Back to the Lab!It's been really exciting to come start the spring semester, because I have been looking forward to the internship. My time back has gotten off to a rough start. I quickly learned the importance of para-filming sample plates for long-term storage. When I went into the refrigerator, I came to find that all my samples had been contaminated and dried-out. Luckily, there will be more creosote samples to tests, but this was definitely a hard lesson learned.
As for the rest of the semester, I have become interested in microplastics. I am hoping to work on a research project this semester which will allow me to test for micro-plastics in city drinking water. My interest in this topic came from reading a report on plastic contamination in the tap water of cities around the world. I am interested in finding out how data from the Phoenix area compares to national and global data.
I guess people are right when they say " You learn from your mistakes". Anyways It really sucks that you have to start all over or at least re-do all your samples because I know you worked hard on those. Anyways, if you ever need an extra hand on those samples I'm more than happy to help. Hope you learned from our mistakes hahah
ReplyDeleteI think it is so cool that you decided to do a project on micro-plastics in city drinking water! I remember when I took BIO205, we had to test for bacteria in tap water from campus. It was dreadful testing positive for pseudomonas at the girl's bathroom in the F building.
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