[Week 10: Apr. 7-11]

The final stretch! Now that things are winding down, I've started to transition into finalizing my lab report. It's harder than I expected. I'm glad I took notes throughout my time at the lab. I learned a lot. Bio in action is pretty different from the biology we're used in seeing in class. 

I won't be able to make any sweeping, ground-breaking conclusions from my results since I only managed to have enough time to do one trial out of several, since we had to wait until we had enough worms, and I've had trouble coordinating other strains; however, I'll be sure to report my findings nonetheless. 

I'd like to once again thank Professor Fares for allowing me to work in his lab, and I'd like to thank Dr. Nadja Anderson for helping get in contact with him.

It's been great!

[Week 9: Mar. 31- Apr. 4]

Hey guys, this week I'm prepping for another Western.

Interestingly, we found some worms with purple coelomocytes. They showed up in the strain when we bought them. Most of them are sterile, but some of 'em can lay viable offspring.

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I guess it's not that clear in the pictures, oh well.

This week was quiet for me. I've mainly been keeping up on reading and prepping for my final project and presentation and checking how our nematodes have been doing. Journal articles get pretty challenging. They hit the ground running with their findings. It's good practice to familiarize myself with them. 

I'm aiming to have an outline by the end of this week. I hope everyone's been doing well!