Yesterday I was in Sue Erickson’s Lab. I washed a lot of dishes and also did some data entry. After I worked in her lab I had lunch which was more than satisfactory. I was really hungry! I then went to the USDA laboratory and helped them with their complex production line. I was one of five in that lab and we all had our own specific jobs. All together we worked as a unified whole. It was fun. I mixed media n flasks and prepped them for their next step.
Today I had a productive day. I really enjoyed it. The day started of slow. I read a chapter in my introductory biology book and then went to lunch. After this, when I came back to the lab a Ph.D student taught me a bunch of stuff. I learned how to do electrophoresis and how to make Agar and lay plates. I also had an interesting conversation about the transcription and translation process that ribonucleic acids undergo. Stellos gave me a good, simplistic and fascinating description of the processes. When I read the book I was a little lost but when my Professor explained them to me they made much more séance. I guess it can be really difficult to learn about some things exclusively by reading about them. It helps to have a mentor who knows about the phenomena that you are reading about and who can give you further illumination on the subject!!!! I had a good day today.
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