Hey, guys. My first post!
Today, I headed to my lab. I took two trains, and got there in 20 minutes, so that was better than I expected. My building (yeah, I've got a whole building!) is within the campus of the school called Ecole Normal Superieure CACHAN in Bagneux( the name of the suburbs that are part of Paris where the lab is). I finally met Bianca Sclavi, my exterior advisor. Of course, she was very nice and I was introduced to the other lab assistants, Kiara and Eliza (both of whom are italian), and the other student who is doing an internship, called Thierry, from Guadalupe. I even got my own desk in the library!
So, to sum up what I'll be doing in the lab, I will be performing a bacterial growth competition. I will be working with E. Coli, and replicating them. I will also insert two different plasmids, one that has a gene sequence which will produce a protein that causes the bacteria to glow green, and the other red. So, one culture of E. Coli will have all the right proteins to grow and replicate, and one will have a certian protein missing. We'll be trying to see which one will grow faster.
Some amazing facts I learned: apparentely, E. Coli start DNA replication several times over in the same cell, which in turn, means that the daughter cell has already begun DNA replication right as its born! Absolutely crazy. That's one of the factors that I will be looking at in my cell culture; if I take out a factor, how will that affect that process?
This week, I'll probably be getting used to the lab and the people, and learning how to use the equipment. As for the comic, I have yet to talk with Bianca and come up with some ideas.
Anyway, signing off!
P.S. I'm tying on a French keyboard, so excuse any grammatical mistakes.
What is a Senior Research Project?
At BASIS Tucson, seniors have the chance to propose an independent research project that takes place off campus during the last trimester of the year. The seniors whose proposals are accepted write their own syllabi and then head off into the world, to a site where they conduct their research while interning with a professional in the field. Those of us stuck on campus follow their adventures on this blog. Now that the projects are over, we are all excited to attend their presentations. The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, May 11, 6-8 PM
at the U of A Poetry Center (environmentalism projects)
Sierra Cordova, Nicole Rapatan, Zobella Vinik and Dany Joumaa (see titles of projects, below)
Saturday, May 14, 10-12 AM
at The Loft Cinema (arts projects)
Clarice Bales, Samone Isom, Josh Waterman and Angelynn Khoo (see titles of projects, below)
Monday, May 16, 6-8 PM
at BioSciences West, Rm. 310, U of A ( U of A projects)
Joseph Tang, Jayanth Ganesan, Andrew Graham and Gabriel Carranza (see titles of projects, below)
Tuesday, May 17, 6-8 PM
at U of A McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Blg. MCLND, rm. 207 (travel abroad projects)
Clover Powell, Greg Spell, Agustin Temporini and Margarita Sadova.
We'd love to see you there!
The BASIS Tucson Class of 2011 Senior Research Project bloggers (with the titles of their projects) are:
Clarice Bales: "Narrative and Film"
Sierra Cordova: "The Intent and Application of Environmental Policy"
Clover Powell: "The Artistic Interpretation of the Biological Sciences"
Greg Spell: "Micro-venturing in Guatemala"
Agustin Temporini: "A Study of the Role of the Press in 1960's/70's Argentina"
Gabriel Carranza: "Analysis and Research on Drugs associated with Torsades de Pointes"
Dany Joumaa: "Innovations in Display Technology: Synthesis of Organic Luminescent Materials Compounds"
Joseph Tang: "The Creation and Project of 3D Holograms"
Jayanth Ganesan: "Research of Game Thoeretic Models in relation to Non-Market Games"
Andrew Graham: "The Malaria-Resistant Mosquito"
Samone Isom: "Art and Artist: in peril of Devaluation?"
Angelynn Khoo: "Mousa, Mouseion, Museum: MOCA Tucson"
Nicole Rapatan: "Sustainable Architecture and Design in Modern Times"
Margarita Sadova: "Pulmonology at St. Joseph's Hospital"
Josh Waterman: "The Fiery Crossroads of Artistic Value and Financial Success in the Independent Film Industry"
Zobella Vinik: "Environmental Psychology with the Drachman Institute"
Enjoy the Blog!
Wednesday, May 11, 6-8 PM
at the U of A Poetry Center (environmentalism projects)
Sierra Cordova, Nicole Rapatan, Zobella Vinik and Dany Joumaa (see titles of projects, below)
Saturday, May 14, 10-12 AM
at The Loft Cinema (arts projects)
Clarice Bales, Samone Isom, Josh Waterman and Angelynn Khoo (see titles of projects, below)
Monday, May 16, 6-8 PM
at BioSciences West, Rm. 310, U of A ( U of A projects)
Joseph Tang, Jayanth Ganesan, Andrew Graham and Gabriel Carranza (see titles of projects, below)
Tuesday, May 17, 6-8 PM
at U of A McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Blg. MCLND, rm. 207 (travel abroad projects)
Clover Powell, Greg Spell, Agustin Temporini and Margarita Sadova.
We'd love to see you there!
The BASIS Tucson Class of 2011 Senior Research Project bloggers (with the titles of their projects) are:
Clarice Bales: "Narrative and Film"
Sierra Cordova: "The Intent and Application of Environmental Policy"
Clover Powell: "The Artistic Interpretation of the Biological Sciences"
Greg Spell: "Micro-venturing in Guatemala"
Agustin Temporini: "A Study of the Role of the Press in 1960's/70's Argentina"
Gabriel Carranza: "Analysis and Research on Drugs associated with Torsades de Pointes"
Dany Joumaa: "Innovations in Display Technology: Synthesis of Organic Luminescent Materials Compounds"
Joseph Tang: "The Creation and Project of 3D Holograms"
Jayanth Ganesan: "Research of Game Thoeretic Models in relation to Non-Market Games"
Andrew Graham: "The Malaria-Resistant Mosquito"
Samone Isom: "Art and Artist: in peril of Devaluation?"
Angelynn Khoo: "Mousa, Mouseion, Museum: MOCA Tucson"
Nicole Rapatan: "Sustainable Architecture and Design in Modern Times"
Margarita Sadova: "Pulmonology at St. Joseph's Hospital"
Josh Waterman: "The Fiery Crossroads of Artistic Value and Financial Success in the Independent Film Industry"
Zobella Vinik: "Environmental Psychology with the Drachman Institute"
Enjoy the Blog!
2 comments:
Do the italians speak french or english? Or both? Sounds like your off to a rockin' start, Leandro!
Clover, it sounds like you are settled in and doing great.
Please post twice a week from now on: Once on Monday summarizing what you hope to accomplish that week, once on Friday summarizing what actually happened.
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