As summer is coming to an end, I am excited to begin preparing for my poster presentation at the President’s Showcase in October. This will not be my first time presenting a poster on my project; last spring, I had the opportunity to talk about my work at the CS Expo hosted by the DepartmentContinue reading “Getting Ready for the President’s Showcase with Tina Tian”
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Research with a Purpose: The Apalachicola Oyster Fishery
Hello! This month I continued to work with my mentor to develop and implement a method for acidifying sediment samples. This process will allow me to remove inorganic carbon, specifically carbonates, and keep the organic carbon compounds for isotopic analysis. These isotopic ratios that I discussed in my last blog post will allow us toContinue reading “Research with a Purpose: The Apalachicola Oyster Fishery”
Uncovering the Mysteries of Scorpion Venom
Hello again, this is a quick update on everything that’s been going on with my project this last month, along with some potential issues that may be popping up soon. First and foremost, I dissected two male and two female scorpions for tissues to use for genome sequencing. While performing these dissections, I also preservedContinue reading “Uncovering the Mysteries of Scorpion Venom”
Update on the 2024 FSU iGEM Team
This post was initially published on MEBO Blog: Systemic Malodor Disorders Research. Hello MEBO Community, Our names are Megan Perusse and Lucas Bonassi, we are third year undergraduate students at Florida State University, and we are the co-leads for the 2024 FSU iGEM team. We just wanted to reach out and update the community onContinue reading “Update on the 2024 FSU iGEM Team”
Lab Animal Care and Research Timeline Adaptation
I am absolutely thrilled to have started my summer project! So far, I have received the female rats for my research and acclimated them to regular handling and their new cages. For a week and a half, I collected baseline (pre-experiment) data, including the body weights and food intake of the animals. This step isContinue reading “Lab Animal Care and Research Timeline Adaptation”
Microdialysis and Rolling with the Punches
Background Hi everyone, our names are Connor, John, and Sequoia and we are one of the two group projects in this year’s IDEA Grant pool. Our project seeks to better understand one of the underlying biological causes of cardiovascular disease, the number one cause of death in the United States. A common theme among individualsContinue reading “Microdialysis and Rolling with the Punches”
Jenevieve Norton: Understanding the Nesting Habits of the Lance-tailed Manakin
My name is Jenevieve Norton, and I am in my junior year as a biology major at Florida State University. For the past two years, I have been involved in Emily DuVal’s lab researching lance-tailed manakins (Chiroxiphia lanceolata). Lance-tailed manakins are a small passerine bird found in dry and deciduous tropical forests. Our study populationContinue reading “Jenevieve Norton: Understanding the Nesting Habits of the Lance-tailed Manakin”
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