Hello all! My project is off to a wonderful start this summer. Once finals ended, I put the finishing touches on my project, which included test piloting some of the pictures and posters, as well as figuring out how to code a computer program. I also got to do a lot of cutting and gluing…
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Jun
30
Great Beginnings
Jun
30
Moving Forward
We have made a lot of progress in the last few weeks. I have successfully synthesized more of the dianhydride, and we have been refining a synthesis of the diamine so that we can make it in larger quantities, and not start a fire. I have started work on some other dianhydrides, and if all…
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Jun
29
Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty
Research-wise, the past few weeks have been focused on wrapping up data collection, so we’ve brought in our last few participants. After our last family this weekend, we will be done with a respectable total in the mid 100s. It’s truly the end of an era, but now this means we get to focus on…
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Jun
29
International Shrimp Adventure!
So for the past month I have mainly been working with the existing collection of Synalpheus specimens here at VIMS and compiling data for my project. Now to put this in perspective, this collection is over 25 years old with specimens dating back to 1988 (which mind you is before I was even an idea…
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Jun
27
Why are you here?
In the past weeks, as I’ve visited historic plantations (22 now!), I’ve begun to wonder why the other people on the tours with me have visited these sites. Some of these places cost a good deal of money or are considerably out of the way of any other attractions. What draws people in? Why do…
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