{"id":458,"date":"2013-12-11T13:28:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T19:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/undergradresearch\/?p=458"},"modified":"2013-12-11T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T19:28:16","slug":"tina-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/2013\/12\/11\/tina-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Johnson &#8211; Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_461\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/files\/2013\/07\/Tina-Research-Profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-461\" alt=\"Tina presenting at the Evolution Conference 2013.\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/undergradresearch\/files\/2013\/07\/Tina-Research-Profile-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tina presenting at the Evolution Conference 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Tina Johnson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major:<\/strong>\u00a0Biology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classification:<\/strong>\u00a0Sophomore<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Colorado Springs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Joshua Brokaw, Biology<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I Study:<\/strong>\u00a0Currently, I am researching a new species of plant known as Mentzelia monoensis, a plant native to Mono County, California. Though evolutionary distinct, the species shares many physical attributes with other closely related species&#8211;such as Mentzelia albicaulis and Mentzelia montana&#8211;which leads to misidentification of the species, especially among those unfamiliar with Mentzelia. Thus, our research focuses on pinpointing methods of differentiating the species. This summer we are experimenting with a new method of differentiation known as SNP Haplotyping, which (if successful) will be a much more cost effective option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why I do research:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0I research because I enjoy the pursuit of scientific knowledge. Often in the classroom setting, it feels as though we&#8217;re only regurgitating information&#8211;which is fine on some level. But it&#8217;s an incredible feeling to realize that the same information we commit to memory was once a novel scientific enquiry. I am continually excited at the prospect of contributing to the basis of our scientific understanding. Furthermore, researching has provided me with a supportive community and an outlet for self-expression. I am so grateful for the opportunities undergraduate research has provided me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conferences<\/strong>: Evolution Conference 2013, ACU Undergraduate Research Festival 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research has provided me with a supportive community and an outlet for self-expression. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9214,"featured_media":798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76751,76729],"tags":[2477,76729],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","category-student-researcher","tag-biology","tag-student-researcher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/uresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}