Today we got our DNA back from the PCR setup we completed and got ready for Gel Electrophoresis!!! We have practiced this earlier in the program so there were no setbacks encountered, but I will say one word that we have all learned to hate from mixing the stain: “bubbles.” Afterward, we had lunch, and then we had a guest speaker! Mr. Blaise Aguera y Arcase from Google! He gave a fascinating lecture on Artificial Intelligence and his hopes for the future of the field. He had a funny portion of his lecture where he had us help him act out a conversation researchers had with LaMDA. Plus, some of us got to practice a new language with the A.I.
Aside from the booked day of activities from working on our final papers, we still found time to enjoy some of our final moments here at Purdue with our Lecture Karaoke! By karaoke, I mean full blown-out concert-level performances. After dinner between the Galaxy Work and reading through ALLL of the comments on our introductions and materials & methods section, we decide to partake in a fun destressor. Karaoke! Anything from Taylor Swift, One Direction, to Imagine Dragon is fair game to showcase all of our musical capabilities… or lack thereof. You can ask any one of our TAs… they loveeee our singing. With seven days left, I hope everyone can look back at these “midnight” memories with an appreciation for our hard work and our ability as a group to come together to lift morale!
About Me:
Howdy! I’m Nosakhare and I’m a Nigerian American Student from Houston, Texas. My favorite classes have been College Chemistry course and College Medical Terminology. Outside of academia, I’m a huge television and music lover. I am so excited to be at SSP because it’s helped expose me to the life of scientific research.
