Category Archives: Brokaw Lab

An Experience of a Lifetime

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Tina Johnson

This summer I decided to continue my M. monoensis research with Dr. Brokaw (Assistant Professor of Biology at ACU), hoping to further develop my research experiences in and outside of the lab. As far as lab experiences are concerned, I … Continue reading →

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Wrap up – Sort of

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Samantha

Well, this could be my last blog for this project, or not! Although we have worked a lot on pushing to complete our research it was just not feasible to get all of our samples run before graduation, or the … Continue reading →

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The Last Blog… A Reflection of a Tall Grass Prairie

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Emily Adams

This has been quite a year for me and Samantha, and our research with Dr. Brokaw.  We have learned a lot, about our research area in Oklahoma, about the ACU Biology Department (that has so graciously welcomed a couple crazy … Continue reading →

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Mentzelia monoensis

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Tina Johnson

Over the past several weeks, I have gradually been immersed into a whole new world: research. Often, it was intimidating; I found myself in positions of uncertainty and insecurity. I messed up a lot, which was humbling. But more importantly, … Continue reading →

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Update on Mentzelia thompsonii

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Jonathan Stites

So, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here. I am sorry for that. Alright, so last time I left all of you, Dr. Brokaw and I were still trying to figure out how to work the ArcGIS program … Continue reading →

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That moment when….

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Emily Adams

This has been quite a semester for this project. It’s been a relatively discouraging process; I have often felt as though I wasn’t getting anywhere. Yeah, I supposedly know how to use a gas chromatograph. Yeah, I know what the … Continue reading →

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Thomasomys Phylogeny Continued

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Michael Maeker

In early October we received our sequence data back from the Yale DNA Analysis Facility. The sequence data gave us both the forward and reverse strands that we copied using PCR for each of our rodent species. We had two … Continue reading →

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Faith and Trust

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Samantha

While setting up my samples to run overnight in the lab I am always fearful. What if I did something wrong? What if this thing falls over (It’s pretty tall)? What if the cyclohexane evaporates and the heating mantle causes … Continue reading →

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Mentzelia thompsonii

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Jonathan Stites

Hey everyone, So, this post has been very belated! My name is Jonathan Stites and I am currently a junior biochemistry major (ministry minor) at ACU. I conduct biogeography/phylogenetic research under Dr. Brokaw. Basically, what this research entailed, was collecting … Continue reading →

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Rodent Phylogeny Progress

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Michael Maeker

This month we made a huge step toward our short term goal of sending off the Thomasomys DNA samples for sequencing. Dr. Brokaw and I found a set of primers that could amplify an approximately 1200 base pair region of … Continue reading →

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