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The journey of Bacterial Identification continues…
Ben Bernanke, an economist at the Brookings Institute once said “the research itself provides an important long-run perspective on the issues that we face on a day-to-day basis.” While thinking about writing this blog, this quote reminded me of the … Continue reading
An Ongoing Journey to Identify Cave Bacteria
Transferring from a community college, the amount of lab work and experience that I had been exposed to, was always limited to the curriculum of the classes that I was enrolled to take in a given semester. In all honesty, … Continue reading
Posted in Brokaw Lab, Huddleston Lab
Tagged Biomedical, Conservation Biology, DNA, Ecology, Microbiology
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The Unknown in Sorcerer’s Cave
Editor’s Note: Many of our students in ACU Biology Research work in teams composed of members with differing levels of experience. This blog was composed through a collaboration by Samantha Studvick (2nd year) and Kathy Le (1st semester) working together … Continue reading
Posted in Brokaw Lab, Flanagan Lab, Huddleston Lab
Tagged Biomedical, Microbiology, PCR, Phylogeny, Research
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Mentzelia to Micro
Research did not cross my mind before coming to ACU because I didn’t enjoy labs in high school, so I wasn’t interested. However, my freshman year I had classes with several sophomores, who would often talk about the research they … Continue reading
Posted in Brokaw Lab, Flanagan Lab, Huddleston Lab
Tagged Biomedical, Conference, Microbiology, Plant Biology, Systematics
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Aeromonas and Research Tutors
In the last post I was about tell everyone how I got a third degree burn from making enchiladas and (this is embarrassing because I do microbiology research I should know better) how it got infected and I was out … Continue reading
Week 1
First week back in the CS lab! I actually started back in the lab on May 29th and, go figure, Baby Huddleston decided he was ready to meet his family! Of course, Dr. Huddleston, who was in labor, was worried about … Continue reading
End of the Project
Microbiology research is a step-by-step process that continues to build on newly discovered information. The Huddleston Research Lab was in the beginning stages when I started this past summer. As a part of the team, Kathryn, Zack, and I picked … Continue reading
August Microbiology Research
The month of August tested my ability to not only accomplish my own work, but to perform the tasks of my two research partners while they were away on vacation. The key words for the summation of my success were … Continue reading
July Reflection of Microbiology Research
Wow! The month of July has been full of learning experiences. The first day I started my research, I was extremely nervous. I did not know what to expect, and I definitely did not want to mess up anything that … Continue reading
Blog Launch
This blog was inspired by a provocative open science blog by Rosie Redfield called RRResearch. While gaining fame during the recent debate over arsenic-based DNA (listen), RRResearch also introduced blogging as a new component of the scientific method. Unlike a … Continue reading