Happy Wednesday!\u00a0 We’ve made it half way through third week.\u00a0 I’d have to say that this week has gone by pretty quickly so far, which is great! We have exactly one week left of the block.\u00a0 Next Wednesday is the last day.<\/p>\n
I can’t believe how quickly this block has gone by!\u00a0 It feels like just yesterday we were starting our first lab and now we are finished except for counting the bacteria on the last plates we have.\u00a0 Once we finish that all we have to worry about are three things.\u00a0 Our Laboratory Research summary, out last test, and our grant proposal presentation.\u00a0 It makes the end of the block not seem so far away, which is amazing.<\/p>\n
I’ve really enjoyed this class and the people in it.\u00a0 It has been extremely interesting learning about how bacteria work and survive and getting to do research type work in lab.\u00a0Today we learned about this really cool bacteria Aliivibrio\u00a0fischeri<\/em>, which can produce its own light.\u00a0 These bacteria live in \u00a0the bobtailed\u00a0squid.\u00a0 The squid is nocturnal and at night it detects the amount of moonlight.\u00a0 Depending on how much light there is determines how much it will open its light organ where the bacteria live and produce light.\u00a0 This symbiotic relationship helps the squid not cast a shadow and\u00a0this protects the squid from predators. It’s pretty awesome!\u00a0 This class has been a great block 4 class to take before break.\u00a0 I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in biology and or learning about bacteria.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plus Phoebe is a great professor!<\/p>\n As the block winds down there\u00a0are\u00a0many other things that\u00a0we have to do before we leave campus for break.\u00a0 We have to clean our rooms really well, for end of the\u00a0semester check out and pack up\u00a0everything that we need to take home for the break.\u00a0 All of\u00a0this extra work will make for some nice breaks from studying and finishing class work.<\/p>\n Once Wednesday rolls around next week everyone will be heading out to get home for winter break and campus will slowly shut down for a while with a little less hustle and bustle.<\/p>\n This will most likely be my last post for the block.\u00a0 This was a really fun opportunity to have for the block.\u00a0 I enjoyed having the chance\u00a0to share about the class with anyone who reads this.\u00a0 As the block winds down and people head home for break I hope that everyone finishes the block strong and have safe travels to where ever winter break may be taking them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happy Wednesday!\u00a0 We’ve made it half way through third week.\u00a0 I’d have to say that this week has gone by pretty quickly so far, which is great! We have exactly one week left of the block.\u00a0 Next Wednesday is the last day. I can’t believe how quickly this block has gone by!\u00a0 It feels like … <\/p>\n