Erasmus Student
Vigo Area, Spain
Working lab experience over 2 months, studying the effect of varying Red Pepper enrichment in the diets of prey Artemia, and the subsequent mass-gain and survival of their predator, Hippocampus reidi.Work involved: long hours, vigorous cleaning duties, animal care, animal handling, food preparation, accurate dilution protocols, utility of NIS Nixon measurement program, lyophilisation procedures, and fatty acid analysis.The work environment was mainly English, but many colleagues had no… Show more Working lab experience over 2 months, studying the effect of varying Red Pepper enrichment in the diets of prey Artemia, and the subsequent mass-gain and survival of their predator, Hippocampus reidi.Work involved: long hours, vigorous cleaning duties, animal care, animal handling, food preparation, accurate dilution protocols, utility of NIS Nixon measurement program, lyophilisation procedures, and fatty acid analysis.The work environment was mainly English, but many colleagues had no working knowledge of the language, and so communication was in Spanish. Show less