August 15, 2013 | This week was absolutely wonderful. I showed my poster and practiced my talk in front of those in those in the FUTURE Program. Though it wasn’t stellar, I know that the more I practice, the better I will be at speaking in public. On Tuesday, I printed my poster off. It’s the first time I’ve […]

August 1, 2013 | Week 7 was wrapping up my experiment as much as I could. I finished running qPCRs using the cDNA from a NFN trial. After that, I compiled that data to determine if my results were significant or not. I was extremely pleased to find out that NFN significantly decreases TH1 and TH2. Yay!! However, the […]

July 19, 2013 | My poster now has a title!!! The title is ‘The Inhibition of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Affects Melanocytes and Dopamine Neurons.” Once Barbara and I finished figuring out the title, I realized that I need to make a poster. To make the poster, I need something to show for all the work that I’ve done over the […]

July 7, 2013 | Week 5 has passed, and I’m well into Week 6. Time has flown by, and I’m starting to realize that I only have about three weeks left until I’m done with the FUTURE Program. Three weeks to finish up as much of my experiment as I can, make a poster, and be ready to present […]

June 28, 2013 | I am pleased to say that this week went better than the previous week! For my experiment, I am pretty much repeating what I have done in the past. I am making cDNA from RNA that I’ve isolated from previous trials with the NFN and/or PTU. I’ve held back on making this earlier because I […]

June 18, 2013 | I’ve learned a lot this week. Yes, I’ve learned a lot during the other weeks too, but this time it’s a different sort of knowledge. Of course I’ve learned more procedures and tips on how to perform them better. I’m sure that I will continue to learn those things every week. However, the big thing […]

June 10, 2013 | Week two has been pretty exciting for me! I’ve started a few more projects, and I’m beginning to see the results! As I mentioned in my previous post, I did start a project involving NFN and PTU. Unfortunately, some of the embryos that I had left to look at their movement, all of the ones […]

June 3, 2013 | My first week has been super busy! I am working in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology under Rob Cornell. His lab is looking at neurodegeneration in zebrafish and how it specifically relates to Parkinson’s disease. I am also a part of the  FUTURE program, so my time will be divided between the research […]