Looking Back
I turned in two final copies of my grant proposal to Professor Hauck on Friday. It was kind of difficult for me to let go of them because I wanted to make sure everything in my paper was exactly how I wanted it to be. I feel confident though since I reviewed my paper quite a number of times before turning it in. I can't stress how much I want to start my capstone after writing this grant proposal. I have learned so much about how to set up an experiment with mice, that it has made me understand more about the research I am doing with the undergraduate student I work with in the Genetics Lab. A lot of the techniques I talked about in my grant proposal are familiar techniques used in the lab. Overall I have learned that there is a lot of responsibility on the researcher's part when dealing with mice in an experiment. I have gained a lot more respect for the undergraduate student I work with and the other students in the Genetics Lab.
This class was also my first geology class I have taken and I enjoyed it very much. I remember one day in class when Professor Hauck brought up a geology lab course that I am still interested in. I plan on looking into that course for next year. I feel as though I was able to accomplish a lot this semester. I was able to write a grant proposal on a future capstone, and expand my knowledge in the sciences in terms of learning more about geology. I will admit, the first few geology papers we read in class were very difficult for me to read. Yet as the semester went on, and we read more papers, I was able to grasp a good understanding of most of them, and I was also able to connect them to biology and chemistry. I had a great time this semester I am kind of sad to see it's over!
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