presentations. I was also proud to have been able to answer all of the questions I received, and the fact that I received as many questions as I did leads me to believe that my audience members enjoyed my presentation! If I had to give a future Signature student advice it would be 1) Be proactive. Get things done yourself! This is your project and you should be invested in it. 2) Don't be afraid of making mistakes! 3) Ask lots of questions! Both to your mentor and to yourself.
I am so grateful for this experience.
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Last intern meeting of the year!Today I made more media
I then worked on my PowerPoint presentation. Glycerol Media | StencilsToday, I made media with glycerol (for freezing bacteria in the future) and stencils. Click "Read More" (below) to check it out!
Things at my internship have started slowing down.
Today I worked more on my presentation, mainly focusing on visuals and formatting. I also set up my internship schedule for the rest of the year. I will go only twice more before my presentation in May. Lastly, Yuri gave me an assignment to make a stencil. If things go as planned we will use this stencil to create a glow-in-the-dark design (with our bacteria) next week! Working on my PresentationToday at my internship I sat down with my laptop and worked on my presentation for May. I will focus on my design later. Today I mainly focused on content.
I split the powerpoint into different sections. As of right now it is laid out like this:
Even though it's only March I'm glad I got ahead. The next two weeks I will be on spring break so April approach quickly. Since my mentor and I only meet once a week, I actually don't have that much time to work on my project! Counting Droplets!Today we worked with the spectrophotometer, finding dilution rate, and iron. Click "Read More" (below) to check it out!
Spectrophotometer | Electron MicroscopyToday I used a spectrophotometer to gather more data about my bacteria and also observed one of Yuri's grad students conduct his own research with an electron microscope! Click "Read More" (below) to check it out!
Chinese New Year | Making MediaToday I wrote in Chinese using bacteria and made media! Click "Read More" (below) to check it out!
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