Undergraduate Student Researcher
Designed own experiments creating DNA primers to incorporate into bacterial DNA, amplified DNA using polymerase chain reaction mechanism, grew/harvested host cells in Luria Broth, isolated protein from host cells using centrifugation. Made, then loaded the protein into SDS-PAGE and agarose gels and analyzed the bands to identify protein sequence. Collected brush samples from marshes, sanded down tree stumps to determine tree ages, heated leave samples to discard woody parts of the plants… Show more Designed own experiments creating DNA primers to incorporate into bacterial DNA, amplified DNA using polymerase chain reaction mechanism, grew/harvested host cells in Luria Broth, isolated protein from host cells using centrifugation. Made, then loaded the protein into SDS-PAGE and agarose gels and analyzed the bands to identify protein sequence. Collected brush samples from marshes, sanded down tree stumps to determine tree ages, heated leave samples to discard woody parts of the plants including sticks and twigs and weighed the leave samples, and recorded data into Microsoft Excel graphs for further research. Show less