0ct. 27 - 28/11

I learned about what Catalase is, and how to spell it. My job for Wednesday was to research what Catalase is and what its purpose is. I also went to look online for an experiment to see if potatoes had Catalase. It took me awhile to get everything gathered, but time ran out and I didn't have time to work on it.

However, on Thursday, I did begin to work on my project. I had a bit trouble in the beginning with the experiment, but I eventually got the hang of it. It took me awhile to conduct the experiment, which was to use three test tubes in different temperatures and see how mashed potato in each test tube was filled with hydrogen peroxide. The one with the most reaction and result was the test tube with room temperature. I recorded all data and will present this to Matt next week.

10/27-28/11

I did it again..... Well Wednesday we were split up and I was with Josh in the cadaver room and learned about a more concentrated solution for the body preservation. Then we were given a project to work on which was for me, the enzyme rennet acting with milk and what it produces. (hint hint.... I wonder how we get cheese...)

And Thursday we came in and went to room 114 and were working on our projects once again and later on, Josh showed us a video on some experiment that was taken about testing peoples' psychology and they're reactions. It was very informative.

10/18/11

We Cleaned The Blue Cadaver Bag and made sure their wasn't any fungus on it then We Checked All the PH Level on the PH meter by putting them in different solutions and then we work on research for our project...

10/19-20/11

O.O I forgot to blog for yesterday so here we go! Wednesday, I was cleaning the cadavers with Jasmine and Ilde. However, the 2 we haven't worked with were new so when we opened it, it created a stench in the room and burned Jasmine and Ilde's eyes. So we put those back and worked on others that we have done. Then afterwards, the 3 of us worked on solving solutions that were kind of a refresher since we haven't done these in 1-2 years.

Now for today, we jumped into going to another room and finishing up the solutions paper along with another solutions paper; one made by Josh another by Matt. It took awhile but with the knowledge and papers I brought from last year, Alex and I got through both papers with only a few confusions. I helped the others but they understood with Josh's help. Then I worked with Jen by putting E. Coli and Staphylococcus into tubes and learned the technique in doing it.

10/19/11

Today I was to label different cabinets, which I thought was fun because I got to use the text-print machine. I also had to number 68 cabinets using the machine, which was a bit time consuming but it was relaxing. Afterwards, I worked on a solution sheet which I had trouble remembering how to convert moles to liters and milliliters and whatnot, so it took me a while to familiarize with it. I didn't get it done, but I plan to be ready for the following day or ask several people so I can learn fast.

10/13/11

Today was more productive than yesterday. We came in and worked on our projects then Matt told us to go through the bags of garlic and break them off into individual cloves. Then worked on our projects again. Simple, slow day.

10/12/11

Very very slow day since there wasn't much to do with Josh being gone. I helped Jasmine and Ilde with the calorie paper and when they were leaving, found out it didn't save. I looked up a few questions for my project and that was it.

10.11.2011

So today we organized the test tube tray thingys. That wasn't so exciting but it got a little bit more interesting. We then had to clean one of the cadavers bags. By clean we had to remove the sheets, get a new bag and wipe down the big body bag. It was pretty cool because we had to move the entire body to a differrent rolling tray thing. We also had to remove all the cloths that are normally covering the body and face, so it was pretty creepy seeing the body bare for so long. After we clean the big bag and replaced the white smaller body bag we put the body back in it and covered it up with "body juice". That was pretty much what our day consisted of.

10/04/11 and 10/06/11

Well everything was pretty much routine. Helping set up labs and also cleaning the cadavers but on Thursday we found more of that black fungus on a different cadaver it seemed to have spread from the black bag to the burgundy bag and it wasn't as bad compared to the first time we saw it but it does spread quickly and grows rapidly in the right conditions. We cultured some of that black fungus to see if they are growing and they're and it seems like they're growing pretty fast. The culturing of the black fungus is going to be a side project that I have to keep an eye on over some time to see how much they grow over a period of time.

10/6/11

Today was slow. Jasmine and I filled the rest of the plates and we have 8 sets of LB, LB+amp, and LB+amp+ara. We did that for awhile then I worked on my story for the crime scene. It took us longer to do the 3 sets of LB and LB+amp with the 71/2 sets of LB+amp+ara because we didn't get used to it like today. We got the hang of it and it went quicker. Plus Jasmine, Ilde and I came early so I stayed an extra hour. :)

10/4/11

Well for Tuesday I was working with Gilbert and we had to blow the yolk out of Egg shells so that the Egg shells can be dyed and Also we prep labs and cleaned up a cadaver  and we also were trying to figure out how to find sheep blood cells thru microscopes. I also tested the Emergency shower to make sure they are working without any problems. That was pretty much it...

10/5/11 Experience

Yesterday I took a look at my terrarium to see if it needed water. Since it did, I sprayed about 6-8 times of water. I then started to focus on extracting DNA (my focus was to extract DNA from sage plants).  Since I already have researched the proper protocol for extracting DNA, I went to look for Rosemary plants, but I also had the option to look for sage plants. After I found what I needed, I was told where each equipment was so that I could start working on my project. I haven't started yet with extracting DNA, but I plan to work on it today if possible.

10/5/11

Yeah! Today was cool. Well, I think it was cool though it seemed like normal. Took a look at a new cadaver and took off fungus. Then worked with Jasmine pouring LB agar into plates. Then rehydrating ampicillin and arabinose adding ampicillin first then pouring more. After, adding the arabinose and pouring that into separate plates, we repeated this process until we had no more plates/time to finish. I think it was fun today. :)

10.04.2011

Well today was a pretty slow day. I typed up a test for one of the classes. After that, we looked into what I could do for my project. I really am excited with the project we have in mind. So basically, the project we have in mind is an experiment where I would ( or other test subject) drink a energy drink that is pretty high in caffeine. After that, I will give them a reaction test to see if and how caffeine effects an individuals reaction. I had to research caffeine levels in different drinks, how much he clicky-thing would cost (because that was the only thing missing), and if there was anyone that did the test before. I found a website that showed a similar experiment in depth and my homework was to read over it, become familiar with it enough to be able to discuss what the experiment was about.

Oh yea, after I typed the test I was also tested on how to determine sex by the pelvic girdle and skull. I did well on that but he also tested me in how to determine race which was more difficult. But I did learn some new things....