I have finally started research! One of my mentors, a very fun and knowledgeable graduate student named Anna-Mai, took me into the Crab Lab to show me how our experiments will be carried out. I got to see how we culture the algae to feed to the rotifers before we feed the rotifers to the crabs. I also got to observe and then try feeding the algae to the rotifers. And, in just a few hours, we are going down to the beach to collect some crabs! At low tide, Anna-Mai and I will be heading down to the beach, turning over rocks, and hunting for female crabs with eggs on their abdomens. Then we'll take them back to the lab to try to hatch some larvae!
To most people, this probably isn't that exciting, but getting crabs means we will soon get larvae and we will be able to start our experiments - something that I LOVE to do as a science nerd.
I'm so happy and blessed to have gotten this internship and I can't wait to get my hands dirty.
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